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Coffee shops in Sunderland


Otto's.
Mrs B (& dog) called in, picked up brie & bacon & weeds* panini's and brought them round corner where I was damaging walls**, very nice, will have to call in person.



* May have misheard this one
** Supposed to be hanging pictures.
 
Dirge said:
Whenever I have walked by rarely anyone in during the day and certainly not drinking coffee. Pubwise it attracts a few.Also I like my comfy seats when I have a coffee ( pathetic as that may sound ) and it seems to lack those
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My absolute pet hate when coffee shops don't have comfy seats.

I'm sure I read something once about Starbucks removing their "comfy seating" to get a bigger turnover of customers and therefore boost profits. Although a quick google suggests their now swinging back the other way to encourage customers back.

It'll be irrational, but I just assume if a coffee shop doesn't have comfy seating, they want me in and out. Which if that was the case I'd either make a coffee at home or get one to go.
 
TZMouk said:
My absolute pet hate when coffee shops don't have comfy seats.

I'm sure I read something once about Starbucks removing their "comfy seating" to get a bigger turnover of customers and therefore boost profits. Although a quick google suggests their now swinging back the other way to encourage customers back.

It'll be irrational, but I just assume if a coffee shop doesn't have comfy seating, they want me in and out. Which if that was the case I'd either make a coffee at home or get one to go.
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It’s a difficult one. Some people take the pi$$ and will ‘sit’ on one coffee and lots of free water for hours and use free wi fi. I can understand shop owners getting narked by that.
I, personally, tend to spend an hour in these places ( max). I’ll have 2 coffees then away. Sadly the demise of printed media especially newspapers has taken away a bit of the pleasure I derived ( being a boomer I suppose ). The joys of reading paper back to front , news, sport, in depth analysis etc. Now it is bite sized chunks for those unable to concentrate for more than 10 seconds.
But a comfy chair is non negotiable these days for me
 
Plenty to choose from there

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    Fancy a brew? Sunderland has a thriving independent coffee shop scene. If you’re in Sunderland city centre, here’s some great places to visit, big chains aside, in no particular order.

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Kingdom Bhoy said:
Plenty to choose from there

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    Fancy a brew? Sunderland has a thriving independent coffee shop scene. If you’re in Sunderland city centre, here’s some great places to visit, big chains aside, in no particular order.

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Great article, didn’t know about some of these so will give them a go.
 
tenpins said:
Coles is the best coffee in Sunderland for me. Pop Recs and Waterstones are decent as well.
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I like the ‘ ambience’ of waterstones but their coffee isnt the best
Love the comfy chairs and watching the ‘wild life’ from the windows in Nero’s but again the coffee is expensive and naff
 
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