Drink, Shop & Do is one of my favourite places to escape in central London. If you haven't visited yet...here are the many reasons why you should...
It's a tea shop, it's a bar, it's a vintage shop, it's a place to find new design products, it's a cool place for crafty activities. It is all of these and that's why I love it.
Based just a hop, skip and a jump from King's Cross station this joint starts with a super vintage interiors and designer/maker products shop. With cool gifts from creative badges, retro products (like those above from Tala!) to hand-made one offs (like the hearts below from the v talented Heart Zeena) and of course more vintage crockery than you can shake a stick at.
The shops leads up the the delightful cafe/bar area packed full of sweet seating arrangements made up of perfectly paired tables and chairs...that like *everything* in Drink, Shop & Do are for sale.
Lounging and games are encouraged. They even have a Scrabble night (that's it I'm moving in!)
Of course the tea is sold by the pot in cute mismatched vintage teacups and saucers - would you have expected anything else?! Plus you can't leave without cake...particularly the happily indulgent Victoria sponge...mmm
The building was originally a Victorian bath-house (fact fans) and the circular shaped back room still has the beautifully ornate originally ceiling. Muggins here declined to take a lovely looking-up shot, but I did take this slightly spooky shot of the plates hung on the wall instead - again all for sale...
And what else can Drink, Shop & Do give us? They've only gone and put in a retro ice-cream bar!
Go if you haven't been before. My formula for a visit: go with a gift to buy, find something for yourself - decide to buy both, then head to the back for a tea and cake with a book, cocktails optional. Enjoy!
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