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Your guide to the best food & drink independents in Leicestershire

Our hometown is Melton Mowbray – the capital of pork pies and Stilton cheese. This inspired us to create Great Food Club in 2011. Leicestershire is the heart of rural England and contains a wealth of wonderful food and drink. Led by our Leicestershire editor Tim, who lives in Leicester, Great Food Club will guide you to the best independent Leicestershire restaurants, pubs, producers and food shops. And many of them are running superb member offers.

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Recommended businesses in Leicestershire

Here are the food and drink independents we love in this region and their member offers, with more coming soon…

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    45 St Martins Vintners & Bar

    45 St Martins Vintners & Bar specialises in fine wine and premium Champagne, bringing a unique range of drinks to the heart of Leicester…

    10% off retail purchases
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    45 West Bottle Shop & Bar

    A shop (and bar) in the heart of Leicester’s vibrant city centre, specialising in high quality wines, spirits and craft beers…

    10% off retail purchases
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    45 West Distillery & Gin School

    A Leicestershire gin distillery and gin school whose main product is inspired by wild botanicals growing in Charnwood Forest…

    10% off the price of a Gin School Experience
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    Ascough’s Bistro

    Popular Market Harborough bistro with a deliciously creative menu, nice setting and reasonable prices…

    Currently no offers
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    Belvoir Ridge Creamery

    Reviving local cheese styles to national acclaim, and now selling award-winning milk through a farm-door vending machine…

    Currently no offers
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    Black Goat Farm

    A small farm that raises goats and sheep on Leicestershire pasture and then sells top quality meat directly to the customer…

    Orders over £25 receive a 10% discount
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    Boboli

    A bright, modern, stylish and welcoming pizzeria with a buzzing yet relaxed atmosphere, located in rural south Leicestershire…

    10% off the total bill excluding Friday and Saturday evenings...
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    Bouverie Lodge Venison & Bison Farm

    A 210-acre bison and venison farm selling its own meat in its own shop. Named one of The Telegraph’s 50 best food outlets outside London…

    10% off meat
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    Caffe Italia

    Charming and compact Italian café situated on Melton Mowbray’s prettiest cobbled street near St Mary’s church…

    Currently no offers
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    Charnwood Brewery

    A family-run brewery (husband, wife, children and dog!) with a passion for top quality, locally brewed beer…

    25% off brewery tours (normally £10) and 10% off bottled...
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    Chocolate Alchemy

    Chocolate Alchemy imports chocolate from all over the world, creates inventive truffles, and runs chocolate workshops…

    10% off all chocolate bars in store
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    Cocoa Amore

    Cocoa Amore is bringing fine, hand-made chocolates to the heart of Leicester – along with the chance to create your own…

    10% off chocolates
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    Crafty Burger

    This laid-back, buzzing pop-up burger restaurant runs on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 6-8.30pm…

    Currently no offers
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    Crafty St Martin’s

    A laid-back independent coffee shop and coffee and tea merchants in central Leicester with an enticing lunchtime menu…

    Currently no offers
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    Cured

    Cured in Leicester takes influences from traditional techniques and from the multicultural cuisines of its home city to create exciting food at bargain prices…

    Currently no offers
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    Deli Flavour

    A brilliant independent deli and cafe crammed with a broad range of top quality food and drink…

    A free organic coffee, tea or hot chocolate with any...
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    Delice Deli & Café

    Relax and dine in the café before stocking up on top quality continental and local produce in the deli. Under its French owner’s influence, La Delice is a beacon of good food in Loughborough…

    10% off in the café and bistro
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    Delilah Fine Foods

    A past winner of UK Deli of the Year, the Leicester branch of Delilah is packed with delightful produce…

    Currently no offers
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    Dickies Butchery

    Set on a family farm in the middle of the Vale of Belvoir, Dickies can only be described as a ‘destination’ butchery…

    Currently no offers
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    Dickinson & Morris

    An award-winning baker of genuine Melton Mowbray pork pies since 1851, plus seller of fine local cheeses, sausages, Melton Hunt Cake and more…

    £5 off a Melton Mowbray hamper exclusive to Great Food...
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    Dolce & Verde

    An attractive, classy-feeling independent coffee house that clearly cares a great deal about quality…

