As our Local Gem category grows, so the number of bakeries in the Guide rises. Here are some of the wonderful inclusions. Some have cafes alongside, some will simply sell you loaves and cakes, some offer delivery or subscriptions so that you need never be without a perfect loaf.
Cambridge, small as it is, isn’t without good restaurants. Fame has likely helped. But a prestigious institution does not guarantee food worth eating, and even if the pubs are old and crooked in their charm, elsewhere dining rooms well dressed, there are duds aplenty in the city, just as there are in Oxford. And so let us be guided. Local Alex Rushmer, the owner of the restaurant Vanderlyle, offers his expertise.
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