Global Cafe - RISC - Reading

Omnivore cafe and bar

Global Cafe

The Global Cafe has stabilised over the past couple of years and you can get a good veggie or vegan meal here, as well as a lovely selection of international drinks, with many of the beers being vegan. It has a relaxed atmosphere and a youthful international feel.

Tutu's Ethiopian Kitchen holds the catering contract, and she's a great cook. There are a mix of Ethiopian and Mediterranean options, with the Ethiopian vegetarian options all being vegan too, which we particularly recommend. You can also have baguettes and jacket potatoes with a wide choice of fillings, such as garlic mushrooms or humous and roast vegetables.

The bar in the cafe pretty much always has soya milk, and they can do a soyaccino or soya chai.

All meals are freshly prepared using fair trade, local and GM free produce.

It turns into a nice bar in the evening. Good atmosphere and facilites for kids in the daytime, with baby changing available upstairs. There is a disabled toilet.

RISC has exhibition space inside, and meeting rooms that can be rented. There are useful community noticeboards and leaflets in the foyer outside the shop and cafe.

For more information try this site.

Address

35 London Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 4PS

Tel

0118 958 3555

Directions

Walking from the town centre & station: take a look at one of the linked to maps below and scroll north a bit to see the train station too (on Station Hill/Forbury Rd). You might find it handy to print one.

  • Come out of the main station entrance next to WHSmith
  • Cross the pedestrian crossing and head leftish down Station Road
  • Cross the traffic lights and continue down Queen Victoria St (pedestrianised)
  • At Broad Street (you'll be near John Lewis), turn left along it
  • Continue from Broad St into King Street (not pedestrianised)
  • Turn right down Duke Street
  • When you get to a dual carriageway, cross it, and continue straight ahead up London Street. RISC & the Global Cafe will be on your left after Great Expectations pub.
  • To get to the cafe or shop go in the main entrance.
  • To get in the meeting rooms you can go through the cafe/shop and ask the way, or turn left up a little pedestrian alley just at the end of the RISC building, left in the car park, and you'll see the meeting rooms entrance on the left near the car ramp.

Driving : parking is available all day in the Queen's Road Car park on the main Queen's Road dual carriageway (£9.50 for all day). There is also free parking round the back of RISC, but this tends to be full (you get to this by turning left up South Street, next left, left again and up a ramp. Only park in the designated RISC parking area). On Sundays there is more free parking in streets round and about, but leave yourself a fair bit of time to explore this. Use one of the maps linked to below to find your way to RISC & the Global Cafe.

map

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( Last updated by Sophie on 2008-03-01 22:21:56 )

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