Meeting clients and other individuals running their own businesses is, I'm very pleased to say, an almost daily feature in the pod diary. And whenever possible coffee (Americano, hot milk on the side please) and cake is very much involved.
Fairly close to the top of the pod 'to do' list, upon arriving in Whitstable, was to suss out the local cafes and bistros and thoroughly trial their offerings - for business purposes naturally, attention to detail is at the heart of pod's ethos ... and Tea & Times in Whitstable's High Street, was found to meet all of pod's meeting requirements.
Owned and run by the very friendly and very smiley Veronica Gaynor, Tea & Times has been a family business for 15 years.
Chalked up on the blackboard you'll find a great selection of freshly made sandwiches, dee-licious homemade soups and very naughty cakes.
There's seating downstairs in the window and high stools at the counter (directly facing the cakes), or mosey upstairs for an area that's more chilled and spacious.
It's in a great location, easy to find, with parking and the beach nearby.
I've had some lovely rendez vous' there recently with Liz Shedden a local artist, Justine Walsh, an aromatherapist and reflexologist, Samantha Jones, a local photographer, (who took these shots, Thanks Sam) and a bride-to-be who's a metals conservator, specialist in arms and armour, creating historical dresses and corsets for light relief! (It's not every day you speak to someone who's been polishing 300 year old metal!)
So if a mackerel and avocado sandwich, or homemade roasted butternut squash soup, followed by a wonderful wedge of Victoria sponge cake, with a cuppa, takes your fancy, then head along to Tea & Times, 36a High Street, Whitstable (01227 262639) AND there are also plans afoot to extend their menu and opening hours, super!
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