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Sausage & Rosemary Cottage

June 12, 2008

ZOMG!!!1 this place is so awesome - I want to live here.

The front of the place is all open so it can get a bit breezy when the weather isn't so nice but they've got these massive sausage grill things and they fill it up with rosemary which kind of smoulders at the bottom and makes the whole place smell awesome.

The sausage baps are great and they'll let you try the sausages so if you're only a bit peckish just pretend you can't make up your mind which sausage you like - I managed to get 2 free sausages that way.

They do pretty good coffee and its not too pricey but the best bit is upstairs - they have this little room with a bunch of tables and all the furniture is that sanded wood so it kind of feels like you're in some country cottage - an awesome sausage and rosemary coffee country cottage.

The only slight drawback is that someone hacked into their wi-fi and changed the password a bunch of times and they've lost faith in humanity and refused to keep providing internet, aside from this though I can't recommend this place enough.

Tags: sausage, coffee

Lovely Cafe, Posh Baps

April 18, 2008

The Stoney Street cafe is a great place to meet your mates over lunch or to sit quietly and work for a couple hours. The main attraction pulling you in off the street opposite Borough Market are the posh sausage baps, which are quite satisfying (and with a fresh bun), but if you push further inside you'll find that there are several rows of simple wooden tables. A projector displayed Sky News when I was there, and presumably when the patrons are up for some sport it will have the game on as well.

But a real gem is the somewhat hidden upstairs sitting room. After you ascend the narrow and rather perilous staircase, you enter a medium sized room with 5 or 6 tables and several big windows overlooking the market across the way. I found this a lovely place to sit with my friends and have a chat - the staff would bring coffee or food up for you and were quite lovely and low maintenance, never giving us grief about moving along or buying more food/drink.

All in all, you could do far worse than this cafe in the area. Whether you just need a coffee or a quick lunch to take away, or if yo want to sit and contemplate or discuss for a couple hours, the Stoney Street Cafe is a good place to try.

Tags: coffee, take away, cozy