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Christmas Opening Hours 2017
We are shut from Sunday 24th and reopen Thursday 28th. Thursday 28th to Thursday 4th January we are opening at weekend hours; 09.30 – 5pm. We are open 10am – 4pm New Years Day.
Read MoreHappy Birthday to us! Celebrating togetherness over a cup of coffee…
This second birthday is a bit of milestone for us. We have not only survived but enjoyed, truly enjoyed two Winters and two Summers. They say it takes two seasons to know if you like a place. Two years today we had our first ‘open day’. We opened as softly as we could. We didn’t…
Read MoreChristmas 2016 Opening Hours
Our Holiday Open Times will be… Thursday 22nd December 10:00 to 17:00 Friday 23rd December 10:00 to 17:00 Saturday 24th December Closed Sunday 25th December Closed Monday 26th December Closed Tuesday 27th December Closed Wednesday 28th December Closed Thursday 29th December 10:00 to 17:00 Friday 30th December 10:00 to 17:00 Saturday 31st December 10:00 to 17:00 Sunday 1st January…
Read MoreBirthday Post
Today we are one year old. In thinking about the things that we would like to do to celebrate our first birthday, we have considered a few different things over the last couple of weeks. Late night party? Too knackered! Cake? We do that every day! Large gathering of people? See above. We would love…
Read MoreChristmas Period Opening Hours & Events
Christmas Opening Open Christmas Eve 11am to 3pm for coffees and cakes Closed 25th – 28th December Open 10am to 4pm Tuesday 29th & Wednesday 30th Closed 31st December Open New Years Day 10am to 4pm for Bloody Marys, Bacon Huffkins and Mexican Breakfast! Upcoming events 22nd December – Special Christmas Workshop. Make a Gingerbread House 4pm-7pm ish. …
Read MoreFilm Club is starting at the café in January!
We don’t have any rules in our club, but we do have a promise. We want everything we show to be informative, intriguing or inquisitive. There’s fantastically interesting films out there that you can’t watch down your local multiplex and we promise to show you a small selection of them, whether old, new, or sometimes…
Read MoreThe Umbrella Café’s Thank You Thank You Party – We couldn’t have done it without you.
So we’re open, running an actual café and filling peoples’ cups with coffee. We are Caroline, Rachel and Jo and we all jumped at the chance to run the café at the Umbrella Community Centre in Whitstable when it was put up for tender in July. However, none of us are business moguls or secret…
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