Sacred Grounds

Autumn is our happy place 🍂🍁🍂 the heaters are on & the blankets are ready ☕️ 🧣 🥐 There’s always spice in the air here, but in autumn this is especially true 🍄‍🟫🍂🐿️

🍸Join us for a beautiful candlelit evening, celebrating the skills of our brilliant chefs through a journey of flavour and plant-based food 🍽️

Our next evening is now bookable online! Join us on the 22nd November for an evening of dining - five courses and paired cocktails 🍸

These cosy one off events are always super popular so definitley do book early to avoid missing out 🍂🧡🍂

Autumn gold. Our stunning split pea Dahl with mango & coconut is the unsung hero of the season, melt away any seasonal blues with this warm sweet and soothing bowl 🍂🍂🍂 there’s a reason it returns each year, and has its own local fan club 🍂🧡🍂

Autumn has most definitely arrived at Sacred 🍂🍂🍂

I’ve decorated the space with my own arrangements of dried blooms from & many many glorious hydrangeas picked from my mums garden. You’ll most definitely catch a hint of spice in the air as we cook up our most magical Autumn menu yet truly the home of cosy food, there’s a glow from the heaters (and our hearts 🧡😂) the blankets are out & we have a hot choc menu, spiced apple & pear warmers are back alongside our usual home brewed chai, turmeric & ginger + beetroot & orange I mean what in the actual Autumn are you doing if you’re not at SG eating apple crumble porridge with a homemade PSL, celebrating a Scorpio birthday whilst sweater shopping at & buying spooky books from .shop ???

Held through the seasons.

🍂Sacred Autumn Bowl 🍂

Sacred sticky Bombay tofu
Crispy smashed potato
Steamed broccoli
Pickled carrot
Fresh cucumber
Toasted Sesame & ginger dressing

Our absolute favourite, for feel good nutrition & seasonal flavour 👌🍂🧡

📷 Stills from our Autumn Supper Club, a gorgeous evening of beautiful food & the best company 🍂🧡

Thank you to everyone who came along, if you’d be keen to hear our upcoming events, comment below or send us a direct message to be first to know 🍂

🍂🍂🍂 Tomorrow night! We’ll be opening our doors for an evening of Autumnal delights!

Join us for a beautiful art market with some truly unique wares & supportive goods to bring us through the colder seasons, music by the brilliant & beautiful seasonal food & drinks menu by our wonderful team 🍂🍂🍂

Autumn Savoury Waffles 🧇 🍂🧡

🧡🍂Autumn Sweet Waffles🍂🧡

The most quintessentially Autumnal sweet waffle… spiced, warming, comforting… the most perfect addition to the seasonal changes.

Our new menu is now available, come find us in our cosy haven under the atrium of McCoys Arcade 🍂🧡

🧇 Grilled poached pears, spiced coconut dulce de leche, vanilla cranberries, whipped cream, pecans & ginger crumb on our buckwheat waffles 🍂 (gluten free by ingredient)

Join us for a beautiful evening of Autumnal flavour, for the next in the series of Sacred Supper Clubs. Friday October 4th.

Just a few spots remain for this sumptuous evening, come & enjoy Sacred after dark, a four course tasting menu with table nibbles & a beautifully paired drinks menu… link in bio to book 🍂

Summer sweet waffles 🧡

We’re already feeling the nostalgia, it’s not long until our menu changes for Autumn & we say goodbye to these dreamy caramelised baked apricot, cardamom vanilla custard & fresh strawberry waffles with coconut vanilla whip & rosemary lemon shortbread. Just the most exquisite, gentle flavours, like warming sunshine & soft endless days. They’re here for now but not for long, just like the changing seasons 🌅

Autumn calling us to develop some truly nourishing & delicious moments…

🍂 Oats 🍂

Layered maple oats, spiced apple sauce, salted dulce de leche, whipped vanilla cream + and ginger crumb

Someday soon…

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〰️ weekend 〰️

Homemade caramelised almond butter pastries with a blackcurrant jam whipped up by our wonderful 🥐 perfect with a iced Americano with a dash of oat milk ☕️ 🧊

Open from 9 today, for brunch until 2.30, coffee, cakes + smoothies until 3. See you in the oasis that is Sacred Grounds 〰️

〰️ N E W C O F F E E 〰️

We’ve been busy taste testing the very best of the Southwest coffee roasters to find the perfect match in company ethics, flavour and personality… and we think we’ve found something pretty special to bring to the Sacred table.

Pairing coffee perfectly with plant based milk takes a little more time & patience & from a connected thread from one of our founders 〰️ who is now living in Cornwall she introduced us to who in between surfing & living the good Kernow life in St Ives 🏄 produces the most incredible coffee, we’ve settled on their ‘Poderosa’ blend which means Powerful in Spanish, it’s a heady combination of dark chocolate, treacle & dried fruits and combined with almond or soya milk produces the sweetest tiramisu like flavour, we’re smitten! Who doesn’t love tiramisu?!

