This friendly, unfussy and remarkably inexpensive cafe serves no-nonsense contemporary food using top-quality local ingredients. The all-day breakfast/brunch menu sees black pudding and potato rosti, fruit-topped waffles and poached eggs with smashed avocado appear alongside mugs of Gloucestershire-roasted coffee. Lunch and dinner offerings range from confit duck with Hoisin sauce to burgers, pan-fried sea bass and Gloucester Old Spot sausages.
County Kitchen
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