HERE at EG Towers, we appreciate bars and cafes that lead double lives. The sorts of places that can do you a good AM-hours coffee, then turn around and give you something stronger at night.

So it's with respect for a proper all-rounder that we tip a hat to Jam Cafe, a place that does Bohemian by night and lovely cakes and bacon butties by day.

This week the place has been getting a workout as the official cafe of nottdance, the city's annual festival of modern dance that runs through Sunday. Earlier this week, I was relieved to find that this means it's a place for performers and attendees to hang out, not a place where the people behind the bar get into the act with a bit of interpretive dance on the theme of "grilling a panini".

As I was there in the morning hours, I was also glad to hear the whirring sounds of the coffee-maker. They did me my latte the way I like it, which is similar to how I like my whiskey (that's "with a double shot", not "bracingly alcoholic").

In the cold hard light of day, I also took in some of the other little details. The tables and chairs are mismatched in a way that seems natural, not like they were all picked up at The Eclectically Mismatched Furniture Shoppe. The flatscreen television that usually has some interesting film showing on mute was on this day playing awesome 80s fantasy film Labyrinth. (As a boy-child of the 80s, I will admit that its heady mix of crazy Muppets and Jennifer Connelly had something of an impact. And I still have the occasional nightmare featuring David Bowie).

The drinks offering is based more on wine and cocktails, although there is one Euro-beer pump on the bar. There's a proper cocktails menu featuring what look to be a few bespoke concoctions. Music tends towards the atmospheric and intelligent, and lingering too long near the plate-glass window with a time-of-day-specific beverage seems positively encouraged.

This is a place to watch the world go by. It's also a great all-hours addition to one of Nottingham's best locales.