Not only do they make sourdough bread in-house, they also grind their own flour.
Its menu includes bread baked in-house, pasta (from local ingredients) and some of the hutongs' best coffee.
Looking out over the banks of vegetables and fruit, local cheese, bread baked in-house, it's easy to see why the county's called the Garden of England.
Our waiter works around the love-in to deliver us an exemplary vodka Martini and fresh-lime soda (two good tests of a barman), excellent bread baked in-house and some baked salsify with Parmesan (£3.50, scrumptious) while we decide what else to have.
The menu also has cookies and cakes, a handful of savory dishes — sandwiches on bread baked in-house ($10 to $12), towering salads ($10 to $12) — but pull up a stool to the long marble bar, and it feels more like an ice cream parlor than a lunch counter.
118 Strand Rd, Portstewart, BT55 7PG; 028 7083 1783; @Harrys_Shack 1912, Bathgate If you're lucky, Sunday afternoon entertainment may be on the menu. 2 S Bridge St, Bathgate, EH48 1TW; 01506 633133; @cafebaRoseleaf Bar Cafer CafEdinburgh Friendlydly joint serving comforting food (cullen skink, macaroni in a truffled smoked Applewood cheddar sauce), with bread baked in-house.
In it you'll find at least six kinds of bread, most made in house: buttery bread and salty bread, crunchy bread and spongy bread, irresistible bread and even more irresistible bread.
But the portions are generous — nine slices of duck breast, ringed with bacon, to one entrée order — and the superlative bread, baked in house and sold in the adjoining boulangerie, is free.
Operating during daylight hours, its diners can kickstart the day with creamy scrambled eggs and bread baked in house; refuel at lunch with a pearl barley, pumpkin and beetroot salad, or drop by for a slice of carrot cake come teatime.
After nibbling at the Irish soda bread, made in house, and cottony commercial bakery rolls, patrons can try the argain-priced shrimp cocktail with five fresh jumbos ($7.50) or a small cup of excellent Irish beef barley soup ($3.50) thick with ground beef and minced vegetables.
