Tea & Cake at Drink, Shop & Do
Tea and cake are two of my utmost favourite things. They are up there, on my ‘what makes me really happy’ list, along with bubblebaths, marmite, mugs, Sunday mornings and winning at Connect 4. So you won’t be surprised to know that I know some tea and cake haunts in my city, that are SO GOOD, you’ll want to woot and toot and do handstands. Even if you can’t.
(Do I need a disclaimer here? *If you do a handstand after going to Drink, Shop & Do and hurt yourself I am not to be held responsible. But I will come and play Backgammon with you in hospital.)
Drink, Shop & Do is one of the most bright, quirky and gorgeous cafés in London and is just a couple of minutes walk from King’s Cross Station. It’s a place to meet friends for a cup of tea and slice of one of their many, many (many) cakes (I think there were 14 when I was there last week – and that’s only counting the big ones)… or you could go all out and have their full afternoon tea with one (or several) of their yummy boozies too…
Drink, Shop & Do is not just a place for cake though… it is the place for stellar cocktails and parties, late night dancing to old skool tracks on their juke box (free before 10pm, £3 after), crafting, making Lego robots, learning calligraphy, learning how to do vintage hair and makeup and many, many other workshops and events. That’s the ‘Do’ bit. Although, I definitely ‘Did Cake,’ when I visited.
And on top of all of that, they have their wonderful shop, where you can buy all kinds of sweet bits and pieces… including retro sweets, which will be carefully measured out for you on their vintage scales.
The wonderful things is that everything is for sale! The chair you sit on, the spoon you stir with – even the art on the walls. It’s all up for grabs, so if you fall in love with your plate or table, you don’t have to leave it behind.
You wouldn’t believe it if you saw it from the outside – a small and sweet white shop front with a little door… You’d never know that a veritable extravaganza of fun and frolics lies behind it!
It’s like the Narnia of cafés. It just gets better and better….
Drink, Shop & Do
9 Caledonian Road
London
N1 9DX
Rail/Tube: King’s Cross St Pancras
Miranda | Miranda's Notebook
I love Drink, Shop & Do! It’s been a favourite haunt for years – the tea, cakes and cocktails are so good, and I’ve spent many a happy night dancing downstairs too. Such a gem! You’ve made me want to go back asap. xxx
Poppy Loves
Go go go go go Miranda! x x x
Andrea Petersen
This place looks like so much fun! I am definitely going to have to stop by for some drunken board game playing and cake eating! Sounds like heaven! Lots of love, Andrea xxx
http://www.andreaspassions.com
Poppy Loves
It really is Andrea – I suspect I may still be in there when you go. Can’t seem to leave 😉 x
roxanne burt
hi poppy, yum cake and shopping perfect combo! try Bananagrams – its much more addictive than Connect 4! Roxanne
Poppy Loves
I have heard the very same Roxanne – I will investigate! x
MissPond
Crikey! I had this on my go to the other day but we ended up going to Yumchaa (another high on my London wish list!) Bugger, it looks so good, definitely checking out next time 🙂
Poppy Loves
Definitely next time miss 😉 It’s spesh x
Maaike (Travellous World)
Okay, I’m in love. Already, and I haven’t even been there yet. Planning on attending on of the jukebox parties or a vintage hair and makeup workshop in the future as well? X
Poppy Loves
Definitely! x
gotmeghan
It’s taken me a while to finally read this post, but the wait was worth it! I loved everything about this post, but it made me extremely hungry for something sweet! I fully regret not having a piece of chocolate cake yesterday! This place seems soo cute and fun!
Dominika Sygula
Hiya babe, this place looks amazing, im just scrolling thru your blog reading all ur posts lol i love them and the look of ur blog, great job
thanks for sharing this with us.
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Dominica S.
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