The Café

Café Fri–Sun · 10am–2pm

Book ahead

The only place we serve food

Homemade & hearty

A community-owned village café: breakfast, homemade bakes and light lunches for walkers, cyclists and locals.

Open Friday – Sunday · 10am – 2pm. Check the board or socials for bank holidays and takeaway tea deals.

Cakes under glass on the café counter at The Black Lion
A café table set with flowers, salt and the Black Lion menu
Homemade cakes under glass on the café dresser, with teacups and a teapot

From the kitchen

Cakes under glass

A proper full English in the morning, homemade bakes on the dresser, and a pot of tea when you need to sit down.

Breakfast
Bacon, sausage, eggs, black pudding and all the trimmings.
Tea & coffee
Hot drinks to go with a slice. Takeaway tea deals when posted on the board.
A full English breakfast at The Black Lion Café
Breakfast
Homemade red velvet cake on the café counter
Cakes & bakes
Cheesecake with berry sauce
By the slice
Café seating beside the map wall at The Black Lion, with Skelton-on-Ure marked you are here

Come in and sit down

A room for the village

Round tables, the map on the wall, and a proper welcome, whether you have just walked in from Newby Hall or live around the corner.

Cheese scones, fruit scones and homemade slices on the café stand

On the plate

Something sweet

Coconut tart, cheesecake and whatever has come out of the oven that morning. look under the glass for today's cakes.

Coconut custard tart with fresh berries
Full English breakfast beside the map wallpaper
Hugo, Paula and the café team behind the counter at The Black Lion

Meet the team

Faces behind the counter

The people who keep the cakes coming, the kettle on, and the room feeling like it belongs to the village.

  • HugoKitchen hand
  • PaulaChef
  • PeggyWaitress

Book ahead

Afternoon tea & groups

Larger tables and afternoon tea. Tell us the date, the number of people, and we'll confirm right back.

A pot of tea, a slice, and the morning stretched out.

Café reservations

Book afternoon tea or a larger café table. Call or email and we'll confirm right back.

We confirm by reply. Online booking is on its way.

After lunch

Stay for a pint next door

The bar opens Thu–Sun · 5pm–10pm. Cask ale, a beer garden and community nights, steps from the café.

The pub
The beer garden at The Black Lion