If I said it were possible - in Barnes - to get tea and toast for £1 would you believe me? Served in a cup and saucer with a little teapot and a pitcher of milk on the side? I wouldn’t believe me either.
The Community Café, on Stillingfleet Road in north Barnes also has fair trade coffee made in a proper Swiss coffee machine, hot chocolate and an array of homemade cakes for £1.
The Lottery-funded café, which is inside the Castelnau Community Centre, is open Monday to Friday 9-11am, and has proved very popular with everyone who knows about it , especially the school run crowd.
Mum Louise Everton, whose daughter attends Lowther Primary, said: “You won’t get a friendlier atmosphere anywhere else in Barnes. They serve proper coffee and delicious homemade snacks. It’s always really warm and cosy in there, even when it’s freezing outside.”
Nicola Thexton, who runs the café, said the project came about after asking the community what it wanted. “Everybody said the one thing they wanted was a café,” she said.
I highly recommend you visit the Community Café, located at 7 Stillingfleet Road SW13 9AQ. While you’re there check out the Pilates and boxercise classes also on offer at the centre.
This post appears in the October edition of Living In Barnes and East Sheen.
I must try it next time in Barnes. Sounds delightful.
Posted by: michaelmcdonnell@cox.net | 03 November 2010 at 06:22 PM