This is a magnificent place. Just when I thought I'd lost my ebcb mojo we spend a couple of days in Dorset and bump into this joyous establishment. It's so fine it's featured in a lovely series of paintings. I haven't been this excited about a cafe in ages.
Let's start with the food. Well, it's perfect. Just the right portion size, fat chip-shoppy chips, a classic egg, plopped on top, and a lovely bean sea abutting the bacon and egg landmass.
Again, classic condiments, simple not fussy, just the basic, what you want.
But it's the interior that's really lovely. It's a big place. Chip shop meets cafe meets big communal meeting space. It's right next to the coach station and was obviously once packed out all the time as the people of Bridport traveled to and fro and tourists arrived - like some sort of medieval coach house.
Which means there are a few more entertainment options than the regular cafe. It's a staging point, a place where people wait, hang out, pass the time. So there are fruit machines and some space invadery machines.
And the decor, and general vibe, is just lovely. An accretion of styles from over the years, all of it fun and friendly and simple.
Rather like the signage; a great selection of periods and styles but all of it appealing, making you want to go in.
This is a great place. If you're ever in the area you must pop in.