Popular Cardiff student spot Stag Coffee announces sudden closure

Stag Coffee in Cardiff has announced that it's closing its doors for the final time.

The café, which has long been popular with the student population of Cathays, has been selling coffee, cakes, breakfasts and burgers since 2014.

However on Tuesday, the café took to social media to announce its closure.

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On an Instagram post, they wrote: "It is with great regret that we announce the closure of Stag Coffee!

"All of us here are so sad to pass across this news and we would like to thank all of you for your amazing support throughout the years. "All the best, folks!"

Stag Coffee Cardiff cafe on Crwys Road in Cathays (WalesOnline)

Following its closure, the café managers have been busy hosting a closing down sale outside the café.

According to Connor Kinsella, who has been one of the managers for the beloved student café for the last five years, implications to the economy has had an effect on business.

"We're closing down because of the economy," he explained to WalesOnline.

"We've taken a bit of a beating with Covid, Brexit and inflation - it's the perfect storm; the final nails in the coffin. It's our time really.

Crwys Road in Cathays has seen its fair share of café closures, according to Stag Coffee Cardiff café manager Connor Kinsella (WalesOnline)

"It's upsetting and obviously we're not the only ones in the area that has closed down - Early Bird has gone, two coffee shops from the top of the road have gone, everything is just closing down and I guess making way for the new era of coffee shops and cafés."

Connor hopes that people will remember the sense of community they experienced at the café.

Connor Kinsella, one of the managers of Stag Coffee Cardiff café on Crwys Road in Cathays, Cardiff has announced the beloved student café's closure (WalesOnline)

"I started here as a student and I have a lot of memories of this place," he said.

"This was a very 'student café', but we would get customers who used to be students coming here and saying that they would come here every weekend for a hangover coffee.

"It was nice seeing people like that. We'd have a few who would come here for a coffee on their way to work. There was a real sense of community here.

"I hope people won't forget about us and remember all the lovely breakfasts they had here."

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