Restaurants, Cafes, Coffee Bars

Hi all, Whilst visiting the Market today, my friend & I were a bit disappointed that we had already eaten. It was a delight to meet the long standing manager of the Market cafe. Our disappointment was upon seeing the joint of pork about to be served on dinner plates. I will try & put that right next week. The disappointment, I mean!

The Gigi Cafe mentioned before on this thread is visible here -

Good afternoon, Following a trip to have my chirops done in Radford, I visited a cafe at the top of Hertford St, for a scrumptious breakfast, £6 including tea or coffee. The only downer was the cafe was cold for sitting. Food really good & good value.

We also like that cafe - perfect when you just want a quick basic meal like sausage, beans & chips, etc. Like you said, very good value indeed.

Bygum Rob, Don't we give out the facts here, hey!!

I've looked fruitlessly for a takeaway fish and chip shop but a good, eat in, all day breakfast establishment sounds good.

Hi Helen, The fresh salads look fab. That will be my next treat. What I call a hot salad!

Hillfields History Group - have thousands of theirs to add but: they are on flickr for those who have an hour or fifty to spare.

Good afternoon, Today, I enjoyed a Christmas dinner in the Coventry Market Cafe. At half the price that I paid for a pub Christmas dinner a fortnight ago. I decided to go "Up-Market". It's a joke! Anyway the dinner was very nice. Now look! It's not Carnaby hall, neither is it Fortnum & Mason's. There's no soft island breezes either, only a howling gale if the door is left open! The roast turkey dinner was beautiful. For me, the star of the show has to be the pudding. A proper plum pudding, the best served Christmas pudding that I've enjoyed from anywhere. In fact the pudding gets the three brills award. Brill, brill & brill. Ok, on with your knitting now.

Have just come to this post very late. Wonder what other peoples memories are. I recall the first time that I ever saw a real jukebox.. My guess would be about 1957/58/59 time. Have no idea what the place was called. Was a coffee bar, just down the road from The Gaumont, on the opposite side of the road? Anyone have any recollection?

There is one advertised at 5 Gosford Street opening in 1959 called Gigi's slash. Would that be the one ? The first one I remember was next to the Savoy on the Radford Road. Lively hissing coffee machine and a juke box. That one appealed more to the Mods who would keep away from the Beaker Cafe on Beake Avenue which was frequented by the Rockers !

My friends and I used to go to the Cafe next to the Rose and Woodbine Pub in Stoney Stanton Road on Friday and Saturday nights in 1958/9 as they had a nice Juke Box. It cost sixpence for a single play and a shilling for three plays. Ever since I have always wanted my own Juke Box but they cost a fortune and would not be able to get through our front door.

Just think Mr.Blue Sky, after all these years you could have bought one by now (with all those tanners) !