A specialty coffee shop in a converted Victorian watch house on Bermondsey Street — the small, octagonal building was originally used to guard over the churchyard of St Mary Magdalen, and its unusual architecture gives the cafe a character that no amount of interior design could fabricate. The coffee programme is serious, the pastries are well-sourced, and the Bermondsey Street location — between the White Cube gallery, the Fashion and Textile Museum, and the restaurants and bars that have colonised this South London street — provides the context for a morning that starts with coffee and goes wherever Bermondsey takes you. Multiple locations now across London, but the Bermondsey original is the one with the architecture and the story.
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Bermondsey, London
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Filter or flat white — the coffee is well-made across the range. The pastries (often from local bakeries) are good. The space is small, so takeaway and a walk down Bermondsey Street is the natural move.
Morning — the Bermondsey Street location is best early when the street is calm and the light in the octagonal building is at its best. Saturday for the combination of coffee and Bermondsey Street's galleries and restaurants.
The original location is 37-39 Bermondsey Street — a converted Victorian watch house. London Bridge tube. Multiple locations across London now, but Bermondsey is the one to visit. Filter £3.50-4.50, espresso £3-4. Small space — takeaway is common. White Cube gallery and the Fashion and Textile Museum are on the same street. Cash and cards.