2/1/2009

The Thomas Neal centre is in Covent Garden, just of Neal Street. As a teenager I would often come as the small mall was full of skater shops and you could get vice magazine. Recently there are less stores, instead the ground floor seems to be almost exclusively Superdry. Still, I often stop here for a break from the crowds. Progresso is a coffee place run from a central stand on the basement floor. It sells hot and cold drinks and a range of snacks.

The coffee is good and the snacks are tasty. There are a few seats and you don't feel as though you are in a thoroughfare. The staff are very friendly, though if there is only one person serving and making drinks it can be pretty slow.

Progreso is a good place for a break from shopping.