The Copper Kettle on King's Parade, directly opposite King's College, has been a Cambridge institution since the 1930s. It is a proper café — tea, coffee, full breakfasts, sandwiches, and cakes — in an unfussy setting with the best free view of the college frontage in Cambridge. Prices are modest by central Cambridge standards, the service is brisk, and on a busy morning you may share a table with strangers. It is the right place to sit with a pot of tea and watch the tourists stream past the chapel gate.