Outside The Handle Bar

Handle Bar

Oxford


Upstairs above a bike shop, this chatty, friendly cafe has bikes galore, including penny-farthings, dangling from its ceiling and white-painted brick walls. It’s usually packed with students, professionals and lucky tourists, all here for luscious, health-focused bites, like avocado and beetroot hummus toast, pan-fried tofu salad and granola breakfast ‘pots’, plus tasty cakes, smoothies, teas and coffees.

Across from the bike shop downstairs is a coffee and cocktail bar serving the same menu.


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