From Issue Eight of Hidden Scotland Magazine
Café Canna
A café and restaurant by the bay on the Isle of Canna.
Words by Laura Anne Brown · Photographs by Simon Hird
Printed in Issue Eight of Hidden Scotland Magazine, Spring and Summer 2024.
Where the sea meets the shore in this sheltered bay, a low white-stone building sits back from the water, gleaming like a light. Painted in black on the wall are an anchor and the wind-blown words: Café Canna, restaurant and bar.
Café Canna, restaurant and bar.
“Chef, brewer and person responsible for cobbling it all together on a daily basis.” That’s how Gareth Cole, Café Canna’s owner, humbly describes himself. But behind that answer is a story shaped by Gareth’s passion for the sea.
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