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Independent shops worth a detour
A directory of independent coffee roasters, bakeries, wine bars and record shops across Northgate. Browse by category, or start with the companies below.
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BBlue Arc VinylSpecialist in jazz and library music, with prices to match.View →QQuayside BakeryAn old-fashioned counter bakery that has not felt the need to modernise.View →TThe Hollow VineThirty bottles, half of them by the glass, and no wine list longer than a page.View →VVerity BooksStrong on essays and translated fiction, with a genuinely useful staff picks table.View →
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PPier Street RoasteryQuieter than its neighbours, with the best decaf in the quarter.View →TThe Reading RoomSecond-hand and antiquarian, arranged by a logic only the owner fully understands.View →CCellar NineA basement room with a long bar and a much longer list.View →NNorthgate RecordsNew pressings at the front, forty years of second-hand stock at the back.View →
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Five things worth crossing town for.
Coffee Roasters
Roasters and espresso bars that take the sourcing as seriously as the pour.
Bakeries
Long-ferment bread, pastry worth queuing for, and the occasional excellent sausage roll.
Wine Bars
Small lists, low intervention, and somewhere to sit for a while.
Record Shops
New pressings, second-hand crates, and staff who will actually talk to you.
Bookshops
Independent sellers with a point of view and a decent events programme.