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Katie & Kim’s Kitchen to close
Grammatically, to describe somewhere as “most unique” makes no sense.
And yet, to describe Katie & Kim’s Kitchen on Picton Street in Montpelier as Bristol’s most unique cafe is not an overstatement for what has swiftly become a Bristol institution.
So a brief announcement across their social media channels with their typical humour announcing that they are closing at the end of January has been met with dismay across the city.
is needed now More than ever
Scotland-born Katie Houston and Kim Glegg met at art school and first started cooking out of a converted horsebox on Stokes Croft, winning the top prize at the British Street Food Awards before moving to permanent premises in Montpelier in 2014.
A couple of years later, they published their first cookbook, We Can’t Write But You Can’t Cook, a collection of recipes the pair had been asked for over the years and ones they cook a lot in their cafe such as their famous cheese scones.
Katie & Kim’s Kitchen began in a converted horsebox on Stokes Croft
Katie & Kim’s Kitchen received some of the most glowing testimonies from panelists in last year’s independent food guide EatDrink24/7.
Elly Curshen from The Pear Cafe said: “Everything I’ve ever had there (many, many, many visits later has always been utterly delicious and joyful.”
Zara Narracott of Zara’s Chocolates said: “Imagine your best mate is an amazing cook and invites all your friends for brunch, where you all sit around their awesome wooden kitchen table swapping stories of the night before. It’s like that.”
John Drysdale of Small Street Espresso and Little Victories called Katie and Kim “Bristol legends”.
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