French Upsell

 

 Leo in France sells traditional Madeleine pastries for an additional €1 plus the tray makes them look freshly baked

London Fog

Cafe Waterstones' winter warmer London Fog and apparently the original idea for Earl Grey tea latte is said to have originated in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Climbing Design

Munich's Climbing Centre cafe has fun views of the action

Rope wall feature and tree trunk stools

Personal Oils

 Coco di Mama offers a choice of oils to personalise/pimp your meal

Flower Tinkle

 Urinals at the Flower Bowl, Lancashire’s newest and most unusual leisure venue near Preston.

 Curling rink, cinema, bowling, golf simulator, restaurants and more - https://theflowerbowl.uk/

Amino Water

Sesame Seaweed

Abokado's Sesame Seaweed.

A Healthy Start

Munich's My Muesli Store - selling nothing but - varieties, flavours and limited editions.

New Year Resolution - Get with Vegan

Vegan sausage roll at Tibits

Vegan mince pies at Harris & Hoole, owned by Caffe Nero

Left Overs

EAT's Pigs in Blanket Roll

Christmas Chocolate

Happy Christmas to all our Great Cafes Blog readers.

Better than a Mince Pie any day

Starbucks Christmas Tree Brownie is such a simple idea - just cut the brownie slightly differently, stand it up, squiggle of icing and charge £2.85.

Rock Climbing Theming

Climbing is big business with its Olympic entry in 2020 - Munich has one of the best centres and theming extends to the tip box and Rock Nuts in its cafe.

Oktoberfest Grills

Charcoal-grilled mackerel at Oktoberfest in Munich.

Chickens by the rotisserie-full

Crowds of 100,000+ with marquees holding 7,000+

and sit down bars in merry-go-rounds

Savoury Twist

Lola cupcakes have found a savoury tooth - sundried tomato, black olive and pesto Twists

Compostable Crisps

Compostable crisp packaging at Holkham's Lookout Cafe.

Turkish Chocolate Delight

 Simit Sarayi has individual chocolate profiterole pastries, chocolate bagels

 and chocolate Pops on a stick

Charge It

Itsu provide what their customers want - mobile phone charging points

Doing Simple Well

The menu at our Cafe of the Year 2018 Spider on a Bicycle with Turmeric Oat Milk Latte selling well in Aboyne, Scotland

Ace plate presentation, food quality and menu

Great cake and traybake display

Simple Health

Flavoured water with fruit eye appeal and protein shakes at Simple Health

No longer just Rubbish

The big players get bin smart

Camp Fire Treat

S'mores Pie - a camp fire treat of biscuit, chocolate and marshmallow - from Konditor & Cook

Still Take Cash!?

The cashless revolution continues.

Blasted Hot

No kitchen, no worries for street food vendor Dirty Bagels who melts the cheese on one's pulled pork bun with a blowtorch.

Lots of Cake

Lots of cake offered by our 2018 Cafe of the Year Spider on a Bicycle in Aboyne, Scotland as part of its recruitment of cafe superstars.