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| Long before Starbucks, Costa, et al were peddling their wares on every street corner in London, Anita Le Roy had her foot on the English coffee ladder. These days her presence in the retail market is still very low key – two shops and a market stall. Nevertheless, Monmouth Coffee is regarded as the premiere importer of coffee beans in the UK. Bearing this is mind, Monmouth Coffee Company is more of a shop than a café. As you walk in the door, you’re faced with rows of bins full of aromatic beans, their lush scent spilling invitingly over the top. The counter is strewn with all sorts of good-looking pastries (the coffee truffles were an experience to be savoured). The café section is squeezed (just about) into the back of the shop. There are four or five snug (read cramped) alcoves in an L-shape around the kitchenette where they prepare the coffee. One of the tables looked incapable of comfortably accommodating even a pygmy. Despite the tight space the atmosphere is quite relaxed – no one seemed to mind my companion and me squeezing on to their table. If you fancy a cigarette to accompany your coffee (careful – there aren’t any toilets), outside there’s a little red bench to park yourself on and watch the shoppers pass by. |
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Thomas Neal’s Centre,
35 Earlham Street,
Covent Garden,
London,
WC2H
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1 minutes distance from Monmouth Coffee House Company
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Earlham Street,
Covent Garden,
London,
WC2H
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Monmouth Street,
Covent Garden,
London,
WC2H
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0 minutes distance from Monmouth Coffee House Company
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Monmouth Street,
Covent Garden,
London,
WC2H
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0 minutes distance from Monmouth Coffee House Company
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| Radisson Edwardian Mountbatten Hotel |
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Monmouth Street,
Covent Garden,
WC2H9HD
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0 minutes distance from Monmouth Coffee House Company
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| High Holborn Hall |
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High Holborn
London,
WC1V
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3 minutes distance from Monmouth Coffee House Company
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| Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The Musical |
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Palace Theatre,
Shaftesbury Avenue,
W1A
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3 minutes distance from Monmouth Coffee House Company
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| Deathtrap |
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Noel Coward Theatre,
St Martin's Lane,
WC2N
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5 minutes distance from Monmouth Coffee House Company
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| Elms Lesters Painting Rooms |
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Flitcroft Street,
Covent Garden,
London,
WC2H
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2 minutes distance from Monmouth Coffee House Company
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| St Paul's Covent Garden |
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Bedford Street,
Covent Garden,
London,
WC2E
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5 minutes distance from Monmouth Coffee House Company
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| Stuart Phillips |
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25
Monmouth Street,
Covent Garden,
London,
WC2H
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0 minutes distance from Monmouth Coffee House Company
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| Seven Dials |
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Monmouth Street,
Covent Garden,
London,
WC2H
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| English [Out There!] |
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Coptic Street,
Bloomsbury,
London,
WC1A
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5 minutes distance from Monmouth Coffee House Company
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| Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design |
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Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury,
London,
WC1B
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10 minutes distance from Monmouth Coffee House Company
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| Phoenix Garden |
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21
Stacey Street,
Covent Garden,
London,
WC2H
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2 minutes distance from Monmouth Coffee House Company
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| The Hospital Club |
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24
Endell Street,
Covent Garden,
London,
WC2H
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2 minutes distance from Monmouth Coffee House Company
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| London Pubs |
| Detroit Bar |
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Earlham Street,
Covent Garden,
London,
WC2H
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| Norman's Coach & Horses |
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Greek Street,
Soho,
London,
W1D
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| Madame Jojo's |
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Brewer Street,
Soho,
London,
W1F
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8 minutes distance from Monmouth Coffee House Company
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| Rumba |
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Shaftesbury Avenue,
Soho,
London,
W1D
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8 minutes distance from Monmouth Coffee House Company
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| London Business |
| Covent Garden Hotel |
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Monmouth Street,
Covent Garden,
London,
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| Radisson Edwardian Mountbatten |
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