Lisboa Cafe

you're on bute street, which puts you in one of cardiff's older, stranger, more interesting corridors, down near the bay where the city starts to feel like it's still figuring out what it wants to be. lisboa cafe sits at number 96, and the people who drink coffee there tend to come back, which is about the most honest thing you can say about any place. it's independent, it's in the cf10 postcode, and its regulars are clearly devoted in a way that doesn't happen by default. if you're heading toward the waterfront or coming back from it, this is a reasonable place to pause. a flat white on bute street on a grey cardiff afternoon is a pretty solid argument for slowing down.