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Forts Café
Kent, Margate - Café
Uphill from Turner Contemporary, overlooking the sea, wildly popular Forts Café celebrates its fifth anniversary in 2025. Expect excellent coffee and a full-throttle breakfast, brunch and lunch offering: the all-day menu (until 3pm) promises multiple iterations of eggs (perhaps with fennel sausage, green chilli and basil pesto, or a mountain of garlicky mushrooms), and there’s always Forts' signature sticky, sweet, crunchy Korean fried chicken – maybe stuffed in a doorstop focaccia sandwich or served with kimchi slaw and gochujang mayo. Bloody Marys and espresso Martinis are arguably the requisite accompaniment. To top it off, you can pick up freshly made cookies, cakes and pastries at the till. No bookings. Forts coffee-focused little sister in Broadstairs caters to an equally enthusiastic crowd.
VENUE DETAILS
8 Cliff Terrace
Margate
Kent
CT9 1RU
01843 449786
OTHER INFORMATION
Wheelchair access, Family friendly
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