Pulp Fiction Café Bookstore

The 2013 edition of The List's Eating & Drinking Guide is out now – only £5.95 (+p&p).

This review is taken from the current (2013) edition.

Located inside an independent bookstore, with tables in between the bookshelves, this simple wee café feels almost like a community drop-in centre. Indeed since opening in November 2012 it has found regulars happy to come in and hang out for a few hours, flicking through the books, chatting with the owner and playing board games while drinking coffee. The bookstore has two writers’ groups and an increasingly active writers’ centre running regular workshops and events aimed at encouraging new writers, which adds to the community feel. Currently you can have a sandwich made up from a short selection of deli fillings or try the soup and cakes made by the owner’s mum. There are plans to expand the food offering throughout 2013 as the café finds its feet.

• High point: Having a coffee while sat amid the books and feeling at home
• Low point: Fairly basic food offering