Cotswold Baguettes

Cotswold Baguettes is a practical little Stow-on-the-Wold lunch stop that does more than the name suggests. On its own website the business says it opened in June 2012, is run by a local couple and draws on more than 25 years of catering experience, which gives it a more rooted feel than a generic takeaway. Its Church Street position also matters: it is right where walkers, drivers and day-trippers naturally pass through when they are in town and need something quick that still feels made with care.

The menu is unusually broad for a small sandwich shop. The site lists hot breakfast baguettes, doorstep sandwiches, fish, vegetarian and vegan options, jacket potatoes, homemade savouries and cakes, with ingredients sourced locally wherever possible. That breadth means the shop works for more than a simple bacon roll stop. It can cover breakfast, an easy takeaway lunch, a quick bite between errands or a food stop before driving back out into the villages.

It is also worth noting that Cotswold Baguettes actively pushes its outside catering, with buffets and canapes for everything from business lunches and walking groups to weddings and wakes. That makes it more useful to the Stow area than a tourist-only sandwich bar. For visitors, it is a reliable central option when pub service feels too slow; for locals, it looks like the kind of place that becomes a regular fallback because the range is broad, the pricing is straightforward and the food is built around fresh, familiar ingredients.