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More great coffee in Leeds – La Bottega Milanese

March 10, 2010 Eating out
More great coffee in Leeds - La Bottega Milanese

There are plenty of places to get a cup of coffee in Leeds, but the problem is, most of them are very bad indeed. If you want the best part of a pint of steamed milk with a shot of badly roasted espresso in it, there’s a Starbucks or one of it’s clones on nearly [...]

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Starbucks in disguise

August 1, 2009 Eating out
Starbucks' new stealth cafes

Photo: www.psfk.com Most people have an opinion about Starbucks, and it’s generally one of two polar opposites. Not many people sit in the middle. Starbucks have expanded rapidly over the last decade or so from a small, cultish Seattle coffee chain to a global coffee behemoth, with over 16,000 stores in forty-nine countries. The credit [...]

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The Troubadour, Earl’s Court, London

May 1, 2009 Eating out
The Troubador cafe, Earl's Court, London

Eating breakfast in a hotel is a tedious, expensive and predictable business, to be avoided whenever possible. I discovered The Troubadour about a decade ago whilst wandering round trying to avoid just this problem, and I’ve been back there every now and again ever since. Opened in 1954, The Troubadour is the last remaining of [...]

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