When the centre of Coventry was redeveloped in the 50s and 60s as a mainly traffic-free area, one of the features of the pedestrianised shopping precinct was a circular cafe, which immediately became a favourite meeting place for the teenagers of the day, where they enjoyed burgers and cups of frothy coffee whilst looking out over the shoppers in the Lower Precinct. Like of lot of the redevelopment from that age, "The Circ", as it was colloquially known, has enjoyed a rather chequered history, but following recent refurbishment of some parts of the centre, it now resides, with listed status, under a glass roof whilst dispensing a range of food snacks and refreshments unheard of in its heyday some 40+ years ago
