Mint Lane Cafe

Mint Lane Cafe We are a Community Cafe and Small Grocery Market that sells and serves Supermarket Surplus food and donated items from local business.

Our aim is to provide a safe, inclusive and friendly space to eat and socialise for our Mint Lane community. There will always be a need for us to support each other and create a real sense of community in Lincoln City. A handful of people with broad reaching experiences of life in general got together to create a warm and welcoming space for people to meet. The cafe will not only be providing an

inclusive social space, we will be using produce that might ordinarily be completely wasted. We are joining a scheme to use Supermarket and other retailers waste to create delicious, totally affordable meals and snacks. This is the start of the story.......

09/06/2026

🍊 NEW IN AT MINT LANE WITH JP 🍊

There's so much choice in at Mint Lane Market this week that JP decided to take us on a whistle stop tour...

Highlights:

🙌 Protein Sourdough Toasting Loaf

🙌 Stackz Salt and Vinegar and Sour Cream and Onion Crisps (Matti's favourite)

🙌 Oranges and Limes

🙌 Buttermilk Chicken Fillets

🙌 Chickpeas

🙌 Oranges again as they are a JP favourite 😍

Why not come and check us out!

We're open Wednesdays to Fridays from 9:30pm!





🧑‍🍳 OVER 3,000 PAY-IT-FORWARD MEALS SINCE 2016 🧑‍🍳We want to say a Huge Thank You to everyone in our Mint Lane Community...
08/06/2026

🧑‍🍳 OVER 3,000 PAY-IT-FORWARD MEALS SINCE 2016 🧑‍🍳

We want to say a Huge Thank You to everyone in our Mint Lane Community who has generously funded a meal to people in need over the last 8 years at the cafe.

Your kindness has helped to alleviate food insecurity and food waste in Lincoln.

If you'd like to pay forward a meal, you can speak to one of our cafe volunteers when you visit the cafe or come and have a chat with our Cafe Manager.

Community builds community and together we help support one another and we are grateful to everyone joining us in our journey to reduce food poverty in our Mint Lane Community 🙌





05/06/2026
To all our dear volunteers
05/06/2026

To all our dear volunteers

03/06/2026

Friday 10am -12pm On the planting menu this week: squash, radish, French beans spinach, thyme, and oregano. We'll also be picking veggies and herbs 🌿

Check out the range of food and drink available to buy at our Mint Lane Market today 🎉🪩Aptyv Pomegranate, Cranberry and ...
27/05/2026

Check out the range of food and drink available to buy at our Mint Lane Market today 🎉

🪩Aptyv Pomegranate, Cranberry and Mint Juice

🪩 Up Go Protein Energise Chocolate Drink

🪩Banquet for Two - Chicken Korma, Chicken Tikka Masala, Naan Breads and Onion Bhajis

🪩 Red Leicester Quavers

🪩 Fresh Raspberries

Why not come and check us out?

It was a pleasure to host 's exhibition, presentation and Origami Workshop looking at designing more accessible office s...
24/05/2026

It was a pleasure to host 's exhibition, presentation and Origami Workshop looking at designing more accessible office spaces for people who have ADHD.

The event is part of the Festival which celebrates everyday Lincolnite creativity and culture!

We at the Cafe and believe that we need to continuously learn from and with members of our Mint Lane community to make sure that our spaces are as welcoming and accessible as possible.

Matti especially loved the concept of building tranquil spaces into office design....

We're looking forward to hosting several other events over the next few days including the Closing Event on Wednesday 27th May.

More details coming soon.....👀





🍓🍓 FRESH STRAWBERRIES BACK IN STOCK🍓🍓 Our friends at The Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology, part of have dropp...
20/05/2026

🍓🍓 FRESH STRAWBERRIES BACK IN STOCK🍓🍓

Our friends at The Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology, part of have dropped off some more strawberries for our Mint Lane Market! Huge Thank You to the Institute for thinking of us!

The strawberries are grown locally and have been a huge hit with our Mint Lane Community.

Sarah, one of our regular Mint Lane Market buyers says:

"They are so juicy and perfect with my vanilla ice cream"

Why not come and try some for yourself?

The Mint Lane Market is open Wednesdays - Fridays from 10am till 2pm!





Mint plants to buy, 50p small and £1 from Wednesday to Friday, 10am-3pm. 🍃☕️
19/05/2026

Mint plants to buy, 50p small and £1 from Wednesday to Friday, 10am-3pm. 🍃☕️

Address

12 Mint Lane
Lincoln
LN11UD

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 2:30pm
Thursday 10am - 2:30pm
Friday 10am - 2:30pm

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