By Majella Taylor, New Openings Editor, H&C News: Savile Row’s first coffee shop now open.
Cad & The Dandy, bespoke tailor to the stars has opened ‘The Service’, a new coffee shop at no. 19 Savile Row, the only coffee shop on ‘The Row’.
The Service is a welcoming hub where visitors to Savile Row can relax, meet and socialise, whilst enjoying the finest coffee and pastries around.
Reflective of Cad & The Dandy, the coffee shop has been created to bring a more contemporary style and younger audience to Savile Row and is the result of many conversations between James Sleater (Co-Founder at Cad & The Dandy), the team at Cad & The Dandy and their customers.
Cad & The Dandy was launched in 2008 by James Sleater and Ian Meiers and brings a modern yet classic style to the famed bespoke tailoring street. The house style is more fitted and elegant than the traditional Savile Row suit, making both formal and casual tailored clothing.
With a long celebrity client list including the likes of Samuel L Jackson and Joaquin Phoenix, Cad & The Dandy is now regarded as the most successful bespoke tailor on Savile Row, with further sites in New York and Stockholm.
James Sleater, Co-Founder at The Service and Cad & The Dandy, said: “We wanted to bring a new concept to Savile Row to give our customers and visitors a place where they can take time out of their day to relax and enjoy some of the best coffee available in London.
“A lot of people think Savile Row is an intimidating place and hopefully, we can break this barrier down and welcome many more people to this wonderful part of London.”
Interior styling is warm yet minimalist. Dark wood furniture and ambient lighting provides a premium, ‘members club’ feel, while the vibrant yellow La Marzocco machines, coffee cups and greenery add pops of colour to provide a contemporary edge. In homage to Savile Row’s history and craft, two long, antique cutting tables, supplied by British cloth merchant Dugdales, form part of the indoor seating.
Savile Row is one of the most famous streets in the world and the mecca for aficionados of bespoke tailoring. It was created during the development of the Burlington Estate in the early 1730s and named after the Earl of Burlington’s wife, Lady Dorothy Savile.
