The place
Foundry Row, most mornings
What we do
Three things, done properly
We are not trying to be a restaurant. We do coffee, we do cake, and we do a breakfast that will see you through until two.
Coffee
Roasted forty minutes up the road and pulled on a machine we actually service. Filter is bottomless before ten. Oat and soya cost the same as cow, because charging extra for that is daft.
Cake
Made here, badly labelled, and far too big. Jean does the baking and takes requests. There is usually something gluten-free — ask, do not guess.
Breakfast
Until 11.30, then lunch until we run out. Bacon baps, eggs on toast, beans with proper cheese. Nothing on it comes with a foam.
The back table
Room for ten, if you ask
There is a long table at the back that seats ten comfortably and twelve at a squeeze. We hold it for groups, book clubs, breakfast meetings and the walking lot on a Thursday.
We also do catering — platters, cake for an office, buffets for a christening or a wake. It is the same food, just more of it and on a bigger plate.
This week
Everyone welcome at all of them. You do not need to know anybody.
41 Foundry Row
Alderton AL2 4RG
| Monday — Friday | 07.00 — 16.00 |
| Saturday | 08.00 — 17.00 |
| Sunday | 09.00 — 15.00 |
| Kitchen stops | 14.30 |
Bank holidays we open, Christmas week we do not. Whatever the sign on the door says beats whatever this page says.
The things people ring up to ask
All of it is yes, more or less.
Getting in
Step free through the front door, which is wide enough for a wheelchair or a double buggy. The loo is on the ground floor and there is a baby-change in it. If you need the big table kept clear, ring ahead and we will sort it.
Parking
Market square car park is forty seconds away and free for the first hour. On-street on Foundry Row is two hours, and the warden does come round. Bike racks outside the butcher next door.
Dogs, babies, laptops
Dogs anywhere, and they get a biscuit. Highchairs by the window, two of them. Laptops fine except 12 to 2, when we need the tables — nobody will throw you out, but you will feel it.
Free wifi, ask at the counter for the password. Cards and cash both fine, and there is no minimum spend on a card.
Get in touch
Come in, ring, or send a note
We answer the phone faster than the inbox. For anything happening tomorrow, ring.