Marchesi in London

Prada Group bring their Italian bakery brand Pasticceria Marchesi to London's Mayfair

Marchesi's Mayfair site was formerly Allens butchers - a sign of the times - as is the £3.50 latte.

Custard Tarts

Portuguese bakers Santa Nata with their first London store in Covent Garden offering just pastel de nata.

 and the story of how they were created

Ralph's Pop Up

 Ralph Lauren latte at £3.50 plus fancy crockery at their flagship Regent St store

Certainly switched on to the trend to offer coffee and cocktails

Adaptogenic Latte

 The espresso-free latte using reishi and lion's mane mushrooms, turmeric and almond milk at Redemption

Plant Kitchen

 

M&S Apple wedges with a peanut butter dip

Chicken Snack

Pot of chargrilled chicken at Abokado

Fish Finger Wrap

Benugo's Fish Finger Wrap and Roast Halloumi Wrap

Recognition

 Recognise the staff and coffee at Coco di Mama

Scone with a Difference

Gail's Sour Cherry & Belgian Dark Chocolate Drop Scone

Slurp!

 Roald Dahl Museum's successful in-house cafe

Milk

Chocolate milk and plain old milk in bottles at Benugo

Cans are In

For many years cans of soft drink were seen as rather cheap/common/price sensitive and bottles ruled.  Recyclable cans beat plastic anyday and are now back on trend ...... even at £2.25/£2.40 a time!

Mollie's Diner

Several steps up from diners of old - Mollie's Diner & Motel from the wonderfully creative Nick Jones - off the A420 at Buckland, Oxfordshire.

 Dogs and humans well catered for

Theatre Goodies

Pumpkin and Cinnamon Muffins and Black Forest Opera Cakes at the National Theatre's Kitchen Cafe - good to see homemade items not generally seen elsewhere.

Liquorice Latte

Variations on a theme hot drinks including liquorice latte, peanut butter hot chocolate and popcorn latte in London street market.

Brownies don't have to be Boring

 Sweet Tooth Factory's range of brownies including peanut butter and jelly

Wholegrain Croissant

Pure's healthier wholegrain croissant

Babka

Saudi Arabian owned Jolt has opened this smart cafe in Fitzrovia  with interesting savoury food items

Garlic & herb Babka and Zaatar & Labaneh Babka

Jolt Difference

Roast pistachio and white chocolate cookies at Jolt cafe

Creme brulee danish

Aztec Brownies

Bar Gate

High Force Hotel in the Pennines has this bar counter 'gate' with public footpath sign and drystone wall bar counter - so appropriate in a great location for walkers.

Coffee on the Go

Charge card enabled bean to cup coffee machines in France - Costa Express don't seem to have woken up to this as yet.

Lots of Lattes

10 versions of latte - hot and cold - at Saudi Arabian Jolt Coffee.

Great Grilled Cheese

 Jolt Coffee's grilled cheese sandwich with manchego, monterey, gruyere, mild cheddar and brie plus appealing presentation.

Budget Birthday Cake

Tim Hortons chocolate birthday balls at 39p each

Sushi Sandwich

M&S sushi sandwich

Collect a Cupcake

Lola's order online and collect a cupcake shopping centre kiosk