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POT KETTLE BLACK Barton ArcadeDeansgate, Manchester

★★SpecialtyProperly excellent

Manchester M3 2BW0.2 mi from Deansgate centrelast reviewed April 2026

Inside Barton Arcade's Victorian ironwork, an Antipodean-influenced café running ASAP Coffee now, with Workshop Coffee in the founding story. The brunch crowd fills the place, but they're sitting in front of better coffee than most of them know.

Workshop heritage, ASAP on rotation, inside Barton Arcade.

4.4★★★★(1,834)
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What we love

  • Currently pouring ASAP Coffee, with Workshop Coffee as the founding roaster
  • Antipodean-influenced approach to espresso and milk
  • Set inside Barton Arcade, a Victorian covered arcade in Manchester city centre
  • Brunch menu draws the crowd, the coffee holds its own

Location

Manchester M3 2BW, UK

0.2 mi from Deansgate centre

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