{"id":526636,"date":"2025-10-25T08:46:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T08:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/526636\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T08:46:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T08:46:31","slug":"sheffield-has-a-new-hip-cafe-spot-with-top-notch-sausage-sandwich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/526636\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield has a new hip cafe spot with top-notch sausage sandwich"},"content":{"rendered":"

TA in Crookesmoor sells one of the best sausage sandwiches in Sheffield<\/p>\n

If you want to find a top-quality sausage sandwich in Sheffield<\/a> there is only one place you go to look first.<\/p>\n

Piper\u2019s Artisan Sausages in Crosspool has made a name for itself as providing the very best, highest-quality meat-stuffed casings in the city. It now provides sausages <\/a>for many of the major restaurants<\/a> and cafes in sausages <\/a>.<\/p>\n

Naturally, then, we asked Nick Piper, a former University lecturer and owner, where to find the best sausage sandwich in Sheffield. He sent us to TA, a recently opened neighbourhood caf\u00e9<\/a> in Crookesmoor Road.<\/p>\n

The caf\u00e9, which was meant to be a pasta shop until a pregnancy changed plans, is owned by couple Ben Beagles and Charlie Semark, who have two young children, Rafe and Elio. It has its own roastery, producing a beautifully smooth cup of coffee, and has a simple, and yet, extremely tasty menu.<\/p>\n

The star of the show, however, is the sausage sandwich.<\/p>\n

The sandwich features a Piper\u2019s meaty sausage that packs power and weight. It sits atop a thin layer of caramelised onions, in a toasted brioche bun that is wonderfully but overpowerfully sweet, soft and with a tiny crunch from the outer crust. Dusted in a combination of paprika, tomato, shitake and a whole load of other spices (Ben showed me his recipe, and it has a lot of wonderful ingredients), this is a joy to eat.<\/p>\n

\"BenBen and Charlie run the neighbourhood cafe TA together(Image: Andrew Dowdeswell \/ YorkshireLive)<\/p>\n

The sausages, of course, are central to the sandwich. Supplied by Piper\u2019s, they are called boerewors sausages, a South African blend of beef and pork. Ben said their love of the sausages came from working with Orange Bird owners Anne Horner and Matthew Duggan-Jones at Marmadukes.<\/p>\n

They feel significant, substantial. This is not your cheap supermarket, fake-pork brigade. They come with a punch, like you’re eating a slab of tastefully spiced and blended meat. Just what you want from an old school sausage.<\/p>\n

The onions add a lovely smoothness to the sandwich. They do not overpower the sausage\u2019s meaty flavour, but complement it wonderfully. It is slightly sweet, very jammy, and just what is needed. No ketchup required.<\/p>\n

And then there is the brioche bun. Buttery, sweet, spongy, almost the texture of a croissant, with a doughy centre and an ever-so-slightly crusty outside, it is the most perfect house in which this sandwich lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the sausage rolls Piper\u2019s made,\u201d Ben told YorkshireLive . \u201cThrough conversation and eating a lot of sausages, we settled on this sausage sandwich.\u201d On the menu is also an egg sandwich, and Charlie said a lot of customers would ask to add a sausage to the egg sandwich. At that point, they thought, why not just sell a sausage sandwich.<\/p>\n

\"MyMy sausage sandwich and black americano from TA(Image: Andrew Dowdeswell \/ YorkshireLive)<\/p>\n

TA offers more than just sausage sandwiches, however. Perhaps the most unique part of the caf\u00e9 is its coffee machine. Ben said it is one of only two machines like it in the country, using a lever system rather than a pump. Several coffee nuts, he said, have come to the caf\u00e9 just to see the machine in action!<\/p>\n

Ben and Charlie have also just secured their alcohol licence, and will be opening in the evenings, selling cheese, wine, beers and \u201cthe best\u201d cider.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just want to be a neighbourhood caf\u00e9 and an absolutely staple of the Sheffield food scene,\u201d Ben said. If they continue in the vein of the sausage sandwich, that won\u2019t take very long at all.<\/p>\n

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