    A free coffee of your choice with any breakfast or...
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    Duncan Murray Wines

    Superior independent wine merchant, named Independent Wine Retailer 2012 by the International Wine & Spirits Competition…

    10% off all wines in store on Tuesday to Thursday
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    edibLE16

    A fantastic online delivery service that only stocks food and drink produced in the LE16 (Market Harborough) postcode area by local producers…

    Get £5 off your first online order using the following...
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    Everards Brewery

    Everards are a family-owned Leicestershire brewery founded in 1849 with a passion for food and drink, and a policy of supporting everything local…

    Currently no offers
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    Farndon Fields Farm Shop

    One of the country’s biggest and best farm shops, stocking fresh fruit and veg grown in fields next door, local meats and a range of superb delicacies. There’s a café, too…

    Currently no offers
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    Fenways

    Big and fun, Fenways of Loughborough offers a bold, hearty take on American barbecue and channels the spirit of the American roadhouse…

    Currently no offers
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    Fosse Meadows Farm

    Delicious free-range, slow-grown, award-winning poultry reared in south Leicestershire…

    10% off free-range chickens, cockerels and turkeys
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    Gelato Village

    An authentic Italian gelato and sorbetto parlour with a passion for local ingredients…

    Currently no offers
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    Grounded Kitchen

    Leicester’s Grounded Kitchen has a mantra of “eat healthier on the go”, and its Korean-inspired salad bowls offer some delicious freshly-prepped combinations…

    Any bowl with any Matcha tea for £6
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    Hambleton Bakery Market Harborough

    Crowned Britain’s Best Bakery by ITV1, Hambleton Bakery traditionally produces a mouthwatering array of breads and pastries in its giant woodfired oven…

    Free loaf or jute bag when you spend over £10
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    Hammer & Pincers

    The Hammer & Pincers in Wymeswold, Leicestershire, focuses on local sourcing, including amazing beef from Blackberry Farm 12 miles away…

    20% off the A La Carte menu, not including Friday...
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    Hercules Revived

    Hercules Revived is back in the saddle – a modern take on a classic English country inn, where good, honest food and drink take centre stage…

    20% off the a la carte menu
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    John’s House Restaurant

    Creative fine dining on a family farm – one of the Midlands’ most special gastronomic experiences. A holder of one Michelin Star…

    A free glass of Champagne per person when you dine...
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    Just So Italian

    A unique deli (and online shop) jam-packed with genuine Italian delicacies, run by a family team with close links to several small producers in Italy…

    Two free Italian pastries when you spend £10 or more
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    King Richard III

    Leicester’s beautifully renovated King Richard III offers great contemporary British food with a minimum of fuss…

    Currently no offers
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    Launde Farm Foods

    A producer of high quality grass-fed lamb – reared slowly near Launde Abbey in east Leicestershire…

    Currently no offers
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    Leicestershire Handmade Cheese Co

    Superior cheese handmade to a traditional recipe from milk produced by the farm’s own cows…

    Currently no offers
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    Manor Farm Cookery School

    A rural cookery school offering courses and workshops for people of all ages and abilities…

    10% off any course
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    Manor Farm Dairy

    Probably the best yogurt you’ll ever taste, handmade on the family farm in Leicestershire…

    Currently no offers
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    Manor Organic Farm Shop

    An organic butchery, bakery and tearoom situated at the heart of a working farm in north Leicestershire…

    Spend £20 on meat and get half a dozen of...
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    Meatcure Leicester

    A relaxed, family-friendly steak and burger restaurant with a DIY, street-food vibe and high standards…

    25% off the food bill at any time
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    Meatcure Market Harborough

    A relaxed, family-friendly steak and burger restaurant with a DIY, street-food vibe and high standards…

    25% off the food bill at any time
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    Miss B’s Tea Rooms

    Lovingly prepared homemade food – from pork pie platters to Victoria sponges – star at this award-winning traditional tea room…

    10% off luxury afternoon tea
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    Nelo’s Coffee Indulgence

    A fixture at Oakham’s Wednesday market, Nelo’s Coffee Indulgence operates from a converted Italian Piaggio Ape…

    Currently no offers
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    Nice Pie

    Jamie Oliver-recommended award-winning pies and other delicacies made in the heart of Leicestershire…

