This cafe has opened on the gravesite of the Blue Bay Fishmongers, a business which had problems gaining my trust as the owner was living in cloud cuckoo land where customer relationships were concerned.
Sadly, F15 seems to be flying in the same airspace. This is a cafe with no menu and no price board. Customers are expected to guess what is on offer and what it is going to cost them. No thanks.
They also say that 10% goes to charity. What charity, they do not say. The cafe interior is dark, the decor is "Teenage boy in the 1990s Balkans dreams of a penthouse where he can take the other farmers' sons back to and tell lies about his non-existent girlfriend". The walls are adorned with posters glorifying the F15, but there is a comment which can barely be made out on one of them that the cafe aims to promote peace. The set-up here all seems a bit odd, as do some of the customers lurking about, but I can't quite put my finger on what it is.
Maybe its just teething troubles. Anyway, until they get their act together, I am not drinking coffee here. There are perfectly good alternatives, all of them only a few yards away, like Cafe Azrou, Cafe Rio, Jesse's Cafe, Walthamstove Cafe or Euphoria. Next door to Beaumont Beds and Spoilt Bitch.
2008-07-09 @ 13:00