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Take Three: Delis-cum-Cafés

  • Source: The List (Issue 605)
  • Date: 19 June 2008
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Valvona & Crolla Caffè Bar

19 Elm Row, Edinburgh, 0131 556 6066, www.valvonacrolla.co.uk
A walk through one of Britain’s finest food emporia can make the large, windowless café at the back a hard act to follow but, if you’re prepared to treat yourself, the platters and bakery in particular are straight from the deli and to be savoured down to the very last crumb.

Grassroots Café

93–97 St Georges Road, Glasgow, 0141 333 0534, www.grassrootsorganic.com
Glasgow’s ultimate vegetarian and organic shop at 20 Woodlands Road does good takeaway but also has an entirely separate café around the corner open from 10am into the evening. The open kitchen produces inventive vegetarian dishes as well as breakfasts, cakes and coffee.

Herbie of Edinburgh

1 North West Circus Place, Edinburgh, 0131 226 7212, www.herbieofedinburgh.co.uk
When Andrew Firth and Tannis Dodd opened up a second deli in Stockbridge they found room enough for a kitchen in the basement and a handful of tables and chairs for the shop floor. With fine food on three sides and knowledgeable staff on hand, it’s an inspiring environment for eating well.

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Grassroots Café
93–97 St Georges Road, Glasgow, G3 6JA
This café/restaurant is worth a small diversion off the well-beaten track of Woodlands Road; its creative menu (with blackboard specials, too) and relaxed atmosphere are of a higher calibre than the usual vegetarian operation. Purple curtains divide…
Herbie of Edinburgh
1 North West Circus Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6ST
The light and airy café/deli on North West Circus Place in Stockbridge is the most recent venture for Herbie of Edinburgh, and an inviting, family-friendly, foodie dreamscene. On offer is an astounding assortment of fine wines and 'slow' foods, such as…
Valvona & Crolla Caffè Bar
19 Elm Row, Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH7 4AA
The Valvona & Crolla imprimatur remains definitive of all things excellent in food and wine, with a renown that draws visitors from far beyond the Edinburgh foodie scene. Behind the narrow shop front at the top of Elm Row, the deli's towering shelves…

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