A new speciality coffee bar has opened inside a gin distillery in Kingsdown. The glass-fronted unit on St Michael's Hill will still be selling gin bottles but is now also the home of Interlude coffee house, owned by Laurence Lawes.
Essex-born Laurence moved to Bristol around six years ago to work as a sound engineer at venues like Thekla and Arnolfini. He sought more daytime hours and started working part-time at Full Court Coffee, going on to become Head of Coffee and subsequently buying the business with three others from founder Mat North.
"Interlude was a chance to put everything I had learnt into something on my own," he explained. He is simultaneously launching his own roastery - Dino's - in Easton with his wife and two friends, which is having a trial run in Interlude. There are also other guest spots for other roasteries, hot chocolate from Ruby Hue and pastries from The Angel Bakery in Abergavenny.
