St. Albans
Dark Fire Cafe

Dark Fire Cafe

Local Coffee in St Albans

4.9 103 Google reviews

+44 172 732 33 57Unit 8, The Gavel Centre, Porters Wood, St Albans, AL3 6PQ

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Where to find them

Unit 8, The Gavel Centre, Porters Wood, St Albans, AL3 6PQ

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About

Dark Fire Cafe is your local independent cafe and gaming venue. Our ground floor cafe provides fresh coffee alongside a range of sandwiches, panini, toasties and snacks. Our first floor boasts eleven 6 x 4 foot tables available to hire for games like Warhammer, DnD and all other miniature games. We also stock Games Workshop products and if there's a kit or game you want we will do everything we can to order it in for you.

Amenities

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair-accessible seating

Hours

Thursday
8:30 am to 10:30 pm
Friday
8:30 am to 10:30 pm
Saturday
10 am to 8 pm
Sunday
10 am to 6 pm
Monday
8:30 am to 10:30 pm
Tuesday
8:30 am to 10:30 pm
Wednesday
8:30 am to 10:30 pm

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