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Hayes Island Snack Bar, Victoria Place, Cardiff, Wales
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Hayes Island snack bar
Cardiff's 'Parisian-style' al fresco dining experience.
(Words/photos © urban75, March 2007)

Conveniently close to the adjacent underground mens toilet (perhaps a little too close in the summer when musty aromas arise from the depths) and right next to the Cardiff Visitor Centre and St Davids Concert Hall, Hayes Island Snack Bar is a Cardiff institution.

Starting life as a parcels office for Cardiff Corporation Tramways in 1911, the wooden structure in Victoria Place was converted to a snack bar back in the mists of time and continues to prosper, despite the inevitable closure threats.

Visitors can enjoy a good range of snacks, hot food and hot drinks from the railway station-like building and settle down to watch life passing by.

Hayes Island Snack Bar, Victoria Place, Cardiff, Wales
A wet afternoon at the snack bar, January, 2001. The adjacent trees sadly provide a perfect platform for pigeons, so keep an eye out for wet droppings!

Hayes Island Snack Bar, Victoria Place, Cardiff, Wales
Deserted snack bar, Boxing Day, 2004.

Hayes Island Snack Bar, Victoria Place, Cardiff, Wales
Early evening view, December 2005. 'Bwyty' means 'cafe' in Welsh.

Hayes Island Snack Bar, Victoria Place, Cardiff, Wales
December 2005.

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Hayes Island Snack Bar, Victoria Place, Cardiff, Wales
December 2005.

Hayes Island Snack Bar, Victoria Place, Cardiff, Wales
January 2007. The sign advertises Hot Chicken and Mushroom rolls at £3, tea 60p and coffee 90p. Directly behind is the towering edifice of the St David's Centre.

Hayes Island Snack Bar, Victoria Place, Cardiff, Wales
"For me it's just a great place to stop off and have a cuppa, and if there's nobody there you know you can always chat with total strangers there, too. That's pretty rare in an urban space these days innit, where the point seems to be to keep everyone moving from shop to shop without any real meeting places. It's one of my favourite places in Cardiff, I'd say, which is strange really, since it's just a grotty ole open-air caff built on top of a public toilet" Llantwit

Hayes Island Snack Bar, Victoria Place, Cardiff, Wales
January 2007.

Hayes Island Snack Bar, Victoria Place, Cardiff, Wales
January 2007.

Hayes Island Snack Bar, Victoria Place, Cardiff, Wales
Cardiff al fresco style! September 2008.

Hayes Island Snack Bar, Victoria Place, Cardiff, Wales
September 2008.


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