Picnic

emilyjp

Wonderful individual cafe with ethical coffee 14th September 2008

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Picnic is an oasis amongst the larger chain cafes in Reading. The quality of the coffee is excellent. Picnic has a blackboard on which patrons can mark in chalk where in Reading serves the best coffee. Needless to say Picnic is winning by a mile!

Small and cosy, picnic has about 7 tables inside (all multicoloured) and a couple of window benches. There are a further 4 tables outside with an awning to protect against the British weather.

Picnic also serves delicious homemade food, an array of cakes and a luch menu. This includes salad boxes – I recently had the Greek salad box (feta, olives, salad and cous cous), delicious.

The tea and coffee cost slightly less than other nearby chains although the quantities are smaller too.

There is ample reading material about – newspapers but also books to suit the quirky and slightly retro feel of picnic – I lost half an hour to a 70’s British Cookery book.