The Mill at St Joseph’s It had been a good while since I’d ventured out to Balerno but on a bright but chilly Tuesday I headed west to see what was what. I quickly alighted upon the Mill at St Joseph’s, a community cafe based in the local church hall. I’m a great fan of …
ExteriorMy continuing fondness for ecclesiastical cafes took me to the recently opened Wild Olive Tree Cafe, just next to Queen Street station, in the fantastic St George’s Tron Church. It’s a real feature building, which I’ve walked past many a time. The cafe, run as a social enterprise supporting the local homeless to get back …
MJ’s Verdict It’s been a while!… sings in my head as I sit down to write this review. Blythe blithely reminded me that it’s been since June 11th since the two of us have sat down for a lunch together. For shame. I know. Interior So it was with great joy that I announced to …
By the time I wandered out of the office on this particular Friday lunchtime, I was feeling rather bedraggled, after a hectic week. Aimless wandering is an excellent cure for bedragglement, I find, so I duly indulged, eventually ending up at Preacher’s Patisserie, on Lady Lawson Street.Exterior I’d walked past the place, a few times, …
Although I do have a fondness for ignoring the main focus of particular places (see my original review of The Baked Potato Shop, where I didn’t actually try the baked potatoes), I am often loathe to go souping where caking should really be my business.Exterior sign This was my feeble justification for not having visited …
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