Unknown Chapter
Unknown Chapter is a café at 254 St Asaph Street, Central City, Christchurch.
Checked 17 Oct 2026
Unknown Chapter Coffee Roasters is a modern cafe serving speciality grade coffee, high quality breakfast and lunch in a… Read full description ↓
One of 148 cafés in Christchurch Central City, 24% of the city’s count
Opening hours
| Monday – Sunday | 6.30 am, 4 pm |
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Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 67 hours a week, by the map’s count.
From its website and public pages
Read from the site itself 2 Oct 2026, Its own website.
Reviews
Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Nearby
More nearby places 7
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
More businesses in Christchurch Central City 7
What the record holds 11 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 254 St Asaph Street, Central City | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Cafés | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 0272353777 | Its own website |
| Website | unknownchaptercoffee.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| info@unknownchaptercoffee.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees | |
| NZBN | 9429046661661, NZ Limited Company | NZBN register |
| Registered name | UNKNOWN CHAPTER LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 21 Mar 2018 | NZBN register |
| Industry | Cafe operation | NZBN register |
| Food registration | reg CCC000275/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expiry date 17 Oct 2026 has passed | MPI food register |
| Last checked by a mapper | 19 June 2026 | OpenStreetMap |
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How the council’s directory described it
Read the full description council directory, about 2024
Unknown Chapter Coffee Roasters is a modern cafe serving speciality grade coffee, high quality breakfast and lunch in a relaxed, light and clean space. Room for groups or snug corners to hide away. They roast and brew excellent, consistently world-class coffee on site. The head chef has a vision to produce a menu of modern classics, healthy, tasty and affordable. Grab and go options, also full sit down and relax indulgent dishes for you and your friends & colleagues. Open 7 days, 6.30am-5pm
— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Central City Mixed Use Zone | District Plan |
‘corgis on High’ — Christchurch City Public Artwork
The First Public Water Supply Well Was Drilled Near ThisWhat stood 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
5,258 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 4,366 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Hazard, vehicle
Hazard, vehicle
Pest / Vermin
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge
Pavement - Damaged
Street Cleaning
Rubbish and Bins - General
Litter
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public artQuestions, answered briefly
Read answers 8
A café in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.
254 St Asaph Street, Central City, on St Asaph Street. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory, last checked by a mapper 19 June 2026.
phone 027 235 3777 (its own website), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email info@unknownchaptercoffee.co.nz (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Monday – Sunday: 6.30 am, 4 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Engine Coffee Brewers (62 m), BobaLab (74 m), Estelle (76 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 9 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Opes Partners (19 m); the Madras St near Southwark St bus stop is 98 m away: routes 8, 84, 85, 95; a separated cycleway passes the door; nearest park: Wilson Park (141 m).
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: OpenStreetMap · 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 · The business’s own website · New Zealand Business Number register · Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register
Read source notes 9
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- Find Christchurch, the council’s business directory, a snapshot last touched about March 2024 (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0),
- Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record, distances measured here from the pin
- Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer, lanes, separated paths and the named Major Cycle Routes (CC BY 4.0)
- The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly
- New Zealand Business Number register, the public facts every NZBN entity files (legal name, status, registration date, industry), matched here by name and address
- Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register, the public Food Act registration for these premises, verified by the named agency, matched here by name and address
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/unknown-chapter-christchurch-central-city.md.