Wanstead’s new café/restaurant Bobo & Wild has had a busy first week, and seems to have hit its stride. After a comprehensive refit at the former Larder, the venue has become the fifth in the small chain set up by Bobo (below, left), with other branches in South Woodford, Shoreditch, Clapham Common and Stratford.
The Wanstead branch is being managed by Norbert (below, right), a familiar face thanks to his years working in Costa and more recently in City Place.
As always on Wansteadium we wish the team the best of luck in their venture.
I make it 13 coffee shops in Wanstead High Street!
Going from north to south:
• Fika
• The Wagon
• Bare Brew
• More Italy
• Bobo Wild
• Gail’s
• Costa
• City Place
• Wanstead Coffee Shop
• La Bakerie
• Café Chicchi
• Joice
• The Barrel Boulangerie
When back in the day all we had was the bakers ……
Ray, and that’s not including very nearby places for coffee:
The Bungalow Cafe
The Cherry Tree
Belgique
Cafe on the Green (Christchurch)
Cafe Brunch (on the high street)
and the three pubs along the High Street.
So in total that 21 places for coffee. And I did hear that the old NatWest Bank is to become a cafe !
Plus brunch – 14
Well, they’re all busy so it’s clear the high st can sustain them.