Black Sheep Coffee

#londontravel Black Sheep has pulled off a blinder. They opened a few years ago and looked like the quirky outsider in a high street awash with cookie-cutter coffee offerings from Starbucks, Costa, Nero et al. They still look a bit quirky - and their coffee is far superior than the aforementioned - but they have expanded globally. Good for them. But the artisan look is a facade. We dropped into the Bankside branch for a light breakfast. You used to order at the counter and chat to the server but now they've installed a touch-screen system. Like McD's. The servers were friendly btw. We ordered a sausage bap and a cheese and ham toastie. Clearly reheated, pre-cooked - not the perceived artisanal food you might expect from little old Black Sheep 'keeping it real. The sausage bap was OK - no love and the toastie was tasty - a bit more than OK. In summary, go for the coffee, dig the vibe. Forget the food.