Rochester CoffeeCo.

Rochester Coffee Co. occupies a shopfront on the High Street opposite Rochester Cathedral, fitted out with Dickensian-style panelling and sofas. The family-owned café serves coffee, tea and cakes through the morning, moves on to sandwiches, paninis, bagels and salads at lunch, and adds wine, beer, spirits and cocktails into the evening. A laptop bar area with free wifi sits alongside outdoor tables looking directly onto the cathedral forecourt. It opens seven days a week, from 7am on weekdays and slightly later at weekends, closing at 6pm throughout. The shop trades independently from this single High Street unit, registered with the Food Standards Agency under the same address. It works as a daytime coffee stop for visitors browsing the High Street's antique and book shops and as an evening spot for a glass of wine, drawing on its position facing the cathedral rather than any single specialism.