Cafe restaurants in England
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Cap'n Jaspers
Unique, quirky and slightly insane, this cabin-kiosk has been delighting bikers, tourists, locals and fishermen for decades with its motorised gadgets and teaspoons attached by chains. The menu is of the burger and bacon butty school – trying to eat a 'half a yard of hot dog' is a Plymouth rite of passage. Try the local crab rolls – the filling could have been caught by the bloke sitting next to you.
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Blake's Coffee House
There is nowhere better than this high-ceilinged cafe for a Sunday-morning cure on any day of the week. It's friendly, relaxed and serves up the biggest selection of coffees in town. Every second Thursday is Acoustic Night, which has featured big names such as Katie Tunstall as well as lesser known local strummers.
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Almshouse
Fancy imaginative and satisfying snacks served in a genuine 17th-century house right on Palace Green? It's a shame about the interior, which has been restored to look like any old museum canteen. All the artwork on the walls is for sale.
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Rocotillo's
American-style diner serving gourmet burgers, crispy fries and the best milkshakes in town.
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Everyman Bistro
Out-of-work actors and other creative types on a budget make this great cafe-restaurant (beneath the Everyman Theatre) their second home – with good reason. Great tucker and a terrific atmosphere.
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1657 Chocolate House
Got a sweet tooth? Then dip into this chocaholic honeypot, brimming with handmade candies and umpteen varieties of mint cake. Upstairs, waitresses in bonnets serve up 18 types of hot chocolate, including almondy 'Old Noll's Potion' and the bitter-choc 'Dungeon'. Take that, Willy Wonka…
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Love Saves the Day
The Northern Quarter's most popular cafe is a New York–style deli, small supermarket and sit-down eatery in one large, airy room. Everybody comes here – from crusties to corporate types – to sit around over a spot of (locally sourced) lunch and discuss the day's goings-on. A wonderful spot. The house salad is £5.50.
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Caley's Cocoa Cafe
Local chocolate-maker's cafe serving light meals and luscious sweets in the confection-like Guildhall's old Court of Record.
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Gylly Beach Café
The decked patio over Gyllyngvase is the main draw at this lively beach restaurant. It covers all bases: fry-ups and pancakes for brekkie, platters of antipasti for lunch, quality steak, seafood and pasta after dark. It's open late for drinks, too, but gets very busy.
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Cafe@All Saints
A surprisingly modern and trendy offering inside the renovated nave of All Saint's Church. The menu is wholesome and mostly vegetarian, and you can even enjoy a beer or glass of wine – just remember, God's watching.
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Lakeland Pedlar Wholefood Cafe
You'll be hard-pressed to find a heartier lunch in the Lakes than the ones served up at this long-standing establishment, noted for its chunky sandwiches, homemade soups, veggie chillis and inch-thick cakes. There's a bike shop upstairs.
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Trof
Great music, top staff and a fab selection of sandwiches, roasts and other dishes (the huge breakfast is a proper hangover cure), as well as a broad selection of beers and tunes (Tuesday night is acoustic night), have made this hang-out a firm favourite with students.
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Rainbow's End
A Glasto classic, this charming wholefood cafe cooks up generous portions of veggie chilli, fresh quiches and hearty soups, served up in a cheery dining room dotted with potted plants and mix-and-match furniture, plus a little patio out back. The homemade cakes are particularly yummy.
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Georgina's
Hidden up a scruffy staircase in the covered market and plastered with old cinema posters, this is a funky little cafe serving a bumper crop of bulging salads, hearty soups and such goodies as goat-cheese quesadillas and scrumptious cakes.
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Archie Brown's
A cosier wholefood caff you couldn't hope to find. Archie Brown's has been serving Penzance's earth-mothers and artsy crowd for years and shows no signs of flagging, with stocked-up counters full of crispy salads, veggie quiches and carrot cake.
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Alf Resco
Tucked under a huge canvas awning, this cool hangout brings a dash of cosmopolitan charm to town. Rickety wooden chairs and old street signs are scattered around a front terrace, making a great place for brunch alongside the riverboat crews.
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Courtyard
Offering light relief from too much gastronomic extravagance, this simple cafe, tucked away in a tranquil courtyard near the market square, has a faithful local following for its lightning service and tasty seasonal food.
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Café Irie
Run by surfers for surfers, this cafe's famous for its coffee and hot chocolate (just the ticket after a morning in the ocean swell) plus veggie wraps, piping-hot jacket spuds and gooey cakes. The decor's cool, too: vintage vinyl on the walls, multi-coloured plates and coffee mugs, chalkboards scrawled with specials.
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Blas Burgerworks
This pocket-sized burger joint has a big reputation: sustainable sourcing, eco-friendly packaging and lots of wacky burger variations have earned it a loyal following. Traditionalists go for the 6oz, 100%-beef Blasburger, while veggies might plump for a haloumi stack or a ginger, coriander and chilli tofuburger.
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22A
Nice music, nice people, nice place – this homely cafe serves hearty breakfasts and offers a mean wrap at lunchtime (hummus and roasted veggie is our favourite) and serves it with a decent cup of java.
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Terrace
Tucked away beside the Tinside Lido, this bright and breezy cafe has the best location of any eatery in town, with sweeping views across Plymouth Sound complemented by a selection of sandwiches, coffees and generous jacket potatoes.
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Adventure Cafe
Boho cafe, equally suited to morning cappuccino, lunchtime ciabattas and late night beers.
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