Get Stuck In

Yorks Bakery Cafe with their own cakes and traybakes including Salted Caramel Brownie, Black Treacle Tart, Peanut Butter and White Chocolate Blondies.

Love the 'Vote with Your Coffee Bean' satisfaction monitor by the way out and offer of a free coffee when you complete their on-line survey.

Free water available in recycled beer bottles

Breakfast Bar None

 All you can eat breakfast bar at Yorks Bakery Cafe, Birmingham - another reason they get our Cafe of the Year accolade.

 £5 per person for unlimited porridge, cereal, fruit, toast and bagels available until midday (2pm at weekends).

Great Cafes Cafe of the Year 2013

 I am awarding Cafe of the Year to Yorks Bakery Cafe in Birmingham.

Great coffee (from the Caravan roastery in London), good food and terrific ambiance - more reasons why they get the accolade on  Monday.

Caught Short

Guest Spot

Claire Martinsen, Founder of Breckland Orchard Posh Pop sent in these signs spotted at The Studio meeting venue in Birmingham.

I Am Not A Plastic Cup

As we recycle more and more at home the pressure is on us caterers.  Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is ahead of the game with its free water cups.  Customers want to see sustainability in action.

Variations on an Egg

Scotch Eggs - Scrumpy, Ploughman's, Chilli, Classic, Smokey Joe and best seller Black Watch (sold out but contains black pudding) at the deli at edgbaston in Birmingham.  Bravo to owner Simon who also operates the grocer at edgbaston http://www.thegroceratedgbaston.co.uk/

Brolly Brilliant

Neat way to both advertise and keep (some) rain off your customers. Cafe Costes in Birmingham