Chalton St0.3 mi from King's Cross centrelast reviewed May 2026
A Latin American-run independent on Chalton Street where Colombian coffee is the anchor. Named Al Grano, Spanish for 'to the bean'; the mission statement is in the name.
Named after the bean, with Colombian coffee to back it up.
Ulterior Motives · 16 Jun
London in July runs two clocks. One is the second week at the tennis and the Proms finding their opening night; the other is quieter: six wooden skiffs rowing…
Richaro's Ramblings · 14 Aug
I am writing this from Ponta Delgada, where the coffee in front of me was roasted about four streets away. Normally that is the whole story.
Chalton St0.3 mi from King's Cross centrelast reviewed May 2026
A Latin American-run independent on Chalton Street where Colombian coffee is the anchor. Named Al Grano, Spanish for 'to the bean'; the mission statement is in the name.
Named after the bean, with Colombian coffee to back it up.
17 Chalton St, London NW1 1JD, UK
0.3 mi from King's Cross centre
Ulterior Motives · 16 Jun
London in July runs two clocks. One is the second week at the tennis and the Proms finding their opening night; the other is quieter: six wooden skiffs rowing…
Richaro's Ramblings · 14 Aug
I am writing this from Ponta Delgada, where the coffee in front of me was roasted about four streets away. Normally that is the whole story.
Gramos roast their own beans and pour them a floor below King's Cross, with rare varietals and fermented-process lots on the menu. The team at the counter will point you toward something specific based on what you actually like.
Their own Colombian single-origins, roasted at the brand's Walthamstow roastery and traceable to named farms, poured from a takeaway kiosk by the station. Best Independent Coffee Shop at London Coffee Festival 2025 is a lot of pedigree for a coffee you grab on the way to a train.
Frequency roasts its own beans and serves them across espresso, V60, and AeroPress from the same King's Cross counter. That closed loop between roast and cup is rare this close to the station.