The Real Food Store

This is a community owned food shop with a café up the stairs. Downstairs there’s a big pink cow (not a real one) which puts a smile on your face. It’s all about the local, seasonal and organic food and drink.
My mum took me here after a spot of shopping. According to her when it first opened it was filled with what looked like ‘do-​gooder’ middle-​class hippies but when we went in it was filled with a mix of people. So the word seems to be spreading that it’s a good spot for a cuppa in a bright space.
Mum had a reasonable coffee and I had a hot ginger beer (if it’s on the menu I find it hard to have anything else) and we shared a teacake, which was apparently made by ‘Emma’. So, thank you Emma for a wonderfully delicious teacake!
Bread that doesn’t get eaten in the café before it’s a bit too stale goes to feed some pigs. Cool, eh?
The café has a nice feel to it — you feel like you could take screaming kids or your gran and it would all be good.
The produce downstairs is a bit expensive for me but if you’re a middle-​class, middle-​aged hippy then it’ll be right up your street. If you’re a 20-​something struggling to get a good job, like me, then you can buy a one-​off bit of cheese, but don’t expect to do your weekly shop.