Row of wooden bar stools along a dark counter by a window

The café

The café is in the old composing room, along a counter made from the compositors' bench. The coffee comes from a small roaster two streets away, and the bread arrives every morning at seven.

Narrow aisle between tall wooden shelves in a crowded bookshop

The bookshop

Books about print, paper, type and making things, new and second-hand, and a shelf of local publishers. We buy second-hand books on Tuesdays.

Opening hours

  • Tuesday–Friday: 8 am–8 pm
  • Saturday: 9 am–8 pm
  • Sunday: 9 am–3 pm
  • Monday: closed

Coffee & food

  • Espresso — €1.80
  • Flat white — €2.60
  • Soup of the day with bread — €5.50
  • Sourdough sandwich — €6.90
  • Cake from the bakery — €3.20

Staff picks

Iva: a handbook of Japanese binding, with patterns you can copy.

Tom: a history of wood type from the factory that made it for a hundred years.

Café counter of brownies, cakes, macarons and canelés with handwritten price cards
Cakes on the counter
Cup of espresso from above on a white table in soft shadow
Espresso
Sandwich halves on a plate beside a cup of tea and a jar of daisies
A sandwich and tea
Black coffee in a white cup, the foam shaped like a smile
Coffee with a smile
Shelves of old leather-bound books with gilt spines
Old leather-bound books
Rows of second-hand books spine up on an outdoor stall
The second-hand stall