Go Food

One of my regular haunts for the midday lunch dash. I tend to circulate here on my hangover days as they do great lunchtime pizzas which are of reasonable size & price.
They have a brilliant selection of pizzas, wraps, breads and salads with toppings that you can either choose from the menu or create your own.
There are plenty of staff and the queues go down quickly, although some of them could be a little more friendly.
If I’m looking for anything to change it would probably be slightly fresher looking ingredients.

Isn’t it so strange that Spitalfields has so many great boutique, independent stores in this area but all the food places are chains? Well I didn’t have high hopes today for lunch around that area when I headed out with my colleagues. Unless I fancied Pret or one of the burrito places desperately trying to gain dominance by shivving each other in the shower block and other such activities.
Well, southern Californians be dammed because sometimes you just don’t want a burrito, you want a sandwich. And didn’t this lovely little place appear. Looking every inch a chain in the making, we stepped in and up to the sandwich counter. To be fair, GO smelled all delicious and Italiany, like your grandmother’s kitchen, if she was Italian, of course. Not like my grandmother’s, which probably smelled of boiled cabbage and mince.
Anyway, back to the counter. I hate big menus with so many ingredients and options so I panicked and picked the first speciality sandwich I saw. GO is like any other counter establishment, they have pre-​listed options or you can mix and match ingredients to make your own sandwich, pizza or salad. They’ll then make the sandwich or pizza in front of you and chuck it in the oven behind them. With so many people working in that tiny area, it’s a wonder they haven’t burnt themselves alive yet.
Truth be told, this place feels exactly like the Subway sandwich making process. They add the ingredients onto your choice of bread, put it under the grill then add salad and your choice of sauces. The only differences is the ingredients are quality, fresh and delicious looking. I was delighted with my sandwich and wolfed it down in minutes. Subway, there’s a new sheriff in town.

GO Food might be lost by the surrounding excitement of Spitalfields market, but if you are looking for a quick bite to, well, go, I can’t recommend this spot more.
GO Food does two things: Make sandwiches and make personal pizzas. Cheaply, quickly, and with a little flair. You come in and you choose what you want on each.
Their selection? Fantastic. So many meats and veggies and breads and toppings. Everything is fresh, as much as possible is home-​made (they told me that they have basil but they couldn’t get shipments daily and didn’t want to really serve it unless they could get it fresh. You can ask for it if you really want it.)
And best of all, the sauces. All home-​made as well and delicious. Djons and peppercorns and chiptole mayors. Mmmm.
For the pizzas, their oven cooks it in one minute. Created, in, out, done. Awesome.
There’s almost nowhere to sit here (about six stools against the wall near the front) so don’t plan anything leisurely. Again, this is not a sitting down and relaxing spot. This is a spot for a sandwich or pizza to go. And if that is what you are looking for, this is a great spot to be at.