Shops / Cotham
New sandwich shop and deli opens
A new sandwich shop has opened in Cotham.
Badger & Squirrel, which is also a deli, offers sandwiches, salads, and baked goods.
Located on Cotham Road where Sandwich Sandwich once was, South African owners Sean Eyberg and Darryl Smyth have completely refurbished the unit, putting their own spin on the space.
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“The whole place is homemade, the walls, the food, everything,” Sean said.

The pair built and designed the eatery themselves – photo: Edie Attridge
As well as building the deli “from the ground up”, the pair also use locally sourced produce, and aim to keep their prices low.
“I have core sandwiches we will be making every day, but we will be constantly changing our menu depending on what we can get. We’re trying to stick with local (produce) as much as we can.” Sean said.
“Coming from a chef’s background, we just want to make really good food that’s well priced.”

They will be offering a range of sandwiches made from fresh, local produce – photo: Edie Attridge
Daryll and Sean have both been chefs for more than 30 years now, and have made the decided to set up their own eatery.
“We’ve worked for and learnt from a lot of different people running similar things and bigger things but we decided to go off and start our own thing now” Sean added.
All photos: Edie Attridge
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