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Remembering the New Piccadilly Cafe in central London

Wed 6th January, 2021Thu 7th January, 2021 - by editor - 2 Comments.

We first visited this splendid traditional West End café exactly fifteen years ago, back in January 2005 and would regularly pop in before its inevitable closure in December 2007. We …

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Places I love: the cheap, cheerful and friendly Snax Cafe, Edinburgh
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Places I love: the cheap, cheerful and friendly Snax Cafe, Edinburgh

Fri 13th January, 2017Thu 12th January, 2017 - by editor - Leave a Comment

You can’t beat a good, no-nonsense, affordable cafe, and I stumbled across a real gem when I was up in Edinburgh recently called The Snax Cafe – one of three …

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A fantastic cafe for central London: The Old Cafe takes over Ray's Jazz at the former Foyles building
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A fantastic cafe for central London: The Old Cafe takes over Ray’s Jazz in the former Foyles store

Tue 10th March, 2015Tue 10th March, 2015 - by editor - 1 Comment

I was pleased to discover that the charm of the original Ray’s Jazz cafe in the former Foyle’s store on Charing Cross Road has been recaptured in this new venture located in the old …

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An afternoon at the Electric Elephant Cafe, Crampton Street, south London
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An afternoon at the Electric Elephant Cafe, Crampton Street, south London

Thu 30th October, 2014Thu 30th October, 2014 - by editor - 1 Comment

I first visited this little cafe back in December 2011, and it’s great to see that business is thriving and that it’s lost none of its down-to-earth charm.

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