Philippe Du Bois

Sounds posh, but don't let that fool you; this is just your run of the mill café really. Apply our nifty Itchy translation methods: Philippe = Philip = sounds a bit like 'fill up'. Du = do. Bois = from the French 'boire', meaning 'to drink' (possibly - some cocky toff told us it meant 'wood', but ignore that). Philippe Du Bois thus equals 'Do fill up on drinks', and that, my friend, is what a basic caff's all about. Crammed so full of tables that some of those have spilled out onto the pavement, allowing for superb gawping at the good people of Harborne.

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