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Sweet Iron Cafe
About Sweet Iron Cafe
Coffee is the first business of the day in a small town. Sweet Iron Cafe is at 409 Cliff Avenue in Enderby, inside the compact grid of heritage storefronts that sits a block up from the Shuswap River.
What a cafe covers varies more than the word suggests. Some stop at espresso and baking; others run a full breakfast and a lunch counter, soups and sandwiches through the middle of the day. Some keep tables free for people working on a laptop for two hours, and Enderby has gained a number of remote workers who look for exactly that. The questions worth asking are simple ones: what the kitchen puts out and until when, whether there is a table you can settle into, and whether anything can be packed to go.
The trail above the cliffs is the outing this area is known for, and a morning stop downtown before heading up is a natural piece of that plan, as is a coffee afterward with the whole valley still in your head. Summer sends rafters, anglers and campers through the same few blocks. Winter mornings belong to people who live here, and hours in a town this size often contract once the daylight does, so it is worth phoning before making a special trip in from the valley roads or down the highway.
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