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Tues 14 October. Meeting at Rockfords in Basildon market, the weather was cold and damp, but their bread pudding, cooked everyday, is the best I’ve tasted for ages. It’s a café where people stay and chat for a while – […]
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Tues 9 September. Three weeks since we last met. Char-Latte Bar has a silent plasma screen showing sport. There’s easy listening music. The staff are pleasant and, though the prices are above average, the café fills up nicely. We occupy […]
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Tues 19 August. Loofer’s Food and Coffee Place recently opened in the Eastgate mall. Very friendly and sponsors Fairtrade projects. Subtle lighting and jazz. We’ve both seen an exhibition by students in a shop unit in Chelmsford and liked the […]
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Tues 5 August. The Master Baker at Basildon bus station is small and clean. It sells bread, cakes, sandwiches etc. and its round tables attract the neatly turned out, mainly on the far side of 50. The tea is marginally […]
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Tues 22 July. McDowell’s Pie & Mash. Its unusual deep green windows are open; designed by the Proprietor’s father, she thinks. Flow of breeze, flow of people. Traditional food – pie a particular shape, pastry and meat particular browns, mash […]
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Tues 15 July. On my way to the Dream Café in the town centre I see ripe cherries on the pavement. Parts of Basildon were built on cherry orchards and there are remaining trees camouflaged by landscape designer Sylvia Crowe's […]
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Tues 8 July. Arrive at McDowells Pie and Mash Shop at 10am in driving rain. Its green doors not open till 10.30 so we retreat to Esquires cafe in Eastgate mall for cappucinos. Light and airy. Marble and glass encapsulation. […]
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Tues 22 June. Tea x 2 mugs at one of the outdoor cafes in Basildon market. People at two nearby tables get to know each other while their dogs warn each other. We discuss recent experiences of being in the […]
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Tues 17 June. Coffee in Costa’s to kick start thinking. We have yet to decide most of the parameters of the project – apart from working in Basildon and combining the hand-made with digital/virtual. We would like a web site […]