One thing that Manchester is sorely lacking in is a good café scene. Although the UK is a hop and a skip from the European mainland, specifically France and Italy, there isn’t really anywhere where you can get a decent latte.
The closest to good is Starbucks, and that is pretty damn sad. There are few cafés in town, notably the Olive deli on Sackville but it’s more of a deli than a sit-down café and the shaven head lesbian at the counter is always rude and never looks you in the eye or smiles. There is Oklahoma on High St which has an awesome kitchy gifts section and a pretty good independent DVD rental section. Some of the food is okay, but the coffee is complete shite with the exception of their hot chocolates. There is bluu in the old Fish Market which actually has good lattes, most of the time. And then there is Loves Saves The Day.
Loves Saves The Day is supposedly some sort of “Manchester institution”, which is probably only because it’s been open for 6 years. I can’t for the life of me think of any other reason why anyone would actually think it is an institution, because it fucking sucks.
They opened a store a few months ago on Oldham. I thought, “Ohh! A café close to my work!” I’ve been there quite a few times and I have to say, it’s crap. Love Saves The Day is one of those places that is fashionably expensive. As much as I would like to pay extortionate prices for food that is vaguely healthy – oh, actually, I don’t. Every time I went into the store, there were about 20 staff looking busy, but doing nothing, especially not serving customers or making coffee. They could never figure out what till to serve you at – if they decided to serve you at all. Because the store was so close to The Big Issue offices, there were always smelly homeless guys sitting on the terrace drinking “water” from paper cups. Yet, inside you can pay £12 for two coffees and two sandwiches. And the coffee was always horrid – bitter, burnt tasting, watery. Delish.
So, last month they closed up shop because apparently it turned out that their accountant was embezzling money or dodging the tax book or something like that. And sadly, they will be opening again next week. I look foward to not going there some more, because the only way they will ever become a true Manchester institution is if they stop sucking so much.
You should have been here when the über-hot asian girl worked there.
She was always very friendly and polite while pulling a reasonable espresso.
Dang, look what they do to you, they cannot even serve properly!
http://www.netdisaster.com/go.php?mode=coffee&url=http://www.animoller.com
I will never learn how to link
Click on the ?, silly! It tells you how to link and stuff.
You know, sometimes us really really smart people are totally oblivious of the obvious since we’re so preoccupied with being smart… #hidesunderstoneblushing#
they cannot even serve properly!
Try Katouris on the corner of Deansgate and dalton st.
But here too the female staff seem to be rude .Also too, it took me ages to be served last Saturday because you have to order food at the same counter that people are buying salami and cheeses , which have to be cut up and wrapped Etc…..so it takes an age . Mochas are nice and the Italian ciabatta with pepperoni mmm. I thinks its Greek so expect everything to be smothered in olive oil
fuck you, you stupid bitch!
Get the fuck out of Manchester.
Chris Joyce
No Chris, listen to what she has to say, lower your prices and start making some decent coffee.
Its not like anyone wants to hear your stupid songs anymore.
‘fuck you, you stupid bitch!
Get the fuck out of Manchester.
Now I really want to go to this cafe.’
Woah ani, you just got hormoned on by a 90’s celebrity.
there’s no such thing as bad publicity ;P
chris who?
“Loves Saves The Day” is so fucking bad because the company motto is “The customer is always a supid bitch.”
You live, you don’t learn.
Oh, and I forgot to mention, the phrase “Manchester institution” actually means “piece of shit”.
As in “Simply Red, they’re a Manchester Institution!”
*makes note to visit “Love Saves The Day” to rate crapness.
Love will save the day by tearing us apart.
Or, wait, is it the other way ‘round?