Recently opened on the 2nd floor of the old St Nicholas church,comfy sofas with a view overlooking the library,fair trade products and homemade cakes.

if 2 floors of spiral staircases are a bit daunting there is a lift.

the original pillars and beams help make a tranquil environment

well worth a visit.

s.g.d.

Sounds good.

Have you checked out the new cafe on Milk Street?

not yet,is it worth a visit?

I must admit that I normally just go to the old market hall instead of trying new ones.

There seems to be a new one opening up every month at the moment.

s.g.d.

perhaps we could have posters nominating their favourite coffee bar/cafe etc

s.g.d.

I haven't been in, but I have walked past - it's "Bellini" or something like that and looks quite impressive. I think you can go upstairs and there could be some good views down High Street.

I don't like ice cream which is probably why I haven't been tempted but an upstairs is usually enough to get me in any shop in the town,I will make it my next coffee stop.

s.g.d.

I'll try and do a list of Cafes in the town centre that I know of:

Bellini, Milk Street
Poppy's, Milk Street
Rackham's Cafe, High Street/Princess Street
Gallery Cafe, Princess Street
The Pantry, Golden Cross Passage/Princess Street
Oscars, Music Hall
Old Market Hall, The Square
That French One ( :rolleyes: ), The Square
The one on the corner of Swan Hill/Market Street
Drayton's, Shoplatch/Drayon's Passage
Bear Steps Cafe, Bear Steps/St. Alkmund's Place
Marks and Spencer's Cafe, Castle Street
Cafe Retreat, nr the Castle
Former Sidolis, Castle Street
Oliver's Cafe, Butcher Row
The one inside "The Village" (formerly the Victoria Arcade)
The Ploughman (name?!), Mardol
Castle Cafe, Castle Gates
The one inside the Darwin Shopping Centre
The other one (I think there is) in the Darwin Shopping Centre
Bakers Oven, Riverside Mall
The one at the top of Mardol/Mardol Head (is it still there??)
The one inside the Market Hall, upstairs
The fancy one next to Waterstones, High Street
The one at the Quarry Swimming Baths, The Quarry (not sure about this..)
A couple inside the Parade shopping centre (- surely?)
Shrewsbury railway station, Platform 4/7
"Sprinters", Mardol
The 3 or 4 at the bottom of the Pride Hill Shopping Centre

And coming soon - the Prince Rupert Hotel's new one where the book shop was

(none of these are pubs, take-aways or restaurants!)

I think we must have the record for Shropshire towns in terms of "cafes per capita"! :blink:

I've not been in although a friend had and tells me they are quite pricy.

The Pantry is nice...

Now added to my list of cafes... ;)

(I keep adding one or two since I made that list a few minutes ago)

there are two in Princess Street.

s.g.d.

Renaissance, that is the other one in Princess street.It is a coffee shop in the mornings.

is it the "Lemon Tree" at the railway station?

s.g.d.

How many where you can sit outside??

Three in the Darwin centre

not many

Poppys
Petite Delice
Tiffins
Draytons
Bear Steps

plus a couple of bars
Bull
Owens
Wheatsheaf

s.g.d.

Yup, though they've also now got this new express snacks/drinks stall on Platform 4, near to the stairs.

For the realy brave there is a tea bar at the bus station,DONT USE THE TOILETS.

Lol! The only time I ever go to the bus station (other than to catch a bus of course) is to use the rather cheap shop and to get bus timetables.

Those toilets are so bad even the bus crews dont use them,they have to be the worst in the county.

does anyone know which of these are open on a Sunday?

s.g.d.

I went to that shop yesterday,there were no youngsters hanging about and the station was clean and tidy.

s.g.d.

Well that is unusual, sgd.

Bellini does good ice cream, proper italian style stuff that tastes of what it's supposed to and more icy than creamy if you know what i mean. I also like the pantry and i used to like the third place in frankwell, shame it closed down, wrong location maybe.

Yes, a bargain at £3.79 for a stale piece of bread with one small slice of watery ham and a few scrapings of cheese in it.

I never buy food or drink at the station - only a newspaper/magasine if I'm on a long trip somewhere.