Refresh Cafe

Why it matters: Refresh is the in-house social enterprise cafe of East Belfast Mission, and its profits fund the Mission’s work with more than a thousand vulnerable people every week – housing, employment support and mental health services. The same kitchen cooks over 250 hot meals a day for elderly and housebound neighbours, and runs training placements for people out of work. Come for the homemade scones and speciality coffee, stay for a proper cooked lunch, and have a look around the Skainos Centre it sits in – a shared-space building on the Newtownards Road that is a story in itself. Practical tip: it is weekdays only, 8am to 3pm, and closed at weekends – pair it with a walk up the road to C.S. Lewis Square.