place to meet
Edinburgh University Library Cafe
Fri, 18/11/2011 - 11:12am — TheaOpen every day and in the evenings during term times.
Open on weekdays during university vacations.
See the website for details: www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/accommodation-services/current-students...
Next to the University Library on the south side of George Square, the cafe is sizeable and has comfortable chairs and sofas and quiet corners for conversations and for groups to socialise.
Open to the general public to just walk in, and generally blissfully quiet outside mealtimes.
The food is standard good cafeteria fare and the coffee is fine.
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British Library
Fri, 20/08/2010 - 7:44am — John StewartOff Euston Road, just a minute’s walk from St Pancras Station, has a restaurant and two cafes open to the public (the Library closes to the public early evening). Good place for a meeting as you can sit at the table for hours. Good range of soft drinks, tea, coffee and very tasty food, though the latter can be a little on the pricey side.
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Euston Station
Fri, 20/08/2010 - 7:38am — John StewartThe eating hall just off the main concourse has got rid of its piped music (though the over-loud station announcement can at times be intrusive). The eating hall houses the usual range of fast-food outlets. You can simply sit there, though, while waiting for a train.
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The Goods Shed
Sat, 17/07/2010 - 6:34pm — JMBTransCafe and restaurant on raised gallery in former Canterbury and Whitstable Railway goods shed. One minute from Canterbury West station, one hour by High Speed train from London St Pancras.
Open 9 am, last orders 9.30 pm.
www.thegoodsshed.net
The Goods Shed restaurant gets almost all its produce from the farmers' market around it. That means locally grown fruit and veg, locally reared meat and poultry and locally caught fish. Food ranges from a full English breakfast washed down by a mug of tea to serious gastronomy at lunch and dinner. Most of the wines have come a long way, but they are matched by ale and lager from local micro-breweries. Muzac would ruin the market atmosphere; now and again there is live music in the evening, when the market is closed.
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Stalybridge Station Buffet
Mon, 15/02/2010 - 11:30am — David_SumblerWebsite: www.buffetbar.org
This welcoming, privately run pub on Stalybridge Station has featured in the Good Beer Guide for many years. There are several rooms, each with its own character, including a recently-restored Victorian conservatory. Eight hand-pumps provide an ever-changing selection of draught beers. Snacks and light meals are available.
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All Saints Centre, Westlegate, Norwich
Wed, 20/01/2010 - 6:01pm — MuzakHoused in a mediaeval church building in the Centre of Norwich (opposite John Lewis' store), All Saints' Centre offers something for everyone. Its facilities include a cafe serving home cooked lunches, coffees and snacks, somewhere to sit for as long as you wish, a charity stall, books and cards, a Christian Lending Library, Fairtrade goods and a friendly welcome. It invites you to "Come into a quiet place and rest awhile"
Wheelchair access.
Opening hours: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.30. Visit our website for details: www.allsaintsnorwich.org.uk
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Waterstones Bookshop, Edinburgh
Sat, 12/12/2009 - 2:26pm — TheaThis is the westerly of the two Waterstones in Princes St
www.waterstones.co.uk
A rare quiet spot in Princes St to have a coffee.
There is piped music on other floors but not on the one that houses the coffee bar.
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Glass and Thompson, Edinburgh
Sat, 12/12/2009 - 2:06pm — TheaFood served: Mon–Sat 8am–5.45pm; Sun 10.30am–4.15pm
A block down the hill from central George St
Elegant coffee shop and deli with wonderful cakes and pastries.
Some pricey lunchtime dishes
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Filmhouse Cafe/Bar, Edinburgh
Fri, 27/11/2009 - 7:22pm — TheaOpen 10am to 11.30pm Sunday to Thursday, 10am to 12.30am Friday & Saturday. Open on New Year's Day.
A quiet relaxed place to be in the daytime, with very low levels of music playing and none atall if you're lucky. Even lunchtimes have a quiet atmosphere even though the Fimhouse is only a couple of hundred yards from Edinburgh's West End. In the evening it gets much busier and noisier with music turned up.
Main meals £5/£7 from 3pm to 5pm.
Hot and cold food available until 10pm every day. Friendly staff.
''Eleven draught beers, five real ales, twelve wines by the glass, loads of bottled beers and over thirty malt whiskies''
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Henderson's, Edinburgh
Thu, 19/11/2009 - 4:44pm — Theawww.hendersonsofedinburgh.co.uk
Two vegetarian wholefood self-service restaurants.
Both are in the New Town, very central.
The main Henderson's, on Hanover St, is on two levels, the ground floor being music free, the lower level having live music in the evenings and piped music the rest of the time.
Opening Hours
Mon - Sat 8am - 10.45pm (Last hot food orders at 9.30pm)
Open Sundays in July and August 10am - 5pm
The other venue is in the crypt of St John's church at the foot of Lothian Rd next to the One World Shop. It is music free and is a good place to meet for coffee.
Opening Hours
Mon - Sat 10am - 4pm (lunch 11.30am - 3.30pm)
Sundays 11am - 4pm (lunch 11.30am - 3pm)
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