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Backstreet Cafe

Checked 13 Oct 2026

Backstreet Cafe is a café at 17 Buchan Street, Sydenham, Christchurch. The address’s own page keeps 2 council reports on file.

Open Monday - Friday, 6am-4pm

17 Buchan Street, Sydenham

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Unconfirmed lead. Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go.
Nearest bus stop
128 m
Cafés in the suburb
29

Opening hours

No source lists its hours. If you know them, add them on OpenStreetMap →, the next bake picks them up.

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Getting there

Bus stop, Colombo St near Byron St 128 m · Routes 1, 8, 44 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Colombo St near Cass St 130 m · Routes 1, 8, 44 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Colombo St near Lawson St 248 m · Routes 1, 8, 44 · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane 116 m · in service · Council cycleway layer
Car park, Inpark parking 445 m · private · 37 spaces · Council parking data
The street, Buchan Street Reports, crashes and the rest of the record along it Directions → Walking, cycling and driving routes, on Google Maps Street View → The kerb as Google photographed it: worth a look before a first visit

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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.

Within a short walk

The nearest other cafés

All 29 cafés in Sydenham → · Every one in the city →

Also in Sydenham

Every kind of business in Sydenham →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Sydenham (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 13 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address17 Buchan Street, SydenhamFind Christchurch, 2024
KindCafésFind Christchurch, 2024
Phone03 374 6786Find Christchurch, 2024

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How the council’s directory described it

Open Monday - Friday, 6am-4pm

— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.

The ground it stands on

Facts about the spot the pin marks, the land, not the business. A consent may belong to the building, the landlord or a neighbour
FactWhat the source saysSource
District Plan zoneTransportDistrict Plan

What stood on this ground → · Documents that name it →

The reports nearby

2,551 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 2,191 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 2,551 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

What is Backstreet Cafe?

A café in Sydenham, Christchurch.

Where is Backstreet Cafe?

17 Buchan Street, Sydenham, on Buchan Street. On the map →

Is Backstreet Cafe still trading?

Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go.

How do you contact Backstreet Cafe?

phone 03 374 6786 (Find Christchurch, 2024).

What other cafés are near Backstreet Cafe?

Marcel's Picnic (124 m), Cafe Colombia (257 m), Catnap Cafe (324 m), every one in the city.

What’s near Backstreet Cafe?

the address’s own record holds 2 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Supa Karts (60 m); the Colombo St near Byron St bus stop is 128 m away: routes 1, 8, 44; a cycle lane passes within 116 m; nearest park: Carlyle Reserve (157 m).

What stood where Backstreet Cafe is, before?

The heritage-register places nearest the pin →

The record behind this

This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:

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