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Little Fitzroy

A small coffee shop on Easter Road named after Fitzroy in Melbourne, open every day from early, with breakfast, lunch and seats outside.

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Little Fitzroy is a small coffee shop on Easter Road, named after Fitzroy in Melbourne, and it brings a little of that city's love of coffee to this corner of Edinburgh.

It's open every day from early, 7am on weekdays and 8am at the weekend, until 5pm, so it's an easy first stop of the morning or a pause in the afternoon. The coffee is the point here, and there's breakfast and lunch to go with it, with plenty of vegan and vegetarian choices on the counter. Inside is small and cosy, so on a dry day take your cup to the seats outside on the pavement. Dogs are welcome too. It's on the Good Food Guide's list of where to find a good cup in Edinburgh, and it's a short walk from the top of Leith Walk, so it fits easily into a morning in this part of town before heading on to Holyrood Park or down to the shore at Leith.

Close bySicilian Pastry ShopA family-run Italian bakery on Albert Street, off Leith Walk, open since 1979, with cannoli, rum babas, arancini and celebration cakes to take away.2 min by roadSee itThe Sicilian Pastry Shop's front on Albert Street, its sign in looping script with Est. 1979 above the awning.
Before you go

Open every day, from 7am on weekdays and 8am at the weekend, until 5pm.

No booking; seats inside and out.

Where
46 Easter Road, Edinburgh, EH7 5PJ.
Open
Monday to Friday 7am to 5pm, Saturday and Sunday 8am to 5pm.
Food
Breakfast and lunch, with vegetarian and vegan choices.
Dogs
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Opening hours

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Monday
7am–5pm
Tuesday
7am–5pm
Wednesday
7am–5pm
Thursday
7am–5pm
Friday
7am–5pm
Saturday
8am–5pm
Sunday
8am–5pm

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Where it is

On Easter Road, near its foot at London Road, EH7 5PJ.

Close byEaster Road and the foot of Calton Hill.
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