Yorks Cafe & Coffee Roasters (Stratford)

You'll find Yorks tucked right on the main drag of High Street, where it's been quietly becoming the sort of place locals actually choose over the chains. They roast their own beans on-site, which means the coffee tastes like someone genuinely cares—not just competent, but properly considered. The vibe is stripped-back and unpretentious; stripped wooden tables, decent music, the kind of café where people actually sit and work rather than just grab and go. Their pastries rotate but are consistently good, and if you're after something more substantial, they do proper brunch. It's the café Stratford needed but took a while getting.