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Award-winning cafe to return to 2012 prices for one day only
What were you doing in December 2012? As the UK was still basking in the post-Olympics glow, a former sandwich shop was being transformed into Bristol’s first speciality coffee shop.
Small Street Espresso on Small Street in the Old City was the first of the so-called ‘third wave’ cafes to open in Bristol.
It was quickly followed by nearby Full Court Press on Broad Street and the former Didn’t You Do Well on Park Row, with Greytone in St Paul’s, Interlude on St Michael’s Hill, New Cut at Wapping Wharf and Sweven on North Street – not forgetting Small Street’s sister cafes Little Victories in Wapping Wharf and Small Goods in Temple Quarter – all now offering some of Bristol’s best coffee that has been imported from across the world.
Small St Espresso before the wall was knocked through to what was originally a cash machine – photo: John Drysdale
But back to where it all started in our city and on Friday, Small Street Espresso will be celebrating their 13th birthday by returning to their original prices from when they opened in 2012 in a cafe even cosier than today (they expanded into a space previously occupied by a cash machine a few years after opening).
So that means an espresso for £1.70, a flat white or latte for £2.30, or a filter coffee for £2.50.
Co-owners Chris Chubb and John Drysdale will be back behind the Marzocco machine for much of the day and there will also hopefully be some birthday cake to celebrate their trailblazing cafe.
A rose between two thorns: Small Street Espresso manager Tash Ebbs alongside cafe co-owners Chris Chubb (left) and John Drysdale (right) – photo: Martin Booth
Main photo: Martin Booth
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