City Snacks closed over the summer. For a long time it was a place I walked past occasionally. I popped in to cover it for A Good Place for a Cup of Tea and A Think. But when I was working at GDS it was just around the corner, 10 minutes walk, just the right distance to be a bolt-hole, a retreat. I came to love it. The people, the atmosphere, the food. We gossiped here, we made plans, we cursed the system and marvelled at the determination of our colleagues.
I think this was us designing these.
This was probably Matt making them better.
Oddly, just a few weeks ago it popped back to life on the telly, as a location in The Cuckoo's Calling. I hope they got a last bit of decent money from the fee. Used it to have a proper holiday. When I'd first seen the place was closed I wasn't that worried, they always used to close for quite a long time over the summer, go back to Italy. I admired that. I thought that was happening again until that dry-cleaning sign appeared.
Mostly though I just remember sitting here, writing optimistic notes about work that mattered, for stuff that had a chance of actually happening. That's proven to be rare in the world of 'digital transformation'.
Those red tables were gorgeous. Highly instagrammy.
And there was always a little odd thing to notice.
Ah well. City Snacks is now on EBCBrevisited and will be in tomorrow's Afternoon Slow.
I need to find another cafe.