St. JOHN at the Bookshop
Opening hours:
Monday-Saturday: 8 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.
(extended evening hours for events)
Sunday: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Here at the Bookshop, we are long-time fans of doughnuts in general, and St. JOHN doughnuts in particular. Imagine our collective delight when we heard that those doughnuts would be coming to us. St. JOHN, the pioneering nose-to-tail restaurant, bakery and winemaker, is now open next door to the Bookshop.
Its menu meanders through the day, inspired, as ever, by the philosophy of ‘purpose and simplicity’: open from 8 a.m. for coffee, croissants, Eccles cakes and those doughnuts; at lunchtime, for savoury tarts and sandwiches, alongside their famous baked-to-order madeleines; and on days when there’s an event in the Bookshop, they’re open for wine, house cocktails and snacks until 6.55 p.m.
Trevor Gulliver, co-founder and CEO of St. JOHN, explains how the collaboration came to be: ‘We were curious when the London Review of Books asked us about their café at the Bookshop which was closed, would we come by and take a look? One thing has led to another, the discovery of the hidden square with the little terrace behind the bookstore, the general delight in working with the LRB, its location and the good feeling that an independent bookstore provides to many.’
