Cobbled Corner Cafe

Breakfast Review Sunday 24th July The Cobbled Corner Cafe Chipping. It was a sunny morning so I had a ride out to Chipping. I'd past the Cobbled Corner Cafe during the week and decided to pay it a visit and review it's Sunday morning breakfast. Chipping is a gorgeous little village. Other than the cafe there's a couple of pubs, a farm shop and a post office, which doubles as a tea room that holds the honour of being the property which has been used as a shop for the longest continuous time in the UK -(open since 1668). So into the Cobbled Corner. I was greeted by a cheery hello when I walked in and I took a table in the window. Noticeably there was a table set for 10 nearby so I was glad I'd beaten them here. Imagine if they'd run out of sausages! The breakfast was a straight forward affair with all the usual suspects, so no need to add any extras. A hash brown wasn't featured but I can take them or leave them. A pot of tea was included as was a couple of rounds of toast. My order was soon taken by a very cheerful and polite young waitress. Full English, no egg. I soon had a pot of tea in front of me. It was a really decent size pot and I got three good sized cups of tea out of it. The milk jug was pretty big too. While I sipped my steaming brew the customers for the big table starting arriving. I'm guessing they were local farmers. All ages but all with weathered and tanned faces and built like they were used to hard labour. I was glad I got my order in. These guys looked like they could eat. The only other customers sitting in were a couple of older guys in motorbike gear. I guessed they were doing their best to avoid their wives and any potential DIY they could get roped into at home. The Cobbled Corner also seemed to do a brisk trade with cyclists and there was a steady stream of cyclists tottering in, in there strange footwear and spandex leotards, ordering a butty, then tottering back out. We never used to wear all that. I think nowadays cycling is more of a fetish than a sport. When my breakfast arrived it looked great. I tipped the beans onto plate and got stuck in. I should mention also the plate was piping hot, always worth checking before decanting your beans other wise you end up with cold ones - urgh! I went at the sausage first, it was as good as it looked. It was obviously a butchers own. I spoke to the waitress later and she confirmed it was from Anderton's Butchers in Longridge (link below). The bacon too, was top quality and cooked perfectly. The black pudding was a single thick slice, very nice and the mushrooms were sliced quite thick so they retained some texture as well as their flavour and there were plenty of them. The tomato was a grilled half and the beans were piping hot - probably Heinz. I couldn't fault a thing. The setting, the cafe, the staff, the food even the people watching. I had a lovely breakfast and definitley reccomend a trip to Chipping for a Full English Breakfast at the Cobbled Cafe.

A lovely stop off en route (by bike - cyclists are more than welcome, or car) through the hill country of Bowland. Chipping is a lovely village and the cafe itself is quaint. It’s very basic - but that’s a selling point really, and the food is delicious. The staff were a little hassled on the day I was there and I didn’t quite get the smiley warm welcome others say they received. The teapots could do with a clean. But on the whole well worth the visit if you’re passing, though maybe not a trip specially.