What Chester could do with...

In Manchester today, supping coffee at the Bread & Butter cafe on Tib Street, couldn't help feeling that if this place were in Chester it would be immediately closed down by Health & Safety! But it's what Chester desperately needs.

The cafe owners apologise for the state of the loo, which floods regularly; there is no lock on the door and it is located down dangerously steep steps! You can always go to the loo at the Craft Centre, which is nearby... 

The colour scheme borders on kitsch, with it's odd mix of dark blue ceiling, blowsey flower pink wallpaper and institutional tiles, however the atmosphere is amazingly buzzy, the place constantly full and the food deliciously cheap and tasty.

A couple of doors away lives Northern Flower, a pretty flower shop with displays spilling out onto the pavement.

Chester needs a Northern Quarter, like Manchester's - Garden Lane is on the way, but not quite there yet...