The shop was named one of the best in Britain.
Harborne High Street(Image: Kirsty Bosley)
A Birmingham charity shop known as one of the best in Britain has just got even better with the addition of a cool new cafe.
Reloved Brum in Harborne is known for its modern lay-out, trendy design and the occasional mega bargain.
The High Street venue sits across two floors in a street known for its excellent charity shopping, with a number of local hotspots nearby such as the Acorns megastore and the Oxfam bookshop that turned up a copy of the Hobbit worth £38,400.
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The shop opened back in 2023 with a cafe on its mezzanine, though more recently the space had been used to house more bargain rails of clothes.
Now a brand new cafe operator has moved in following a search for the right fit.
The cafe space offers views down over the shop floor, sharing the upper floor with a little library of books for sale and a section for record collectors to mooch in.
The cafe is called Mello, co-owned by Bhav Chamdal and Josh Thomas.
Bhav Chamdal and Josh Thomas at Mello Cafe in Harborne’s Reloved Brum store
Together they’re serving up good coffee and food sourced locally.
Among the options are breakfast sandwiches from £5.50, egg on toast cooked ‘your way’ for £7 and jacket potatoes.
Then there are toasted sandwiches of Buffalo chicken, cheddar and relish and ham and cheese, and cold sarnies of Ceasar chicken, tuna mayo and ham and hummus and red pepper too, as well as a kids menu.
As well as teas and coffees, there are trendy drinks including matcha and strawberry lemonade tea with all drinks coming in under £5 with most left than £4.
They have a range of sweet treats too, including pastries to go with those coffees.
The coffee shop opened on Tuesday, September 8 with £2 coffees, with proceeds going straight to the charity.
Mello at Reloved Brum can be found at 48-50 High Street, Harborne, B17 9NE.
