Blackfriars Priory has opened the cafe called the Good Habit in St Giles, opposite St Giles’ Church.
Planning permission was secured by the Roman Catholic religious order earlier this year.
The cafe has been tastefully decorated with modern artwork and customers can see the dishes being made as there is an open kitchen.
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Food on offer includes a vegetarian focaccia sandwich featuring sweet potato, squash and feta.
Inside Good Habit in Oxford (Image: Andy Ffrench)
In the summer, Fr John O’Connor, Regent of Blackfriars Priory, said: “At long last we have planning permission, we have the workers on site, and things are moving really quickly with a view to an opening during the summer.
“It’s a great project, it’s going to be a retail cafe during the day, buzzing with lots of activity, and then in the evening there’ll be opportunities for Blackfriars Hall events, events for the community, and also events for the wider public as well, in what I think is a wonderful part of Oxford that is buzzing in so many different ways.”
Inside Good Habit (Image: Andy Ffrench)
The unit, at 33 St Giles was a bank up until 2018 and has been transformed into a stylish cafe and events space offering billing itself as a spot for ‘coffee and bakery’.
Rich Sewell, manager of the new cafe, said earlier: “I’m really looking forward to opening Good Habit.
“I’ve been working with Blackfriars now for the last couple of years and it’s really great to see how this project has been developing.
“I’m looking forward to bringing this to Oxford, it’ll be a great cafe and a great space for everybody – the public and for Blackfriars students to enjoy.”
Inside Good Habit (Image: Andy Ffrench)
Focaccia is an oven-baked Italian bread. Most historians believe it dates back to the Etruscans of north central Italy before the Roman Empire was formed, or in Ancient Greece.
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