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The corner cafe toast has a dark blue-grey frontage with its name painted on the windows, outdoor tables and chairs set on the pavement outside.
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Toast

A wine cafe on the Shore at Leith, in a former art gallery by the Water of Leith, with brunch by day and small plates and natural wine later.

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On the Shore at Leith, where the old quayside runs beside the Water of Leith, a corner of a red sandstone tenement is painted dark blue-grey with toast lettered small on the windows.

Inside what was once an art gallery is a wine cafe, one of the first of its kind in the city, locally owned and busy with its neighbours.

The day begins with breakfast and brunch, huevos rancheros, shakshuka and avocado on toast among them, with good coffee and cakes on the counter. Later the menu turns to small plates with a Mediterranean lean, made for sharing, and the wine list leans towards biodynamic, organic and natural wines, poured by the glass or the bottle. There are tables out on the pavement in fine weather, looking over the water.

Toast opens every day from breakfast, and stays open into the evening at the end of the week.

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Open every day from breakfast, and into the evening at the end of the week.

Where
65 The Shore, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6RA.

Opening hours

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Monday
8am–6pm
Tuesday
8am–6pm
Wednesday
8am–6pm
Thursday
8am–6pm
Friday
8am–10pm
Saturday
9am–10pm
Sunday
9am–6pm

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Where it is

On the Shore at Leith, by the Water of Leith.

Close byThe Shore.
  1. Restaurant Martin WishartRestaurant Martin WishartUnder a mile 1 min by road
  2. The green front of Malt & Hops on the Shore, with hanging baskets, barrels and pavement tables.Malt & HopsUnder a mile 1 min by road
  3. The room at Chez Bernard, with red pillars, wooden tables and chairs with red seats, and racks of wine behind the bar.Chez BernardA French wine bar and bistro on the Shore at Leith, with more than ninety wines, oysters, croques and planchettes of cheese and charcuterie.Under a mile 1 min by road
  4. Leith ShoreLeith ShoreThe old quayside of Leith at the mouth of the Water of Leith.Under a mile 1 min by road
  5. BardBardA shop and gallery of Scottish craft and design on Customs Wharf.Under a mile 1 min by road
  6. The Scotch Malt Whisky Society - The VaultsThe Scotch Malt Whisky Society - The VaultsThe Scotch Malt Whisky Society's rooms in a bonded warehouse of 1787.1 mile 5 min by road
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