That hour has just come to pass. It makes me a little bit sad, but I am no longer going to be striding down the street in my sandals, while ice cubes clink in my cup. Paper straws, no more. It is cosy indoor cafe...
A relative newcomer to the city’s coffee scene, Little Havana in Leith is an outstanding example of warm and engaging customer service – and excellent coffee. This compact takeaway and coffee supplier near the foot of the walk is an offshoot of the tobacco store next door, The...
Steven Wright and Roberto Benigni Bringing a Local Flavour to Leith Charlie Ellis chats to Steven McKenzie about his latest project: Little Havana Coffee Store The spread of specialty coffee and the now ubiquitous flat white is often seen as a manifestation of gentrification. This controversial social process...
It's more than ten years since I blipped the Little Havana Cigar and Pipe Shop. It has survived, even through the indoor smoking ban and the pandemic, where it operated as a doorway counter, as did quite a few small shops in Leith (like Twelve Triangles...
