Caffe Pascucci, the name's meaning and the forthcoming coffee shop in Hatch End

Hatch End was called the restaurant capital of north west London by a local newspaper.  Hatch End has no shortage of Italian style coffee bars and Italian and Indian restaurants. 

Caffe Pascucci

Scheduled to open early May, 8-10, they told me, is the Italian Caffè, by the same people as the caffè Pascucci  a few doors along towards the Hatch End station. The new branch in on the corner, where the old post office was for years.

I have lived in Hatch End many years and often pass the caffe and find the name hard to remember. I finally got around to looking up the origin of the name. It comes from the Italian word for Easter, so it was a name given to children born around Easter time. Or the offspring of a parent who was given that name.

If your first language is English, how do you remember it?  The Italian sounds similar to the French for Easter, Paques. Also the Hebrew Pesach. There you have it, the meaning, and the way to remember the name of the coffee shop.

https://caffepascuccihatchend.co.uk/

https://venere.it/en/the-meaning-and-history-of-the-last-name-pascucci/

https://www.names.org/n/pascucci/about

 

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Izgara Turkish Restaurant Whetstone

 We like all the Izgara Restaurants. The one in Hatch End is large. The one in Edgware served a great meal. 

But the one in Whetstone was our choice for a change. It seemed elegantly decorated .

But a plus point. A bit quieter so easier to talk.

We didn't order starters. The restaurant gave us hot bread, yogurt dip and olives.

I ordered a reasonably priced Prosecco.

I recommend the red fruit cocktail.

Main courses

I ordered meat moussaka. Good meat, and at the bottom hidden slices of potatoes.

Others ordered: lamb; kebabs; spinach pasta.

In a long street full of restaurants.  We might return, here or try another nearby.

Desserts

Baclava

Excellent. Moist. More-ish.

Coconut cake.

Turkish coffee.

The bill came with Turkish delight.

We were given foil takeaway dishes and pretty paper small totes.

Update on parking tickets November 15 2025

A short time afterwards we received a parking ticket. A parking ticket saying we had failed to pay the fine which had now doubled. We had not received the first supposed letter. We went back to the parking area down an alley. The signs did not make it clear that after eight pm you must pay. We photographed the signs and have appealed.

If I get a parking ticket I don't go back to the restaurant. Even if I forget about the parking fine, or don't blame the restaurant, somehow my memory of the occasion has moved out the section of my brain in which I store memories of places I must visit again. I can walk to Izgara in Hatch End. That will be my first choice of their restaurants. 

Social Dhaba Indian restaurant

 Hatch End is not short of Indian restaurants, nor of customers flocking to enjoy the food. The Indian restaurants include Social Dhaba, conspicuous on the corner. A few shops to the right is Sakonis. Across the road is Rude, North Indian. To the left is Coriander. We like to try new restaurants when they open. Later on, we go back to each in turn to support them all and see what has changed or been added.

The expansion and widespread availability of home delivery services such as uber eats, means that you can enjoy home delivery if you have no babysitter, or when you are the babysitters.

We tried. Social Dhaba for a take away service. We were within walking distance. 

We found the menu online and phoned family elsewhere in London to ask what they wanted to eat.

One person is a meat eater and opted for the mixed grill, called on the bill Mix Grill Platter.

Somehow we ended up with a plastic delivery bowl of plain yogurt and a smaller bowl of raits, yogurt with herbs.

We finished with dessert, delicious balls of gulub jamun, served with ice cream.

Everybody was happy with tbeir meal. Iwas pleased with the peshwari none which was filled with coconut. 

Dining in options include window seats with candles. Photo by Angela Lansbury

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