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Seven independent cafes within a stone’s throw of Starbucks

By Martin Booth  Wednesday Jun 12, 2024

A new cafe rhyming with ‘clusterfucks’ has opened on St Augustine’s Parade.

But why would you ever want to visit when there are more than half a dozen independent establishments within only a few hundred yards?

In alphabetical order, here are seven cafes on or just off the centre that are not Starbucks:

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Banh Wagon

Banh Wagon, located in a former bike store on Colston Street, specialises in Vietnamese sandwiches

The Bristol Loaf

The Bristol Loaf on the ground floor of the Bristol Beacon foyer is an organic bakery and eatery

Caffe Moka

Caffe Moka on Clare Street brings Neapolitan coffee beans and Italian vibes to the centre

The Colombian Company Cafe

Founded in Bath and with another cafe in Bristol on Whiteladies Road, the Colombian Coffee Company serves speciality Colombian coffee

Hatter House Cafe

Hatter House Cafe on Clare Street promises “something for everyone to enjoy and love”

Ka:Fei

You will look high and low to find a warmer welcome than at Ka:Fei, which is located within a converted shipping container on the centre with a suntrap outside seating area

Society Cafe

Society Cafe on Baldwin Street opened just a few hundred years from their original Bristol cafe next to Pero’s Bridge

All photos: Martin Booth

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