I discovered Car & Kitchen during my first visit to Settle which was in August 2015. It was closed when I found it in the early evening but an examination of the lunchtime menu in the window convinced me that it was the place for me to have my lunch next day. When I returned for lunch, I ordered what I had already chosen on the previous evening, namely the lentil and carrot soup with the salmon sandwiches. I expected it to good and it was even better, so much so that when I arrived in Settle for a return visit a year later, I visited Car and Kitchen twice, the first visit being in late afternoon when they only had drinks and pastries. I opted for a cafetiere and crumpets with Nutella. Having had only rather disappointing coffee during my previous week in East Anglia, I suddenly had the first seriously good coffee of my holiday. This was an un-plunged glass cafetiere containing enough grounds as to be opaque. I returned at lunchtime next day and ordered exactly what I had for my lunch a year previously, both to remind myself how good it was and also to get better photographs of it. I had another cafetiere to confirm that I wasn't dreaming the previous day and I also had crumpets with butter. The only disappointment was that the crumpets were served at the same time as the mains, when it was obvious that they would not stay hot for the time that it takes to consume the soup and sandwiches. read more