    10% off in the Nice Pie shop from Tuesday to...
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    North’s Deli & Patisserie

    A high quality traditional deli offering a large yet carefully chosen range of food and drink. An artisan patisserie business is attached…

    Currently no offers
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    Paddy’s Marten Inn

    A Leicester institution for over 20 years, Paddy’s is the kind of restaurant that makes the city so famous for Indian food…

    Currently no offers
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    PETER Pizzeria Leicester

    The second PETER restaurant, offering authentic Neapolitan-style sourdough pizza in a cool and funky setting…

    Make your own pizza with Peter’s chefs, Monday to Thursday,...
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    PETER Pizzeria Loughborough

    A shrine to real Neapolitan sourdough pizzas with a chilled out, cool, fun vibe and an excellent array of gluten-free options…

    Make your own pizza with Peter's chefs, Monday to Thursday,...
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    Poacher’s Brasserie

    Bringing a French flavour to rural Leicestershire, Poacher’s Brasserie is well worth a detour, offering high quality ingredients and good cooking…

    A free bottle of house red/white/rosé with any starter and...
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    Queens Park Preserves

    An artisan producer of high quality, flavoursome preserves – from marmalade to Moroccan chutney – handmade in Leicestershire…

    15% off all preserves purchased online and at the market...
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    Sapori

    Sapori in Anstey, Leicestershire, is hidden away down a side street in an old industrial building, but it is one of the region’s best Italian restaurants…

    Currently no offers
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    Stone’s Dairy

    A tiny but growing dairy that produces outstanding raw (unpasteurised) milk, along with butter and cream…

    10% off
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    The Baker’s Arms

    Historical and charming thatched 15th century Everards pub with an admirable local sourcing policy and an impressively characterful interior…

    Currently no offers
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    The Berkeley Arms

    Excellent seasonal food in relaxing surroundings comes as standard at this Michelin Bib Gourmand-awarded 16th century village pub…

    Currently no offers
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    The Bewicke Arms

    A classic English country pub offering good quality cooking with locally sourced, seasonal ingredients…

    10% off the total bill for up to four people...
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    The Black Horse

    Lovely back-street boozer with warm and welcoming atmosphere that serves traditional pub food, including first-rate handmade burgers…

    Free pint or glass of wine with every handmade burger
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    The Bottle Kicking Cider Company

    Well balanced craft ciders made with juice from apples grown in Leicestershire and Gloucestershire, expertly blended; also inspired by an ancient – and utterly bonkers – village ritual…

    Currently no offers
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    The Cafe @ Welland Park

    Good coffee and delicious food in an Art Deco building set on park lawns next to the river in Market Harborough…

    Free Americano or pot of tea for one with orders...
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    The Garage Bakehouse

    A tiny, family-run bakehouse that makes and sells delicious breads, cakes, coffees, soups and more. Shortlisted in the Great Food Club Awards 2015…

    10% off all products when you show your Great Food...
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    The Geese & Fountain

    A traditional village inn with a rustic feel in Croxton Kerrial on the A607, serving honest, locally sourced pub food and a spectacular range of beers…

    10% off the food bill at lunch or dinner, for...
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    The Grey Lady Kitchen & Deli

    A buzzing cafe-deli-restaurant in a beautiful location opposite Bradgate Park, serving good quality snacks and mains…

    Currently no offers
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    The Griffin & Odd John’s Kitchen

    An special, cosy country pub in a beautiful village setting with many strings to its bow, including a deli-kitchen in the courtyard and a handsome landscaped garden…

    Currently no offers
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    The Joiner’s Arms

    A Michelin Bib Gourmand-winning village dining pub with a focus on good quality, simple, well-cooked ingredients…

    10% off the A La Carte & Specials Board at...
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    The King’s Arms

    Traditional village pub in the Vale of Belvoir offering a warm welcome, a selection of real ales and mouthwatering food made using locally sourced ingredients…

    10% off the food and drink bill, Monday to Thursday...
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    The Knight & Garter

    The Knight & Garter in Leicester brings independent flair and a dedication to quality that makes it stand out from its peers…

    Complimentary starter or dessert with all main courses, Sunday to...
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    The Lansdowne

