Shop of the month
Hello JoJo, 31, Camberwell Church Street, SE5
CAMBERWELL residents Jo Lavender and Rob Newlan, the co-owners of Hello JoJo, had been noodling restaurant ideas for years when they heard that Forza Win, a beloved local watering hole, would be moving out of a prime spot on Camberwell Church Street to Peckham’s Rye Lane. Within a few months, the space had reopened as Hello JoJo: a bakery and coffee shop by day, restaurant by night, and soon-to-be basement bar. ‘It’s got a 3am licence,’ says Mr Newlan, ‘so we’ll keep you posted.’
Inside, Hello JoJo feels like an upscale, mid-century canteen: practical, wipe-clean tables, comfortable Cesca-inspired chairs with rattan backs, help-yourself spigots of filtered water beside glasses and jugs. Head baker Jo Garner (formerly of Mountain restaurant,…
