The Golden Sausage: Help us find Britain’s best biker café
This brilliant biker cafe is nestled just south of the North Yorkshire Moors
For the final stop on our 2018 tour of the nation’s best biker’s cafes we head back to Yorkshire, where a ride around the region’s fabulous roads leads us to a perennial favourite among the local biking population. Yes, this week we sample the culinary delights and enjoy the friendly banter at Seaways Café in Fridaythorpe.
It’s bright but chilly as we roll in from the A166 following a spirited ride north through the Lincolnshire Wolds and we’re more than ready for a bite and a brew. There’s plenty of room to park on Seaways’ ex-filling station forecourt, so we pick a spot near the bikes already lined up and dismount to a friendly greeting from a couple of other riders. “This is a great location to meet up,” says
Derek, who’s ridden here on his Yamaha MT-09. “The food’s nice, as is the ambience. It’s like a pub with no beer.” BMW GS rider John chips in: “They make the best bacon sandwich for miles around.” We leave the two of them chatting away like a pair of old mates, despite the fact, as they point out, that they’ve only just met; such is the nature of a good Yorkshire café. Once inside there’s a warm welcome from owner/ manager Mike Thatcher, whose family have been the proprietors of
Seaways for the past 25 years. Seaways have a comprehensive menu featuring all the usual café fare from jacket potatoes to hot toasties and cakes, with our yardstick All Day Breakfast top of the list. We order up and take
a seat with Moto Morini
3.5 rider Eileen, from Beverley. “We come here for the sausage sandwiches,” says Eileen. “They’re such good quality and very tasty.”
Our breakfast arrives within just a few minutes and to quote Seaways regular ‘Swiss John’, it’s “spot on”. He raves about the good quality ingredients,
cooked to perfection, and friendly service. Seaways ticks all the boxes when it comes to what a good biker’s café should be; great food, friendly atmosphere and a decent place to park. And it even has the added bonus of a camping area with glamping pods. It’s one of Blighty’s best biker cafés.