Cafes and Coffee Shops in Kings Lynn, Norfolk*

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Cafes and Coffee Shops

• The Green Quay
• Crofters Coffeehouse in the Arts Centre at 27 King Street is a great venue for acoustic music the 3rd Wednesday night from February to November. They also serve excellent coffee!!
• Loads of cafe and coffee shops now. Archers is a local independent, lots of chain ones now, Costa coffee etc.
• Several people have mentioned Downey's Cafe. Just to update thing here, this cafe is now long gone (2006). In its stead has come the chains Caffe Nero (in Norfolk Street), and Costa Coffee (on the corner of New Conduit Street and Broad Street). A nice place to go for a never-worse-than-mediocre coffee (good going - this is King's Lynn, nay the UK, where we pay hand-over-fist for rubbish quality and service every day) is The Green Quay cafe, inside a coverted Hanseatic warehouse on the South Quay (part of the Green Quay complex, a kind of maritime/sealife environmental ediucation centre). It's better than it sounds. Trouble is, the cafe seems to shut at 4 PM, except for a few summer months when they really push the boat out by staying open until 5 PM. After 6 PM, when Costa Coffee & Nero close, it's just abysmal black-eye pubs in this town (the pits).
• there is a new coffee place but i cant think of its name, bhs does good coffee and food
• nero's :) the only downside is that it is a small shop without an upstairs so u cant smoke
• Hate to be the bearer of bad news but Downeys has been closed for some time! However, the town centre is undergoing a revamp and many new places are arriving. So watch this space!!

• old biddy stylr
• Crofters in the bottom of St George Guildhall has the best coffee and cakes. Green Quay sells coffee - apparently much better than when it first opened. For loose coffee, Crofters or Norbury's on Tower Street.
• Littlewoods more atmosphere on the moon.
• Littlewoods more atmosphere on the moon.
• Green Quay cafe on South Quay. Pleasant spot for lunch, on the riverside. Has been known to serve real ale on occasions. 3 Saturday Market Place. Non-smoking cafe with daily-changing menu and unhurried atmosphere.
• No3 SATURDAY MARKET PLACE, NOW THAT IS A TRENDY ESTABLISHMENT ITS A WINE BAR IN THE EVENINGS. THERE SEEMS TO BE LOADS DOWN NORFOLK STREET. CROFTERS IS POSH.
• Crofters, cofee and carrot cake. brilliant.

• I used to work at downeys, unfortunately downey's closed down on valentines day 2004 because of money problems, it never was the same after they refurbished in spring 2003 and the prices went up as the quality went down.
• Evetwhere
• Downeys has been totally revamped, with leather sofas and soft lighting. The food is still as great as ever, especially the seafood bruschetta! Nice for brunch;good coffee and fresh croissants.
• King's Lynn needs more!
• There's a little YMCA cafe for the youth called The Edge on st.James street. Look out for it cos they have a PS2 and pc's with internet access!
• My Dad informs me that St.Margerats church has a good cafe on saturdays. Apparently it has "good real coffee".
• The Green Quay! Situated on the quay side. They do a lovely ham sandwich and hot chocolate! mmmm
• Downys cafe is a cool place in Tower Street. Also the Coffee shop in the undercroft beneath the Guildhall is good - like a large cave.
• CROFTERS ( IN THE UNDERCROFT OF THE FERMOY CENTRE NOW CALLED KINGS LYNN ARTS CENTRE )
• The Hob Goblin on Norfolk Street blows Downeys away. Top notch food with HUGE helpings for very little amounts of cash, and always very friendly (Whereas Downeys staff seem to look down their noses at you!)
• a few scattered down norfolk street
• The Green Quay is an excellent place for those who prefer a more quieter out of the way coffee shop. Daily papers are provided. On a warm day you can sit outside with a view of the river. You can also visit the museum upstairs. The cafe/coffee shop hidden away in the newly opened Palmers shop in Norfolk St is also worth a visit. The shop has some good quality home ware.
• The bus cafe shop a great spot for youngsters
• Downey's Cafe is a cool and classey place for bite to eat and a coffee, and not over-priced either. the 'Bakers Oven'is a more down market self-service type, and much improved since it has been refurbished. the staff are just as grumpy though!
• Go to Downeys on Tower Street (near cinema) great REAL coffee (none of that automatic machine rubbish), scones and try the strangely named Eurocamp baguette (it really is nice). Oh and you should try the soups. Sorry, have I gone on to long? Oh well, I just love the place!
• Downeys cafes tower street
• Downeys Cafe - brilliant

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