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All the latest news from The Little Book Cafe

15th September 2018
Finalists in the Essex Life Food and Drink Awards

We're feeling excited and proud to be be finalists in the Essex Life Food and Drink Awards in the Best Coffee Shop category.  Check us out in this month's edition of the Essex Life magazine.  The awards take place on Thursday 27th September - wish us luck!

14th September 2018
Top 50 restaurants in Essex

Essex Live have published an article of the Top 50 restaurants in Essex according to Trip Advisor.  And we're number 7 on the list which we're rather chuffed about. 
Take a look at the article on the Essex Live website to find out who the other 49 are.

7th Sepember 2018
Halstead Gazette Cafe of the Year Competition

We've made it through to the final stage of the Halstead Gazette's Cafe of the Year competition.  Thank you to everyone who nominated us so far and helped us get down to the final two.  The form for the final voting stage is in this week's newspaper and will also be in next week's too.  The voting deadline is Friday 21st September.  All votes would be much appreciated!  

4th August 2018
We've been nominated for the Good Food Awards

How lovely to receive a letter saying we have been nominated for the Good Food Award!  The awards are based on delicious dishes and consistently good customer feedback, so if you think we'd be a worthy winner it would be most appreciate if you could pop to the website and vote for us.  Voting ends on 14th August.
Go to www.goodfoodaward.com  

24th July 2018
​Freakshakes are back for the summer holidays

We're offering freakshakes again during the school summer holidays.  First up, it's our classic - the Fudgy Wudgy Freakshake: Caramel milkshake, toffee crisp bar, toffee fudge sauce, whipped cream, fudge pieces, pretzels, wafer & chocolate sprinkles!

Keep an eye out on our Facebook page or Instagram page for the different flavours coming up over the summer.

22nd July 2018
​Stewards Enquiry at Greenstead Green Village Fete

One of the Little Book Cafe team, Jane, is never one to shy away from the action.  So it was great to see her take part in the Hobby Horse Derby at the Greenstead Green Village Fete.  And although Jane didn't get the win she deserved, it was lovely to see so may people turn out to support the local event.  Well done to the organisers for a putting on such a great event.

15th July 2018
World Cup of Brunch

Thank you to everyone who voted in our World Cup of Brunch.  We were delighted with the response with over 1,300 votes cast over the 15 'matches'. 
Take a look at the results on our World Cup of Brunch page 
World War I memorabilia
World War I memorabilia

29th June 2018
​Lest We Forget

We're very happy to receive a silver award in the Halstead Chambers of Commerce Floral Display Award.  This year the theme was World War I.  Thank you to Spike for lending us some of his treasured WWI posters which looked great in our courtyard along with our red, white and blue flowers.  Well done to all the local businesses who took part and created some fantastic themed window displays.

18th June 2018
The Early Bird Catches the Breakfast

We're now open from 9am!  So there's even more time to enjoy a leisurely breakfast at The Little Book Cafe.  Our new opening hours are:
Monday - Closed
​Tuesday - 9am-3pm
Wednesday - 9am-3pm
Thursday - 9am-3pm
Friday - 9am-3pm
Saturday - 9am-3pm
​Sunday - Closed

10th June 2018
Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence

We're delighted to have achieved our Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence for the third year running.  Customer feedback has always been important to us and we're proud to be rated highly on Trip Advisor.
Take a look at our reviews on the Trip Advisor website.