On Bristol's Park Street Woodes café would have certainly seen a lot of businesses come and go along the shopping strip over the years. The café has been running at number 18 Park Street since 1966 but has scarcely changed at all inside.
Today Park Street is a popular shopping and food destination lined with restaurants, bars and shops with new arrivals popping up all the time. There are some empty units with the departure of The Florist, Yia Mass and All In One recently, but has welcomed Sichuan restaurant Guoguoyan in the last week.
The café had a palpable atmosphere on my lunchtime visit as people queued up for takeaway hot drinks or trays waiting to take a seat. It felt immensely reminiscent of the tearooms I used to visit when I was younger where I'd pester my mum for a slice of cake or a pastry from one of the fridges on the counter. Just one sausage roll remained in Woodes when I visited, although there were plenty of brownies, flapjacks and muffins for the afternoon customers.
