Friday 1 August 2008

Independent Cafés/Coffee Houses

In light (more like celebration) of the news that Starbucks is closing the vast majority of it’s outlets in Australia, I’m going to compile a list of independent coffee shops in London that could be used as recommendations. Aussie/Kiwi run coffee shops will be highly prized - I have only found a few places where I can order a flat white and not be looked at like I was speaking a foreign language.

Here's the list so far, if it starts getting too long, I'll try and create a seperate page for it:

Taylor Street Baristas
The Punch Tavern
99 Fleet Street,
London, EC47 1DE

1A New Street
Liverpool Street
London, EC2M 4TP

Source, 27d The Quadrant
Richmond Upon Thames, TW9 1DN

Sacred Café
13 Ganton St (just off Carnaby Street)
Soho
London, W1F 9BL

Ray's Jazz Cafe At Foyles
113-119 Charing Cross Road,
London WC2H 0EB

Flat White
17 Berwick Street,
Soho, London W1F 0PT

Canela
1 Newburgh St,
London, W1F 7RB

The Providores
109 Marylebone High Street,
London, W1U 4RX

Monmouth Coffee Company
27 Monmouth Street,
Covent Garden,
London, WC2H 9EU

2 Park Street, Borough,
London, SE1 9AB

Melrose and Morgan
42 Gloucester Avenue
Primrose Hill,
London NW1 8JD

Milk Bar
3 Bateman St
Soho
London, W1D 4AG

Farm Collective
91 Cowcross St
Farringdon, EC1M 6BH

Caffé Vergnano 1882
62 Charing Cross Road
London, WC2H 0BB