No.15 Cafe House, Macmillans, Penwortham | Graham’s Guides

Graham’s Guidelines	* Rating (1 to 5)
Coffee	4*
Food	5*
Conversation	5*
People Watching	3*

It’s Saturday morning and we are looking forward to spending most of our day as guests at a wedding. The timing of weddings makes for interesting eating. It’s called a wedding breakfast but that’s happening later in the day and it’s traditional that the wedding itself happens at about the time you would normally be eating your lunch. Experience has taught us that the best way to prepare for a wedding is to have a good breakfast, or brunch, which will see you through to the wedding reception.

Our chosen location is not new to us, we’ve been on many occasions. I suspect that Sue and I have had a similar brunch on a similar occasion, Sue might even remember the exact day and occasion but my memory doesn’t work that way.

If the truth be told, we’ve visited often enough that we know the menu and our order is set before we’ve walked in the door. That doesn’t stop us both reading the menu thinking that we might do something different. We don’t, we know what we like. It’s poached eggs on granary toast with bacon or sausage and topped off with mushrooms. To drink we will both have some orange juice and a black americano. The coffee is Carvetii which is roasted in Threlkeld, not too far from where Sue spent her early years. It’s a full body roast which is well prepared in the No. 15 espresso machine.

No. 15 Cafe House is a cosy place hidden away from Penwortham high street on the quieter side of Priory Lane adjacent to, and connected with, Macmillans gift shop.

The display of cakes is always a delight, but they aren’t on the order for today.

There’s normally parking available on the street outside, but even if there isn’t there’s plenty of on-street parking around.

It’s advisable to book, we didn’t, but there were only the two of us.

We settle down and talk through the people we think are going to be at the wedding. Weddings are great occasions for reconnecting. We’ve known many of the people who will be there a very long time.

It was quiet on this particular visit which meant that the people watching was somewhat restricted. Everyone quietly getting on with their Saturday morning. The most notable thing was a man who had the full breakfast, which is substantial, buying some of the rather large scones, on his way out, stating that he would be eating them for his mid-morning snack. I was impressed by his ability to eat anything mid-morning after such a feast.

The food is, as ever, excellent, the staff are warm and friends, and the coffee is good.

Food eaten, I decide to indulge in a second cup of the Corvetii while Sue does a tour of the gifts having previously reminded herself of the upcoming events requiring a card, gift, etc.. If it was left to me we wouldn’t send anything like as many cards even though I know how much people value the connection that they bring.

Coffee drunk it’s time for the rest of a very special day knowing that we’ve taken on the calories we need to see us through to breakfast.

No. 15 Cafe House,
Macmillans of Penwortham
15 Priory Lane,
Penwortham,
Preston
PR1 0AR