Old Quarter · since the courtyard was a yard
A courtyard behind a door people walk past twice.
Coffee we roast, pastry from our own oven, and a planted yard at the back you can’t see from the lane.
How to find us
The door is green, narrow, and next to the bookshop.
Halfway down Example Lane, pedestrian only. No terrace out front. The seating is all behind the building. If you’ve reached the market square, you’ve gone too far.
- Address
- 12 Example Lane, Old Quarter, Fictional City
- Nearest
- Market square, 3 min on foot
- Access
- Step-free to the front room; one shallow step to the courtyard
What people order
The whole menu
Filter, single origin
Three on the brew bar, changed weekly. The programme people come back for.
Almond pastry
Baked here each morning. It sells out most weekends before noon.
Cardamom bun
Friday and Saturday only, and only while they last.
The courtyard
Sixteen seats, four walls of planting, and no through traffic.
Open from spring to the first cold week. No booking. If it’s full, the front room is warm and the wait is short.
“Walked past it twice before I found the door. Worth every minute once I did.”
on finding the entrance
“The courtyard is the reason I come. It’s the quietest place in the Old Quarter.”
on the courtyard
“Best filter coffee in the city and they remember how I take it.”
on the coffee
Beans
We roast for the brew bar, and sell what is left.
Small batches, roasted for filter. Bags are 250g, ground to order. At the counter only, and we don’t ship.
What is on the shelf this weekVisit
Public holidays are posted on the door and on this page a week ahead. The courtyard closes an hour before the café does when the weather turns.
