Our cafés are welcoming open places for you to come and enjoy a good cup of tea or coffee, as well as offering a fantastic range of sandwiches and cakes to cater for all tastes. You can sit and read the daily paper, choose a book and have free use of our wi-fi whilst enjoying the vibrant ambiance of the building.  While you are here why not enquire about an Adult Education class, browse the internet, find out about your ancestors or even sing along with the under 5's story time session? We offer a friendly and relaxing environment that is suitable for all ages.

Opening Hours

Opening hours for the Explore York café and the Explore Acomb café:

Please note that all York's libraries are closed on bank holidays. Any other closed dates (such as refurbishments) are listed on our closures page.

Menus

We offer a range of reasonably priced food and drink for all tastes.  The menus are available as PDFs in the "documents to download" section of this webpage.

Coming soon - Rowntree Park Reading Cafe

Good news!  The cafe at Rowntree Park will be refurbished over the next few months, and will re-open as a Reading Cafe, run by ourselves, in Summer 2012.  The new Reading Cafe will provide:

• A welcoming and friendly facility in a beautiful setting
• A high quality range of food & drink
• A selection of books and magazines to read and borrow
• Free Wi-Fi
• A programme of activities that bring the venue alive