{"id":4948,"date":"2011-08-30T14:30:58","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T13:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=4948"},"modified":"2020-10-29T12:28:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T12:28:23","slug":"camera-cafe-bloomsbury-a-camera-shop-and-cafe-combined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/camera-cafe-bloomsbury-a-camera-shop-and-cafe-combined\/","title":{"rendered":"Camera Cafe, Bloomsbury &#8211; a camera shop and cafe combined!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/camera-cafe-bloomsbury-london-01.jpg\" alt=\"Camera Cafe, Bloomsbury - a camera shop and cafe combined!\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for somewhere interesting to grab a bite to eat after visiting the nearby British Museum in Bloomsbury, I recommend checking out the Camera Cafe. As its name suggest, it rather curiously wedges\u00a0together\u00a0a traditional camera\u00a0shop with a cafe bar.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/camera-cafe-bloomsbury-london-04.jpg\" alt=\"Camera Cafe, Bloomsbury - a camera shop and cafe combined!\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Claimed to be the &#8216;the first Camerashop and Cafe in the world,&#8217; the front of the store is taken over by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apertureuk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aperture Photographic<\/a>, who specialise in\u00a0Nikon, Canon, Leica and other high end gear.<\/p>\n<p>The old display cabinets are stuffed full with delicious Leica gear,\u00a0second-hand\u00a0lenses and other\u00a0photographic\u00a0treats, and there&#8217;s a huge pile of photo mags to read with your coffee.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/camera-cafe-bloomsbury-london-05.jpg\" alt=\"Camera Cafe, Bloomsbury - a camera shop and cafe combined!\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/camera-cafe-bloomsbury-london-02.jpg\" alt=\"Camera Cafe, Bloomsbury - a camera shop and cafe combined!\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the rear of the store is the <a href=\"http:\/\/cameracafe.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Camera Cafe<\/a>, which has another room at the back and a function room and more seating downstairs.<\/p>\n<p>The cafe serves up a wide range of sandwiches, juices and snacks, and there&#8217;s also free wi-fi and PC hire.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/camera-cafe-bloomsbury-london-03.jpg\" alt=\"Camera Cafe, Bloomsbury - a camera shop and cafe combined!\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seeing as I love old cameras and coffee, this is one place I&#8217;ll be visiting again very soon. It&#8217;s a winning combo, alright!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update Oct 2020<\/strong>: the caf\u00e9 is closed \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p><strong>Info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Camera cafe<br \/>\n44 Museum Street, Bloomsbury,<br \/>\nLondon WC1A 1LY<br \/>\nTel: 07887 930826\u00a0\u200e<\/p>\n<p>Open Mon-Sat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps?daddr=44+Museum+Street,+Bloomsbury,+London+WC1A+1LY+(Camera+Caf%C3%A9)&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=51.517756,-0.12542&amp;spn=0.009841,0.021865&amp;georestrict=input_srcid:c36971467af50cb7&amp;view=map&amp;geocode=CfPmtjQG9D3XFdEYEgMdYBb-_yGm7AwrkIQqAA&amp;z=16&amp;vpsrc=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Map location<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re looking for somewhere interesting to grab a bite to eat after visiting the nearby British Museum in Bloomsbury, I recommend checking out the Camera Cafe. 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