Come & try our distinctive new coffee at SG from tomorrow AT 9am 🌀🧡

💛 Turmeric & Ginger Latte 🫚

All round raw root power. Made fresh in-house by us, using beautiful freshly grated roots & whole spices (not ground to preserve properties) Filled with anti-inflammatory & immune boosting goodness to nourish your body & your soul 💛🌀 try it over ice for a refreshingly good twist or warm for a nourishing boost, a beautiful caffeine free alternative.

Choosing to create these elixirs ourselves deepens our connection to what we do and to nature by using raw ingredients 〰️ working our magic into the everyday 🌀💛

➿ Pack your pencil cases & join us for the very first a chance to gather, draw, decorate & doodle! Tomorrow is the very first event Tuesday 16th from 6-8pm.

This groovy idea is brought to you by three awesome local artists, creative community is one of very many reasons we set up Sacred Grounds in the first place - some of you may remember Nathan and I from our very first creative project No Guts No Glory, which was primarily design + community based so this feels so very perfect & fitting for our beautiful open space.

The cafe will be open from 6-8pm so drop in 〰️ it’s totally free to attend, everyone is welcome, our space is fully accessible + we have baby changing facilities for any parents, bring your projects + your pals & grab a cuppa from SG ✍️ 〰️ see you there!

T H I S F R I D A Y ! S U P P E R C L U B

The date has moved swiftly upon us, and we can’t wait to welcome all of those who have already booked to celebrate the flavours of Summer in the beautiful vibes of a candlelit Sacred Grounds, with a one off menu for a small group of people, it’s a very special evening - it allows our team to be creative sharing their skills & passion whilst also creating a unique dining experience! We have just a couple of spaces left to book, come & join us…

🪑 long table style - come on your own or with company

🕯️ candlelit dining

🥖 table bread + accompaniment

🍽️ four courses of beautiful plant-based food created by our talented chefs

🍸 cocktails, natural wine, soft beverages & coffee/tea available on the evening

🎟️ pre-bookings only via our website £42.50 per person (link in bio to book)

〰️ We can’t wait to see you all tomorrow evening for the Sacred Summer Fayre, we have a beautiful curation of makers selling their wares in celebration of the Solstice. Exquisite jewellery, basket making, botanical creations & artworks to weave into the cycle of the year, also happily coinciding with the launch of a new collection of 70’s ceramics & table linens on our shelves… see you there for music from & food and drinks by our talented creative team from 6.30pm 〰️

Summer Savoury waffles 🧇

Baked sesame aubergine, poached radish, pickled beetroot, sunflower seed labneh, zesty zhug, cilbar oil + crispy harissa butter beans w/ fresh herbs

Bright & fresh.

It’s almost time! For the Sacred Sunmer Fayre ☀️☀️☀️

🖼️ Indie art market
🎙️ live music from the wonderful
🛍️ arcade shops open for buying & browsing
🌮 street food from our creative team
🍹 cocktails & bar in the cafe
☕️ coffee, chai, matcha & our other drinks also available
🧁 cake & more!

Come & get social under the atrium & celebrate the solstice with good vibes & good company!

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〰️ We received so many messages after our breakdown of costs in response to that bad review… and what it’s made clear is that people are generally unaware how much taxation & constantly rising + fluctuating costs small business have had to face in these times. It’s no wonder we’re seeing mass closures of indie restaurants, shops, cafes as well as big chains… it’s exhausting; a constant challenge for us as business owners, but we can adjust, adapt, change. Focus on less waste, treating things with even more care, better systems, more considered, which in turn makes us more sustainable as a business and forces us deeper into our own ethics - the ones that go beyond business but affect a bigger picture.

Survival tactics often means we are faced with becoming more defined, losing the parts that aren’t essential or aligned, growing further into ideas of slow sustainable growth, community, & building a future for business to continue, we’re part of a local business ecosystem which supports individuals, people’s mental health, physical health, relationships & family function, networks - we’re here to foster connections in real time over good food in a glorious space… and what I really came here to say today is that we’re so grateful for all the messages sent to us, and a little overwhelmed! Thank you so much for your support. We may not be here forever, but while we are we promise to do the best job that we can ☺️🫶🌞

〰️ S U N D A Y 〰️

The Fore Street Flea returns! We’ll be here for all your brunch needs, grab & go sandwiches, cardamom buns & cakes, lots of take out iced drinks & coffees… or dine with us in the gorgeous arcade before soaking up the atmosphere of the flea with all its treasures - we’ll be throwing open our doors Sunday from 10am for flea early birds!

We’re so happy that the flea has continued as we started the flea with some other Fore Street traders many moons ago - it’s so close to our hearts! It’s a great way to support local businesses, celebrate the diversity of our part of the city & create a platform for creative enterprises please come down for a wander 🫶 it’s also tomorrow (Saturday) sooo many reasons to celebrate & to visit Exeter this weekend! 🏳️‍🌈

Stacked banana bread special on this weekend… for as long as it lasts 🏃‍♀️

Toasted banana bread topped with banana, almond crumb, chocolate sauce, whipped coconut cream, agave and rose petals

Spring Supper club test kitchen complete - we can’t wait to greet those who have booked for this sold out evening of flavour 🍃 🌺