Cafe of the Year 2020 winners revealed

Votes have been collated and counted, and it was a close race with so many quality cafes in the area but we are now pleased to announce the results.

The winner is Coffee Me at 98 Montague Street, Worthing. Natacha and Jansen are currently offering a delicious takeaway menu and are open from 8.30am to 3pm every day.

Runners up were Bungaroosh at 7 Bath Place, Worthing, in second place and Toast at 2 Norfolk Road, Littlehampton, in third place.

Bungaroosh has decided not to open for takeaways through November, although this will be open to review as more information is released over the month.

Toast can deliver to Littlehampton, Rustington, East Preston and Angmering, as well as being open for collection. Telephone 01903 715858 or 01903 732179 to order.

The remainder of the top ten was as follows: 4. Bake Out, 30 Southwick Square, Southwick; 5. Bites Cafe and Kitchen, 9 Warwick Street, Worthing; 6. Dee Dee’s, 5 The Parade, Nepcote Lane, Findon; 7. Pier Road Coffee & Art, 1-6 Pier Road, Littlehampton; 8. The Durrington Cafe, Strand Parade, Worthing; 9. River Breeze, 56-57 Pier Road, Littlehampton; 10. Kerry’s Tea Room, 45 Sea Road, East Preston.

Awards will be presented as soon as possible and a feature on the top three will appear in a future edition of the Herald and Gazette series.

In the meantime, we would like to extend our congratulations to our winner, runners-up and top ten finalists and wish all the best for their popular cafes.

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