Set in an elegant Edwardian building with a balconied back room, the Marylebone store is our favourite of Daunt’s six London bookshops. It’s also a first-class stop for literary fiction. Owner James Daunt hires the best booksellers in the business so every staff member is full of recommendations. Spot Daunt’s forest-green and Malbec-red totes on the arms of readers all over the city.

Moxon Street in Marylebone is a foodie hub of delights that includes The Ginger Pig butcher (don’t skip the sausage rolls), French wine specialist Le Vieux Comptoir and Rococo Chocolates. Passers-by will catch a whiff just walking past La Fromagerie but it’s worth stepping inside to admire the shelves packed full of artisan cheese. Those not up for assembling their own board should try the toasted cheese sandwich in the neighbouring wine bar.

The founder of this artisan leather goods brand was inspired by his grandmother – a friend of Ernest Hemingway – and her travels during the 1930s and 1940s. Black-and-white photographs of her hang in this simple showroom, which sells jewel-toned bucket bags, Panama hats and luggage tags. Pop downstairs after a purchase to make the most of the in-house monogramming service.

It's cool and it's new on the block. Which is perhaps part of the reason why the queues are often so long. But mostly this is because the pizza is damn good. Bringing NY style to the streets of Marylebone, it is well worth the wait in line.