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CAFÉ &
POTTERY
145 HIGH STREET
LEWES
BN7 1XT
01273 483449
OPEN NOW
ELEGANT TARTS
CLASSIC CROISSANTS &
TRADITIONAL FRENCH BREAD
FRENCH PATISSERIE
light lunches, treats & afternoon tea
eat in or take away
COURTYARD GARDEN SEATING
5 STATION STREET, LEWES
TELEPHONE: 01273 483211
celebration cakes made to order
hours: mon-fri 8.00 - 5.30, sat 8.30 - 5.30
( open sunday during artwave )
photo: Chloë king
BUTTercUP caFÉ
I turn down Malling Street and only k<strong>now</strong> about
Buttercup beca<strong>us</strong>e I see a headless shop mannequin
wearing a tomato vine and a sandwich board. In
Lewes this sign means “home-cooked local produce
and Fairtrade coffee”.
The sunny, inviting garden is already packed with
hungry mums so I venture indoors. I find a cosy seat
in what looks like a larder, and am served quickly
and gracefully by not one but three waiters.
“We’re all sold out!” says the first. “My first
restaurant review and there’s no food!” I think,
bordering on angry, and order a coffee. “We have
portobello m<strong>us</strong>hroom, onion and cheese stuffed
jackets left…” says the second. “I’ll have that,” I
reply, for fear of hunger. The third hands me a
menu, but my food envy is waylaid when I see there
were only ever two alternatives: a soup or chicken
‘pot’ with puff pastry.
My jacket arrives promptly and stops me thinking
of pies. A crunchy, colourful salad takes up most of
my plate, rendering the potato an aside. It’s tasty.
Sweet carrots are mixed with nuts, which according
to the blackboard, the Buttercup kitchen “is full of”.
Pickled peppers, broccoli, humm<strong>us</strong>, mixed leaves
and a slightly zingy dressing add interest to the
spud, which although crisp but soft and earthy and
filling, is still very much, a potato.
“Is it alright back there?” I’m asked and I ponder a
second. I’m full and my coffee is j<strong>us</strong>t the right side
of strong, “Yes, thank you, it is.” Chloë King
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