    This spacious bar/restaurant offers an enjoyably laid-back vibe alongside good quality food and drink. Top quality casual dining…

    A medium glass of house wine or a bottled beer...
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    The Lighthouse

    Expect modern cuisine with an emphasis on seafood, plus a wine list that’s a cut above, at this restaurant formerly known as Firenze…

    10% off the total bill excluding Saturday evenings for customers...
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    The Melton Cheeseboard

    Local cheeses, British cheeses, continental cheeses: The Melton Cheeseboard is a friendly, traditional cheesemonger specialising in Stilton…

    15% off all items (excluding December)
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    The Old Barn Inn

    A 16th century country pub with its own smokehouse, situated in a beautiful hamlet serving simple classics, handmade pizzas and local ales…

    15% off the food bill from Monday to Thursday
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    The Queen’s Head

    A nicely revamped village pub near Loughborough serving classic dishes made with top quality ingredients and cooked to perfection…

    A free bottle of house wine for tables of four...
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    The Queen’s Head & Shop

    A dining-focused Everards pub with exceptional views across Saddington reservoir, and home to a fantastic little farm shop selling handmade delicacies…

    Currently no offers
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    The Royal Oak

    Classy rural dining pub serving north Leicestershire and beyond…

    Currently no offers
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    The Rutland & Derby

    A passionately-run city centre pub, showing real attention to detail and offering well-cooked comfort food alongside a good drinks range…

    A complimentary glass of Le Rouleur French wine with your...
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    The Spotted Duck

    The Spotted Duck restaurant in Mountsorrel may have a humble exterior but its food is right out the top drawer…

    Currently no offers
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    The Stamford Arms

    This pub was once the 19th century home of the founder of Everards Brewery. After a £450k refurb it is now modern, spacious and serves a good range of tasty pub food and local beers…

    20% off food, excluding any other offer
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    The Star Inn 1744

    The Star at Thrussington in Leicestershire is a professionally run village inn with rooms. Expect well-cooked classic dishes and well-kept cask beer…

    20% off food, Monday to Thursday
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    The Tollemache Arms

    Large 19th century village pub that is winning a good reputation for well-cooked food served at reasonable prices…

    10% off food at any time
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    The Waltham Deli

    This village deli might be tiny but it packs a hefty food punch – it’s full to bursting with delightful produce…

    10% off in the shop
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    The Wheel

    A down-to-earth and thoroughly charming village pub with a knack for making you feel relaxed and at home. The food is inventive and of a high quality…

    10% off the entire bill, Monday to Saturday, lunch and...
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    The White Peacock

    A stylish restaurant and bar in a nice city centre spot offering a varied menu. Locally sourced ingredients feature prominently…

    15% off the total bill, Monday to Friday, evening a...
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    Three Horseshoes

    A pub, deli and chocolate-maker all in one, the Three Horseshoes is a slice of food heaven. It even makes its own bread, jams and biscuits…

    10% off food from Monday to Friday
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    Thrussington’s Village Store

    A welcoming, child-friendly deli and tearoom overlooking Thrussington’s pretty village green…

    10% discount in the tearoom from Tuesday to Thursday between...
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    Thyme

    An intriguing café/restaurant serving tasty Mediterranean-style food in the middle of Leicester’s Spinney Hill Park…

    Show your card to get a free mocktail with your...
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    Tori & Ben’s Farm

    Exceptional local steaks, sausages, burgers and more from prize-winning animals raised on a small scale by a passionate young farming couple…

    10% off all produce
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    Two Birds Spirits

    One of the original artisan distillers, producing carefully crafted gins and vodkas and offering gin masterclasses at their Market Harborough HQ…

    10% off all online purchases
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    W Archer & Son Butchers

    This neighbourhood butcher has been established for nearly 100 years and always seeks out high quality and rare-breed meats – it is famous for its hog roasts and South African specialities…

    10% off all products
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    Walker & Son Pie Shop and Deli

    A famous pie shop since 1820, Walkers has been given a modern makeover and is now a Mecca for food lovers young and old…

    Spend £10 or more in the shop and receive a...
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    Well Roasted Coffee

    Well Roasted Coffee in Market Harborough is the result of painstaking research and a giant passion for the finest coffee…

    Currently no offers

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