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in Aberdeenshire.

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Aberdeenshire

Butteries, bakes and farm cafés.

Aberdeenshire's cafés are a pleasure to seek out. There are farm cafés serving their own fruit, tearooms in old post offices and station waiting rooms, and a coffee shack on a harbour wall that opens through the summer. In Aberdeen you'll find speciality roasters, sandwich bars by the university and a vegan café by the beach. Try a buttery, the north-east's flaky, salty answer to the croissant, and leave room for an ice cream on the front.

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Café of the day21 hours ago

Westerton Farm.

A family farm near Laurencekirk with an award-winning café and farm shop, its own vegetables, a play park, goats to meet and pick-your-own in season.

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Afterwards20 hours agoAberdeenshireCrathie Kirk200 yardsAberdeenshireJohn Brown’s Grave400 yardsAberdeenshireRoyal Lochnagar Distillery0.6 miles

Round the corner from The Highlanders Bakehouse.

The three good places closest to it: Crathie Kirk, John Brown’s Grave and Royal Lochnagar Distillery.

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From our guide20 hours ago

Foodstory.

The on-trend name hints at the contemporary approach of this brilliant Aberdeen café, which has a veggie, plant-based menu that stretches from breakfast buns and granola pancakes to salad bowls, chilli and rice, and loaded nachos. But that’s just half the tale. The venture was founded through a Kickstarter campaign, and also runs events including reggae nights, yoga classes and craft workshops.

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Stay19 hours agoAberdeenshireNorth Lodge and River Cabin8.1 milesAberdeenshireCuttieshillock8.1 milesAberdeenshireGamekeeper’s Cottage8.1 miles

Stay near Castleton Farm Shop & Cafe.

The three good places closest to it: North Lodge and River Cabin, Cuttieshillock and Gamekeeper’s Cottage.

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Sunday18 hours agoAberdeenshireBirdhouse Cafe BanchoryCafeAberdeenshireFinzean Farm Shop and TearoomCafeAberdeenshirePotarch CaféCafeAberdeenshireThe Mains of DrumCafeAberdeenshirePortsoy Ice CreamCafeAberdeenFoodstory Beach HutCafe

Open on Sunday.

By their own hours, which is the only kind we trust.

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From our guide18 hours ago

Parx Café.

Set in a basement on Aberdeen’s leafy Rubislaw Terrace, this superb city café might detain you for some time. The breakfast and lunch menus are both full of well-above-par options (hot Wark Farm pie with roasted tattie salad and piccalilli kraut, anyone?), while the cakes and coffee defy resistance.

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From the magazine17 hours agoThe printed copy of Issue 04Issue 04Spring / Summer 2022

Coastal Cuppie, a little tea shack on the harbour at Pennan on the Aberdeenshire coast, has a reputation far bigger than its size.

Small as it is, the smart shack has a hefty reputation to match its glorious harbourside spot, and it serves up cakes, scones, coffees and teas. Pennan is a seaside village looking out across the wide seas of the Moray Firth, and you reach it by a narrow road that worms its way down the cliffside. It found fame in the 1980s, when it appeared on screen in Local Hero, the BAFTA-winning comedy directed by Bill Forsyth. A cup of tea and a scone beside the harbour wall is a fine reward for the drive down.

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Cafés16 hours ago

Foodstory Beach Hut.

Foodstory's little hut on Aberdeen beach esplanade, serving vegan and vegetarian focaccia, sandwiches, cakes and coffee.

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From our guide16 hours ago

Aunty Betty’s.

This Stonehaven institution specialises in sweet treats – and lots of them. As well as milkshakes, puddings and hot-filled doughnuts, you’ll also find a sugary cavalcade of different ice cream flavours, including bramble, cherry ripple and honeycomb. There’s even dog ice-cream to get tails wagging.

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From our guide15 hours ago

Coastal Cuppie.

It might be small, but this smart Pennan tea shack has a hefty reputation to match its glorious harbourside location. Generally open between March and October, it serves up cakes, scones, coffees, teas and more.

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Cafés14 hours ago

Forest Cafe.

A countryside café at the Treehouse in Midmar, west of Aberdeen, for brunch, lunch, afternoon tea and home bakes, open Wednesday to Sunday.

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From the magazine14 hours agoThe printed copy of Issue 04Issue 04Spring / Summer 2022

Alex Murray, born and bred in Portsoy on the Aberdeenshire coast, grew up working on a dairy farm before he opened the Portsoy Ice Cream café in the village in 2003.

That upbringing gave the business an element of continuity, and the much-vaunted café has gone on to win award after award for its artisan ice creams and sorbets. Portsoy itself is a charming coastal village to visit at any time of year, with winding streets and an attractive harbour. Look out too for the local jewellery, made from a serpentinite stone known as Portsoy marble. A wander round the harbour followed by a cone from Alex's café is a lovely way to spend an afternoon on this stretch of the coast.

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