M&S Café

You're walking through the ground floor of Marks on Briggate and fancy a break from the shopping gauntlet—this is where you land. It's the kind of place that doesn't try to be anything it isn't: straightforward café vibes with the sort of food you know works. Grab a table, order something that won't disappoint (M&S's own-brand stuff is genuinely solid), and watch the city move past the windows. It's busy but never frantic, and you'll find locals popping in between errands just as much as tourists needing a pit stop.