Lots of traditional charming country pubs around the area, but it can a bit hit and miss. A really friendly one with amazing food (and a unusually large veggie selection…) is the Beehive in Epping Green; close to the Great Wood. It's friendly enough you dare going there by yourself with the paper and are not at the mercy of local rubbernecks ("the rubberneck" = person who stares at strangers without any sign of guilt)

Fortitude Bakehouse, a craft bakery, hidden away on a quiet mews in Bloomsbury. 

Excellent Turkish bakery. I highly recommend their £2 gözleme.

The best things in London can be spied from this seat. Fact.

The best Sunday walks.