Shops & cafés / Brentford
The Wife’s Legs Café
Cream enamel, red-and-teal lettering and a very British sense of humour. A cheerful stop in curious company.
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Discover the story behind the sign ↓Imaginary Inns & Curious Shops
Signs for places you wish you could visit.A FIELD GUIDE TO FICTIONAL PLACES
Behind the sign.
Every place has a story.
- WHERE TO FIND IT
- Brentford · Robert Rankin’s fictionalised west London
- ON THE BOOKSHELF
- Robert Rankin · Retromancer
The local knowledge
Even breakfast can reveal that something is wrong with the universe in Rankin’s Brentford. In Retromancer, a changed menu at The Wife’s Legs Café is one of the signs that history has gone awry. It is a wonderfully ordinary setting for a story concerned with anything but ordinary events.
Our interpretation
Cream enamel and red-and-teal lettering give our café sign a cheerful British high-street feel. The colours and signwriting are our own visual interpretation.