Benugo Cafe

good coffee on oxford road, and you don't have to look far. benugo sits inside the simon building on manchester's academic spine, which means it draws a crowd that's less interested in theatre and more interested in getting something decent before the next hour begins. that kind of regular, consistent demand has a way of keeping a place honest. the people who come back, keep coming back, and that pattern doesn't sustain itself around mediocrity. if you're moving between campus and the city, or just cutting through hulme, it's a quieter stop than you'd expect for a building that busy. the flat white on a grey manchester tuesday morning is a reasonable place to start.