TOAST | Cafe & Deli

You'll find Toast tucked away on Derby Road, in that stretch where Nottingham gets properly residential and the independents start outnumbering chains. It's the kind of place locals actually queue for on Saturday mornings—not because it's trying to be cool, but because the coffee's genuinely good and the toast isn't just toast, it's the entire reason you've turned up. The deli counter does proper lunch stuff: quality meats, cheese, salads that don't taste like sadness. It's compact, unpretentious, and feels like the sort of cafe that's been doing its thing quietly while everyone's been looking elsewhere.