Solong, Sodo. Mamma Dough's bought you out

Sodo Pizza, the Clapton-born sourdough pizza joint that heralded the hipsterisation of HOP, is off. It's handing the keys to its pizza oven to newcomer Mamma Dough. In a perfunctory farewell, Tweeted yesterday, Sodo said:

We would like to let SE23 know that Sodo as a concept and brand is no longer involved in Honor Oak Park. As of today the HOP restaurant will be @mamma_dough. We wish them all the best.

So that's that. BC never managed to make it along to Sodo, but the reviews from BCers were mixed and the Soho team always seemed to treat the HOP branch as the poor relation to their north London ones. They did, however, restore a long-closed restaurant and raised the bar for pizza in this part of the world, so we must be thankful for their short stay in the area. Mamma Dough looks like a like-for-like swap and that should prove to be a solid hit with the HipHOPsters. The best news is that a  a restaurant that Sodo saved from obsolescence won't become dormant again.

Thanks to everyone who sent us the Tweet. If you've tried Mamma Dough already, please let us know what it's like.