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Inverness

Cafe Artysans

A social enterprise café by the station in Inverness, run by the Calman Trust with young people learning the trade, serving breakfasts, lunches and home baking.

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Welcome

Tucked down Strothers Lane, a minute from the bus and railway stations, Café Artysans is a good place to start a day in Inverness, and a café with a purpose.

It is run by the Calman Trust, a Highland charity that supports young people aged fourteen to twenty-five, and many of the people making your coffee are learning the skills for their first steps into work, with the trust's team alongside them. Every profit goes back into that work.

The food is hearty and home-made: full breakfasts, waffles piled with strawberries, French toast with bacon, scones and cakes from the café's own baking, and comforting lunches, with a menu that leans on Highland producers. The room is bright, with stripped floors, and shelves of teas and gifts along one wall. It opens Monday to Saturday from 8.30am, and closes at three.

Close byThe Walrus & Corkscrew2 min by roadSee itThe Walrus & Corkscrew
Before you go

Open Monday to Saturday, 8.30am to 3pm, in Google's current record; closed on Sundays.

Where
7 Strothers Lane, Inverness, IV1 1LR.
Open
Mon to Sat, 8.30am to 3pm.
Run by
The Calman Trust.

Opening hours

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Monday
8.30am–3pm
Tuesday
8.30am–3pm
Wednesday
8.30am–3pm
Thursday
8.30am–3pm
Friday
8.30am–3pm
Saturday
8.30am–3pm
Sunday
Closed

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Where it is

On Strothers Lane in the centre of Inverness, close to the bus and railway stations, IV1 1LR.

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