Southsea Coffee Co

After hearing rave reviews about the Southsea Coffee Co, and a personal recommendation from the owners mum (who Jan works with!), we decided to head into Southsea to check it out.

Entrance to Southsea Coffee Co

All the reviews are correct - great little café tucked away on Osborne Road. Welcoming 'earthy' atmosphere as you enter, and a small selection of tables and chairs in the main room, with a smaller snug area (that could seat about 8) further back.

The snug area

Huge selection of coffees, and the blackboard emphasises the freshness and locally purchased produce used (the bees who 'produce' the honey are very happy apparently!!).

What was so different and appealing was the diversity of the breakfast menu, and not just the standard cooked brekkie or pancake theme that we normally go for.

Yummy menu

Absolutely delicious. We both had the toasted banana bread with vanilla marcaspone, fresh raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and banana drizzled with honey.

Even more delicious than it looks!

Yum Yum!
The little touches, like the miniature milk bottle and old syrup tin containing sugar, made the 'oldy - worldy' appeal that bit more special.

The walls are used for local upcoming artists to portray their murals/promote their work.

Reflection of mural in mirror

So - well worth a visit!

We went for a wonder around Osborne road/the market afterwards. Very quiet for a Saturday morning, especially as lovely and sunny for a change. We decided it is probably the sad decline of the shopping area in favour of Gunwharf up the road.

Park by Southsea seafront

 

Lots of dogwalkers out in the park, and the seafront roads open again after the heavy rain/windstorms of the last few months changed the shape of the shingle/sea defences.

Managed a couple of walks with the dogs all together this week,

Jess - Pol - Peg - Jake

Peggy Weggy

Polly Wally

 

Re-visiting our least muddy haunts - the occ rain fall this week keeping the flooded areas topped up sadly.

Pol Peg and Jake wading through the flood

Jessie washing the mud off

Jess with muddy feet

Doggies enjoyed it, no-one fell in, but poor old Jake got a bit stuck in the deepest bit so was rescued by his mum.

Jake struggling in deeper flood water

 

Rescued!!!!

 

Awww.

Still need wellies though..................

Jan and Peggy sunk a bit

 

Is frog spawn edible????

 

See you next week..........

Margaret seen deep in Jessies eye!