Magnificent Mocha, Luscious Latte or an Amazing Americana?

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Coffee Lovers Reveal Who Makes The Best Cup in Chiswick

After a deluge of suggestions, recommendations and some rather obscure coffee orders I have been left in no doubt of the extent of Chiswick’s passion for coffee. However, the results of the poll are somewhat surprising.

Bearing in mind the eagerness that many residents profess to have in supporting independent traders coupled with the fact that there are so many places on or around the High Road where a cup of coffee can be consumed; the most popular café by quite some way and the third most popular were both chains.

Receiving more than four times as many votes than its nearest competitors, Café Nero came out the clear winner with the words “consistently good” used to describe their coffee time and again.

Classic Image Café Gallery on Devonshire Road who make “a mean cappuccino which manages to be creamy, frothy and tasty from start to finish” tied with Sam’s Bar & Brasserie for second place with the much maligned but evidently still popular Giraffe coming a close third.

It was heartening to see that the other finalists with the exceptions of Carluccios, Maison Blanc and Starbucks were independents including Café Chiswick which received a number of votes and a recommendation for people who like their coffee less potent to “go directly to Café Chiswick for coffee which is beautiful, flavourful and not too dark”

Many coffee loving parents cast their votes for The Natural Café, with one mother saying “The atmosphere is so friendly, there is a play corner for kids and even kids menu. Even my toddler who is 21 months insists in going in there every time we walk past it!”

Below is a table of the top choices (runners up in alphabetical order).

1st place	Café Nero	High Road
2nd place =	Classic Image Café Gallery	Devonshire Road
2nd place =	Sam’s Bar & Brasserie	Barley Mow Passage
3rd place	Giraffe	High Road
Runners Up	Burlington Café	Chiswick House Grounds
	Café Chiswick	High Road
	Café Delizia	Chiswick Lane
	Carluccios	High Road
	Elias	Turnham Green Terrace
	Grove Park Deli	Fauconberg Road
	High Road Brasserie	High Road
	La Mirage	High Road
	Maison Blanc (closed until Oct '07)	Turnham Green Terrace
	Natural Café	High Road
	Starbucks	High Road
	Theobroma Cacao	Turnham Green Terrace

May 4, 2007