Milk at The Fruitmarket Gallery

Focused on quality food and healthy eating, this family-friendly cafe supports exposure to art for all ages.

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This branch of gallery-loving Morrison Street café Milk doesn’t just have the advantage of being set in one of Edinburgh’s best contemporary art spaces, but it’s also a stone’s throw from the south entrance to Waverley Station and directly across from the City Art Centre; a busy spot serving a wide dining audience, in other words. Yet, despite its popularity the place just about manages to retain the personable feel of its less mobbed sister venues. Each Milk shares a main menu and a seven-day breakfast selection including a chorizo and scrambled egg burrito and poached egg and smoked salmon on toast. Or choose from liberally filled sandwiches of chorizo, cheddar and quince on toast or a mushroom, feta and buckwheat wrap in Lebanese flatbread. Salads are also available, alongside daily-changing soup and frittata, making this bright space as much of a destination as the gallery itself.