Mccune Smith Cafe & Shop

3-5 Duke St G31 1DL Glasgow »Map«

Mon-Sat Espresso, Aeropress, V60 Coffee: Dear Green & guests Also: Meals, cakes, snacks

Coolness: Sharing the honey of slavery abolitionist James McCune Smith

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McCune Smith Cafe & Shop (3♥) is at the East terminate of primal Glasgow, nigh the Strathclyde University campus.

It's a triple-fronted store with windows from the flooring to ceiling together with has local roaster Dear Green equally their work solid edible bean provider, amongst guests. You tin savour espresso based drinks equally good equally traditional old-school filter, aeropress together with V60.

The rationale behind the cafe's advert is outlined on the menu. James McCune Smith was a 19th century African-American physician, apothecary, slavery abolitionist, together with author. When he was denied admission to American universities due to his race, he applied together with was accepted yesteryear the University of Glasgow. Supported yesteryear the Scottish Enlightenment, he was the showtime African American to have a academy medical degree.

The subject continues throughout the bill of fare that includes enlightened sandwiches together with enlightened breakfast pots, many named afterwards other legendary activists together with thinkers. The friendly folk at this cafe brand all their ain nutrient which is wholesome, tasty together with varied. The Tobias Smollett enlightened sandwich is has boundary greenish pesto, cherry-red cabbage together with apple tree slaw & goats cheese. The Frances Wright is Kentucky ham, homemade sweetcorn taste & salad. They also create closed to big Sabbatum brunches including the 'McCune Smith': scrambled eggs, Connage Dairy gouda together with sliced pastrami on toasted rye together with Mexican eggs: scrambled eggs with jalapeno, tomato, cheddar together with toasted tortillas, amongst the commons favourites. The home-baked cakes are super together with they also lead maintain salads, soups together with regularly changing specials.

The decor is unproblematic together with elegant with a mix of high stools, soft benches, chairs together with tables. The high ceilings together with massive windows arrive a really pleasant infinite to be.

After leaving Scotland together with returning to the USA McCune Smith went on to accomplish amazing (and courageous) things inward his relatively curt life precisely was rapidly forgotten yesteryear his ain household unit of measurement who didn't verbalize virtually him due to racial prejudices.

All inward all this cafe is a winner. And nosotros totally honey the profile they're giving Dr McCune Smith because he then deserves to live on remembered.

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