Over The Rainbow Café is York’s only LGBTQ+ community café, providing a welcoming, alcohol-free space where everyone can feel safe, supported, and celebrated. Located in the heart of York, the café serves as a vibrant community hub, offering a relaxed environment for LGBTQ+ people, allies, families, and visitors to meet, socialise, and connect.
Proudly operating as a sober and neurodivergent-friendly venue, the café is designed to be an inclusive space where accessibility, wellbeing, and community come first. Alongside quality coffee, tea, milkshakes, soft drinks, toasties, homemade cakes, and sweet treats, the café offers a range of gluten-free and vegan options, with no extra charge for alternative milks.
More than just a café, Over The Rainbow hosts a variety of community initiatives, including a bring-and-swap clothing rail to support gender affirmation, a binder donation scheme, and a pay-it-forward programme that allows customers to purchase food and drinks for others in need. Visitors are also welcome to enjoy the free library of books, board games, craft supplies, and fidget toys, making it an inviting space to relax, study, work, or spend time with friends.
Regular community events, workshops, social meetups, and creative activities help bring York’s LGBTQ+ community together throughout the year, creating opportunities for friendship, support, and self-expression in a welcoming, judgement-free environment.
Whether you’re looking for a quiet coffee, a safe community space, or a place to meet like-minded people, Over The Rainbow Café offers one of York’s most inclusive and supportive venues.
Address:
First Floor,
5 Patrick Pool,
York,
YO1 8BB