An old, vacant betting shop in a Cardiff suburb has been transformed into a dog-friendly café. Coffi Lab, which already has two other premises in Cardiff, has opened up its most recent site in the Rhiwbina area of the city.
Owned by Cardiff-born James Shapland, who headed up Coffee #1 before it was sold to SA Brain & Co, the coffee chain has started to open up sites across the city. The first Cardiff site opened on Llandaff's High Street in November last year, followed by a Whitchurch site earlier this year.
The Rhiwbina branch of Coffi Lab, on Heol-y-Deri, is the most recent branch to be set up in Cardiff, and will open its doors on June 25. The coffee shop takes its name from the Welsh word for coffee and and Lab a reference to Labradors and its chosen charity, Guide Dogs UK.
