Black Drop sits at 615 Balcombe Road, under the clock in the middle of Black Rock. It opens early for coffee and stays on through the day — and from Thursday to Saturday the lights stay on into the evening for dinner and wine.
The kitchen runs the same way morning and night: proper produce, cooked simply. Eggs and sourdough in the morning. Black Angus off the grill and a pan of seafood paella in the evening, with a short, deliberate wine list beside them.
Most of the room is regulars. That is the point — a neighbourhood place first, built to keep you a while.