Many of us are now spending our days time rich and bandwidth poor – something of a flip from what daily life used to look like. In the interest of keeping the overwhelm at bay as we all search for a little bit of white space within our long days, I’ll keep this brief.
Grocery stores are inundated at the moment, not just with panic buyers but with those of us who are now feeding everyone in our household every single meal, every single day, leaving stocks understandably depleted. Simultaneously as we all spend increasingly limited amounts of time outside of our homes, footfall which can be heavily relied upon by local, independent or family-run shops, is at an all-time low. While both of these are outcomes are the result of very necessary measures to stay inside and physically distance ourselves from each other, they both result in panic and worry around feelings of scarcity.
In the interest of helping both customers and owners, I’ve put together a shortlist of local shops and businesses still open (though subject to change) in my area offering safe food sourcing. While I realise that the following list and links won’t apply to those outside of Kingston upon Thames, I hope it might encourage you to look out for similar types of businesses doing their best to adjust, adapt, comply and pivot in order to safely keep their doors open and their shelves stocked so they can put food on their own tables, as well as yours. Let’s all try to take care of each other whenever possible.
Lots of love from my little corner of my little house in this great big world.
*PS. If you’re a local business owner and you don’t see your name here please get in touch so I can include you!
Meat
Jefferies Too – butchers open 7:30am – 4pm
Norbiton High Street
020 8547 3588
Al Andalus Halal Meat Butcher
70 Richmond Rd
0203 417 2213
Ralph Wettach – caterers and butchers (Surbiton)
Richmond Rd
Fish
Jarvis – Fishmonger
Norbiton High Street
0208 296 0139
Fish Kitchen
Take Away Tues- Sat
020 8546 2886
Wine & Beer & Spirits
wine, beer, spirits, cheese & bread
0208 549 6622
Park Brewery – local brewery home delivery
Silent Pool – gin distillery now making hand sanitizer
Coffee
Local Hero – open for take away (coffee, milk, limited amounts of fruit & veg)
Groceries
Atariya Foods – Japanese supermarket
0208 547 9891
Alrahman Grocery & halal butcher
Norbiton High Street
fruit & veg boxes for delivery plus milk & bread
Tony’s Fruit Stall in Kingston Market
Plastic-free food shop
offering delivery to Teddington-based residents from 29th March
Deli + Fruit & Veg
offering delivery to sw14 or collection of fruit & veg w/payment by bank transfer
Fresh produce delivery still accepting new clients
Temporarily selling directly to customers due to restaurant closures
Ringden Farm fruit, juice and jams (normally just at Surbiton Farmers Market, now selling directly to customers)
fruit & veg boxes for delivery plus milk & bread
Petersham Nurseries (Richmond) taking new orders from 30th March
Seasonal Veg Box £15 order by email tandvveggardens@gmail.com
Bakery
Rowley’s – Ham Parade
Lallapolosa bakery – sweets, cakes and baked goods for home delivery
Rubens Bakehouse – bakery, bread & pizza collection only – Twickenham
Flying Cloud Cafe – delivering cakes on Wed and Sat to Kingston/Teddington area
email flyingcloudcafe@hotmail.co.uk for details
Take Away/Delivery
Pepe’s – Italian cuisine for delivery
Donate £5 and they will donate dinner to Kingston Hospital staff
Eat Poor Boys– New Orleans cuisine delivery
Baker and Cook – home delivery of pies and baked goods
Mulata – South American Cuisine offering delivery
Al Forno– Italian – delivery only
The Little Ginger Vegan catering – freezer meal drop-offs
Akbar Indian takeaway and delivery service
Chakra – delivery only
1 roll toilet paper w/each order
30% off for NHS workers
Canbury Secret– offering delivery
Grey Horse/Smoked BBQ – Deliveroo or 20% off carryout if ordering directly
Lovely Pasta – lasagna, gnocchi & more
email info@lovelypasta.co.uk
Masks
Mask shop owned and run by local parent
