fifty three

fifty three does independent specialty coffee without turning it into a statement about independent specialty coffee. that restraint is the point. you'll find it on ward's end, a central loughborough street that sees plenty of foot traffic, which means this place had to actually be good to build the following it has. no coasting on novelty. the locals who keep coming back aren't doing it out of loyalty to a concept, they're doing it because the coffee holds up visit after visit. loughborough isn't a city people tend to associate with a serious coffee scene, but fifty three sits in that gap quietly and capably. a decent reason to walk down ward's end on a weekday morning.