This genteel deli-cum-café on Cherry Hinton Road is popular with yummy mummies and retirees who come for the light, bright atmosphere and cheerful service. Real Italians serve up ‘proper coffee’,
as well as an array of cured meats, cheeses, ciabatta sandwiches packed with grilled Mediterranean vegetables and sweet delicacies such as Portuguese pastel de nata (custard tarts). A few
1940s-style coffee tables and globe pendants inject just enough character into the recently refurbished white space, where shared benches and a suntrap yard provide relaxed spots for hanging out
over an unhurried snack. Marvel at the shelves packed sky high with beautiful Italian imports and near-perfect, colourful fruit or linger and buy some fresh bread from the bakery counter before you
go.