Openings: Kaffeine Eastcastle – Kaffiene – the doyen of cafe hospitality open their second location – Jared has a new kitchen too! Notes Kings Cross – Kings Cross very much a coffee destination – this bar/cafe with mezzanine also serves a fountained square – wine, beer, food and superb Notes Roastery coffee SL28 cafe serving three rotating […]
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A lot is happening and a lot is planned soon. Openings: Silhouette – second cafe for Lee and Syirin – I’m excited to get there (near London Fields) Workshop Barrett Street – a new space in Marylebone that has a unique design and unexpectedly great coffee Too Many Cooks Square Mile in SE1! Well, we […]
(Tshirts available from Love and Scandal, Small White Elephant and via Imagine Illustration). Winter has been relatively quiet for openings after the hectic summer and autumn. Newly opened in London however is Barbour and Parlour, the latest opening for the prolific Soho House group. Situated in Redchurch Street (famous in Specialty Coffee History as the […]
After all the busy, busy months we’ve seen recently, October has been somewhat quiet. I’ve spent part of it catching up on the superb cafes such as Commune at Goodhood and the Hubbard and Bell that opened in September. News this month includes the UK launch of A Film About Coffee by Brandon Loper. Screenings […]
It’s been a busy month so this month’s news is necessarily brief. London’s Best Coffee Derek and the team have worked hard on this one and it’s great to see London’s Best Coffee app in website form. Not only are all the cafe reviews here with some great new photos but also news stories most […]
Continuing with my monthly roundups of the London scene… August has seen new openings already and some coffeeshops have come to my attention…. The opening of Lanark Coffee on Hackney Road is one that has been long awaited by those of us who’ve appreciated Greg Boyce’s coffee-making abilities and barista wit and banter at […]
A new idea: a monthly post of the latest news from the London coffee scene. Not necessarily a gossip column … more the latest developments on the scene. Why? Well, one week this month there were four great coffeeshops opening in one week and I am constantly being asked about the new openings and developments […]
I’ve organised this by sections: click on the areas to go straight there. West End North, Central and City East South and West My coffee map West End Notes Music Coffee http://notes-uk.co.uk/ 31 St Martins Lane 24th 7.30am-5pm 25th closed Boxing Day 10am-6pm 27-28th 9am-10pm 29th 10am-6pm 30th 9am-9pm NYE 9am-5pm 1st closed Back to normal […]
We had a few days in Amsterdam to holiday, ride bikes and enjoy the city. I knew we’d swing by a few of the espresso bars (being careful with what to call them (in Amsterdam Cafes are generally bars and Coffeehouses are something else entirely)). I came to Amsterdam with few preconceptions about coffee and […]
Ok, it hit the streets, shops and cafes in July but you might have missed it. Derek Lamberton of Blue Crow Media released the second edition of his print London Coffee Map. For this edition, Derek wanted a collaborative approach so enlisted Chloe Callow, Lee Gaze (coffee maniac and guitarist) and myself to pool out […]
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