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I Spy Food and Coffee

I Spy Food and Coffee is a café at 78 Barrington Street, Spreydon, the map pin sits in Somerfield, Christchurch, inside the Somerfield commercial centre.

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. The directory’s number for it: 03 337 0422.

Checked 18 Oct 2026

Gorgeous home made food made from scratch. Great range of vegetarian and glueten free options

78 Barrington Street, Spreydon

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Nearest bus stop
229 m
Cafés in the suburb
2

Getting there

Bus stop, Rose St near Beechworth Ave 229 m · Route 44 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Rose St near Beechworth Ave 273 m · Route 44 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Barrington St near Conway St 372 m · Route 44 · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane Passes the door · in service · Council cycleway layer
The street, Barrington 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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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 2 cafés in Somerfield → · Every one in the city →

Also in Somerfield

More businesses in Somerfield 7

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What the record holds 5 sourced facts

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Somerfield (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 18 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address78 Barrington Street, SpreydonFind Christchurch, 2024
KindCafésFind Christchurch, 2024
Phone03 337 0422Find Christchurch, 2024
Websitefacebook.comFind Christchurch, 2024
Emailispyfood78@xtra.co.nzFind Christchurch, 2024

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How the council’s directory described it

Gorgeous home made food made from scratch. Great range of vegetarian and glueten free options.

— 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 zoneNeighbourhood centre zoneDistrict Plan
Commercial centreSomerfield, local centreDistrict Plan

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

The reports nearby

550 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Water & drains and Graffiti & vandalism, 455 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 550 reports on file
Water Leak Canterbury · 30 September 2026
Damaged Street Sign 93 Barrington St · 29 September 2026
Water Leak Canterbury · 29 September 2026
Accessibility 35A Tainui St · 19 September 2026
Pavement - General 36 Somerfield St · 18 September 2026
Dumped Rubbish 15 Somerfield St · 8 September 2026
Water General 54 Barrington St · 4 September 2026
Pavement - General 20A Tainui St · 4 September 2026
Pavement - General 36 Somerfield St · 4 September 2026
Pavement - Damaged 93 Barrington St · 3 September 2026

Questions, answered briefly

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What is I Spy Food and Coffee?

A café in Somerfield, Christchurch.

Where is I Spy Food and Coffee?

78 Barrington Street, Spreydon, the map pin sits in Somerfield, on Barrington Street. On the map →

Is I Spy Food and Coffee 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 I Spy Food and Coffee?

phone 03 337 0422 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email ispyfood78@xtra.co.nz (Find Christchurch, 2024).

What other cafés are near I Spy Food and Coffee?

Zeroes (606 m), Taste @ Twenty (842 m), London Canteen (869 m), every one in the city.

What’s near I Spy Food and Coffee?

the address’s own record holds 1 report; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Pierces' Bakery (2 m); the Rose St near Beechworth Ave bus stop is 229 m away: route 44; a cycle lane passes the door; nearest park: Cashmere Riverbank Reserve (498 m).

What stood where I Spy Food and Coffee 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 · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer

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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); council and ECan data under CC BY 4.0; Wikidata CC0. Something wrong? Fix it on OpenStreetMap or tell us. The whole directory lives at /businesses. This page as markdown: /business/i-spy-food-and-coffee-somerfield.md.