On my travels today I finally
decided to try Fitzbillies, a café I have passed many times wandering the
streets of beautiful Cambridge but only now finally visited. The café is
attached to a beautiful cake shop, most recently displaying all sorts of red
and pink heart shaped cookies and cakes for valentines day.
Inside, the cake shop gives
way to a retro-looking café, decked out with pictures of Cambridge, pages from
books and a giant clock (I will never ask the time in here!) the whole atmosphere,
from the mis-matched pictures, the big red ‘Cambridge’ on the wall and the
waitresses in chefs tunics is a little odd but efficient and comfortable.
Unfortunately the
lunch menu is rather small but they were happy to tweak something for me and
the sandwich they gave me (though on very thick bread,) was lovely. The tea is
Tea Pigs, a brand a lot of places seem to be going with nowadays, not that I’m complaining,
it’s lovely, bag in pot and tasted delicious. I was pleased with the dainty yet
sizeable teacup I was given. My tea complaint is that the teapot, whilst
holding glorious tea, didn’t hold very much of it, a largish cup and a half,
possibly the smallest teapot I have been given on my travels.
A sweet touch I enjoyed
was the sticker holding my napkin around my knife and fork, which proudly
states “Fitzbillies Cambridge since 1922”. Cafés in Cambridge are always a pleasure
and this odd shaped café-cake-shop combo is no exception.
Twitter: @fitzbillies
Facebook: facebook.com/pages/Fitzbillies
Website: Fitzbillies.com
Address: 51-51 Trumpington St, Cambridge, CB2 1RG
Twitter: @fitzbillies
Facebook: facebook.com/pages/Fitzbillies
Website: Fitzbillies.com
Address: 51-51 Trumpington St, Cambridge, CB2 1RG
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