Fred's Cafe

good coffee in a coastal town can feel like a long shot, but fred's cafe on connaught avenue in frinton-on-sea has been quietly proving otherwise. frinton is a particular kind of place, unhurried, slightly out of step with everywhere else, and the cafe fits that pace without being sleepy about it. if you're passing through from clacton or coming off the seafront, this is the kind of stop that holds up on a second visit, and a third. locally, people keep coming back, which counts for more than any single visit could. the area rewards slowing down, and a morning coffee on connaught avenue is a reasonable place to start that.