I know it's been coming for quite some time, and last week while at Borough it appears as if the threat of construction due to the expansion of Thames Link rail, has become a reality. As a result, a good bit of the stalls have been shifted to new space, crammed in to existing space, or in the case of at least one stall-has decided to simply bail: Monmouth Coffee. Not to sound cliche, but this stall is an institution to Borough, at at least in the beginning, one of the reasons I kept coming back to Borough-I finally found a place in London in which their coffee rivalled that of the cafes in Seattle, and it gave me a comforting feeling of a Saturday routine.
Apparently, no longer.
Though there is a permanent Monmouth Coffee shop in one of surrounding market buildings, the inside stall was always half as busy, more friendly, and less touristy (yes, I'm complaining about the tourists...). I'm simply gutted, and while standing there waiting for my latte be finished, actually contemplated not going back to Borough-unless shopping for a special occasion.
RIP Monmouth Coffee
Rip indeed. Having worked there it was a staff favourite too, especially because of the customers.
ReplyDeleteIt's still there - or it was Saturday. It's moved across to the other side where the bio dynamic veg used to be (who are now where Wild Beef used to be). But it is now a tiny stall selling only hot coffee and not beans. And, weirdly, it is separated from another new coffee stall by one other stall.
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