Café Ella

Café Ella, at 274 Abercrombie Street, Darlington, is a bright, friendly place playing funky music and serving huge portions: a "big brekkie" with huge juicy chorizo sausages, perfectly poached eggs, good quality bacon and plump mushrooms and a "double bacon roll" with bacon, soft fried egg and loads of ketchup in a substantial white roll, both served with a proper, substantial salad (and shown below). Upstairs there's a quieter area, decorated and furnished as comfortably as your own livingroom, with inviting-looking armchairs, a couple of massive wooden tables and room to play boardgames.