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Cooper & Wolf
Cooper and Wolf are the owner’s cats, and the premises was an old glass shop until about nine months ago. But Cooper and Wolf the cafe have created one of the most welcoming spaces in Hackney to...
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Casa Cuba, Crystal Palace
One thing Crystal Palace is not short on is cafes. I’ve lived in Crystal Palace on and off three years and on occasion it seems to fairly ooze cafes at you. HOWEVER (and it’s a big however, which is...
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Exford Bridge Tearooms, Exmoor
Tea is Served It’s 3pm on an icy Easter Saturday. My parents and I have just got back from a long walk on Exmoor, and we’re half-frozen. God, we need a hot drink. If only to wrap our hands around to...
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Drayton Nurseries Coffee Shop
Courgette and lime cake Yeh, we know what you’re thinking. Garden centres! The domain of doddery old folks – I’m not hanging out there. Ladies and gentleman, I encourage you to rethink. Garden centres,...
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The Scandinavian Kitchen
Abba Nice Day Let’s be honest. The Great Titchfield/Great Portland Street “quadrangle” just north of Oxford Street is nothing to shout about. Much like Oxford Street really. But at least Oxford Street...
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Le Cafe Parisien, Portsmouth
Le Cafe Parisien – an oasis in a wasteland Le Croissanterie, The Belle Isle: French names fairly litter the eateries of Portsmouth and Southsea, as indeed may seem fitting for a Continental ferry port....
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Cobbles and Clay, Haworth, Yorkshire
Cobbles and Clay The cobbles would be the steeply pitching, delightfully old-fashioned main street of Haworth, home of those famous literary sisters the Brontes. The clay would be the variety of...
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Star System Change
It’s been suggested by a fellow cake and coffee lover that the star system here is just not extensive enough to really communicate what the best of the best in terms of coffee and cake actually is. All...
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Betty’s Tearooms, Harlow Carr, Yorkshire
Betty’s… Well, I guess it was only a matter of time. Ever since my friend told me Jackson Brodie, the inspector protagonist of several of Kate Atkinson’s novels, drinks/feasts his way around all six of...
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The Railway Carriage, Lopen Head
The Railway Carriage I guess it was a moment of personal pride when the Railway Carriage opened. Or rather, read “amazement”. The area of South Somerset where I grew up is not exactly inundated with...
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