A new bagel cafe is planning to open tomorrow in Oxford.
The latest branch of The Steamhouse chain is opening in Little Clarendon Street, off Walton Street.
It's the latest cafe to be run by the chain serving bagels, espresso and cakes and it is situated next to Gail's Bakery.
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The Steamhouse also has cafes in Leamington Spa, Cheltenham, Worcester and Bromsgrove.
Staff were giving out free pastries as samples on yesterday and inviting customers and giving out vouchers for customers to get a free coffee from the opening day until May 5.
A building contractor said earlier: "
"There will be seating inside, and some seats outside.
"The main bakery depot is in Redditch."
The Steamhouse chain has been expanding since its launch in 2016.
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Its website said: "We first flung open the doors to our Leamington Spa store in March 2016, with our first store in Leamington Spa, we started off as a team of three selling 30 bagels a day that were bought in from a local home baker each morning, being filled to order and sent out to the small amount of risk-taking customers trying out a new food business on the high street.
"As word spread and our menu and products evolved, more and more people were coming through our doors each week.
"Our supplier couldn’t keep up with the demand and we began baking our own bagels in the middle of that summer."
The website added: "We roll, boil and bake thousands of bagels, hundreds of doughnuts with homemade salted caramel, chocolate ganache, curds and compotes as well as filled brownies, topped cookies and pretty damn great coffee and ship out to our stores at 6am daily!
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"Our original store in Leamington is firmly positioned on the high street, with stores in Worcester, Cheltenham and our new brunch location The Steamhouse Depot.
"After successfully navigating through a pandemic, we move on to plans for further growth in the not too distant future - it’s an exciting time to be at TSHQ and we hugely appreciate the continued support from all of our customers across the outlets."
Little Clarendon Street features shops, delis, a pub and restaurants and has been called the city's 'trendy street' in the past.
Since 2019, a number of parties have been held in the street to boost trade after a committee was created, which included traders, city councillors and representatives from Oxford University colleges.
Independent shops and restaurants staged the first street party in 10 years in 2016 after vintage clothing shop Uncle Sam’s and Posh Frocks both closed.
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This story was written by Andy Ffrench, he joined the team more than 20 years ago and now covers community news across Oxfordshire.
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