The cafe always has a great friendly feeling with fresh food baked on site and an emphasis on…read moreorganic, locally sourced produce and fair-trade teas and coffee. My personal recommendation would have to be the bacon sandwiches served in fresh homemade rolls (with brown sauce of course). (It is also my understanding that the cafe is owned and run by the Camphill Village Trust and offers work opportunities to adults with learning disabilities and other special needs. - I only mention this as the staff always seem to be having such a great time that it undoubtedly contributes to the positive atmosphere the place has.)

Lendal Newsagents is one of those old little newsagents that's been there years and it's nice to go…read morein as a lot of those kind of shops either don't exist now or they've been turned into big chains. The staff in there are friendly and they sell things like sweets, cigarettes and magazines. Reasonable prices too.

Martin's is a little corner shop/newsagents type shop in Haxby. It's a nice friendly little shop…read moreselling things like magazines, confectionary and drinks. There is a Co-op round the corner which probably takes a lot of custom from this shop but I prefer Martin's. The only things is they obviously don't sell as much or as big a range of things.