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Espresso 245

Espresso 245 is a café at Unit 6, 245 St Asaph Street, Central City, Christchurch.

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.

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Checked 19 Oct 2026

This new cafe serves great coffee and healthy Pure Cafe Co food. It is situated down a lane off St Asaph Street

One of 148 cafés in Christchurch Central City, 24% of the city’s count

Unit 6, 245 St Asaph Street, Central City

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Nearest bus stop
160 m
Cafés in the suburb
148

Getting there

Bus stop, Manchester St near Welles St 160 m · Route 27 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Madras St near Southwark St 188 m · Routes 8, 84, 85, 95 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Manchester St near Allen St 220 m · Routes 27, 84, 85, 95 · ECan bus stops
Shared zone Passes the door · in service · Council cycleway layer
Car park, Central Park off-street parking 52 m · private · 100 spaces · 1 EV · Council parking data
The street, St Asaph 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.

Nearby

More nearby places 6

Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.

The nearest other cafés

More nearby cafés 5

All 148 cafés in Christchurch Central City → · Every one in the city →

Also in Christchurch Central City

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What the record holds 7 sourced facts

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Christchurch Central City (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 19 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
AddressUnit 6, 245 St Asaph Street, Central CityFind Christchurch, 2024
KindCafésFind Christchurch, 2024
Websitepurecafe.co.nz · unreachable when last readFind Christchurch, 2024
NZBN9429042391920, NZ Limited Company, removedNZBN register
Registered nameESPRESSO 245 LIMITEDNZBN register
Registered since3 June 2016NZBN register
IndustryCoffee shopsNZBN register

How the council’s directory described it

This new cafe serves great coffee and healthy Pure Cafe Co food. It is situated down a lane off St Asaph Street.

— 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 zoneCentral City Mixed Use Zone (South Frame)District Plan

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

What stood on St Asaph Street

Meeting Michael Joseph Savage on St Asaph Street
1939, Meeting Michael Joseph Savage on St Asaph Street

From Canterbury Stories. This photograph names the street, not this business. The street page pairs it with a Street View pose verified outside Bohemian Bakery, 2024-06. The street’s then and now →

The reports nearby

5,620 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 4,691 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 5,620 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

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What is Espresso 245?

A café in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.

Where is Espresso 245?

Unit 6, 245 St Asaph Street, Central City, on St Asaph Street. On the map →

Is Espresso 245 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 Espresso 245?

its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).

What other cafés are near Espresso 245?

Lemon Tree Cafe (34 m), Little Social (63 m), Moment (84 m), every one in the city.

What’s near Espresso 245?

the address’s own record holds 3 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest House of Travel (20 m); the Manchester St near Welles St bus stop is 160 m away: route 27; a shared zone passes the door; nearest park: Excelsior Hotel Reserve (191 m).

What stood where Espresso 245 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:

Sources: Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0) · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · New Zealand Business Number register

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