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Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To open a cafe?

229 replies

turnandfacethenamechange · 13/04/2020 22:17

Its nearly five am here and I'm still awake fretting about everything.

So I thought now might be a good time to open that sandwich bar I've always dreamed of owning.

While it has the distinct drawback of being entirely imaginary, that does mean shelf life, kitchen space and profit margins are less of a concern.

Here's the menu:

BREKKIE: served til 11am.

  • In a large soft white or granary bap: Sausage, bacon or fried egg (red or brown sauce). Opinion to add mushrooms, cooked tomatoes and a hash brown.
  • Vegan brekkie wrap (tofu scramble, tofurkey sausage, red peppers).

LUNCH
Available on basic sliced, thick-cut, in baguette or in wrap or panini where practical; all with optional salad:

  • chicken/ham/roast beef salad
  • chicken, bacon and avo
  • chicken mayo and sweetcorn
  • coronation chicken
  • roast beef, horseradish, watercress
  • corned beef and mustard
  • ham and tomato
  • brie, cranberry and bacon
  • B, L, T
  • bacon and avo
  • smoked salmon and cream cheese
  • dill trout in lemon mayo
  • tuna mayo
  • tuna salad (tuna mayo with chopped peppers, red onion and sweetcorn)
  • seafood cocktail
  • prawn in Marie rose
  • egg mayo
  • boiled egg and tomato
  • cheddar and salad (pickle?)
  • brie and cranberry
  • mozerella and mixed roast veg
  • pesto, mozerella, pine nuts and tomato
  • cream cheese, pineapple and cucumber
  • peanut butter and banana
  • marmite and cucumber
  • tapinade, grated carrot and salad
  • hummus salad
  • tofu (vegan) mayo with capers
  • curried chickpea smash

I can add a sprinkling of ready salted crisps from the big bowl on the counter for an extra 15p.

TODAY'S HOT SPECIALS:

  • Shark Bap (deep fried battered dogfish pieces in a bap with homemade tartare sauce)
  • Pumpkin Pasty

Usual enigma variations of coffee. Milk; moo, oat or soy. Hot chocolate. Cold drinks in the fridge behind you.

What can I get you?

OP posts:
TheThingWithFeathers · 13/04/2020 22:55

Can I please have a pesto and mozzarella panini, and a brownie? And an apple juice, if you've got it.
I miss cafes. Sad

turnandfacethenamechange · 13/04/2020 22:55

Do you have blood orange cake coated in dark chocolate to take away please?

Erm....just a tic

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PurpleDaisies · 13/04/2020 22:55

Baguettes are just too big and crusty. Proper sourdough is the king of breads.

Suchan1d10t · 13/04/2020 22:56

In a large soft white bap: Sausage and fried egg (red sauce) with an addition of a hash brown please

turnandfacethenamechange · 13/04/2020 22:56

Can I please have a pesto and mozzarella panini, and a brownie? And an apple juice, if you've got it. I miss cafes

Aw. Me too. Sad
Mind, the mozerella is hotter than the sun.

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Wehttam · 13/04/2020 22:56

Hope you are wearing gloves OP and have a contactless card reader.

SistemaAddict · 13/04/2020 22:57

Nice idea but the word Brekkie makes me twitch.

Do you have an outdoor seating area away from the smell of bacon and sausages being cooked? Unfortunately the smell turns my stomach but I'd love to drop by for a cup of Tetley, skimmed milk please and some homemade bread toast with butter and apricot jam. Or maybe homemade marmalade.

Did I read about beans on a bap? Sounds like dirty student food to me so probably delicious!

turnandfacethenamechange · 13/04/2020 22:58

Proper sourdough is the king of breads

Oh I like it a lot but I'm always wary of eating a sourdough baguette in public as it's so chewy I look like a hyena trying to strip a zebra leg.

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Suchan1d10t · 13/04/2020 22:58

Oh and if I can pre-order lunch too I'm going against the grain as I love love LOVE baguettes. Simple grated cheese (lots of) and real butter (thickly spread) please.

Then I'm going to have to move a long long way from your café before I work my way through the entire menu then no longer fit through the door!

PurpleDaisies · 13/04/2020 22:59

Actually, tomorrow I’ll be in for breakfast. Not into tofu scrambling tofu, but I’d love a couple of veggie sausages in a bap with brown sauce.

nzborn · 13/04/2020 22:59

Latte in a bowl and carrot cake and whipped cream

rosegoldivy · 13/04/2020 22:59

Know what, il take your word for it. I'm feeling rather daring and adventurous after being cooped up on lockdown.
Can I have a marmite and cucumber sandwich please?

turnandfacethenamechange · 13/04/2020 23:00

Hope you are wearing gloves OP and have a contactless card reader

Can confirm wearing eight pairs of gloves and payment is by telekenisis.

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turnandfacethenamechange · 13/04/2020 23:02

Can I have a marmite and cucumber sandwich please?

You can add a bit of cheddar if you're feeling really wild!

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undercoveraessedai · 13/04/2020 23:02

Sausage and hash brown bap, no sauce, followed by a chocolate brownie please. And orangina!! 😍

turnandfacethenamechange · 13/04/2020 23:03

Nice idea but the word Brekkie makes me twitch

Don't come to Australia. Back when cafes we're still allowed DP had to grit his British teeth while ordering a "Veggo Brekkie Bun".

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turnandfacethenamechange · 13/04/2020 23:04

Latte in a bowl

Have you brought your own reusable bowl?

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KedsAndTubeSocks · 13/04/2020 23:05

Do you have any homemade scones with cream and jam? Thanks.

TheThingWithFeathers · 13/04/2020 23:08

Thanks turnandfacethenamechange that was yummo, so I will be back tomorrow for brekkie. Smile

Somewhere I've got an Australian Women's Weekly Cafe Favourites cookbook - must dig it out so I can expand my lunch repertoire.

Bakedpotatoandgin · 13/04/2020 23:08

Marmite and cucumber is delicious. However, I'm feeling basic today so can I have corned beef and mustard on a bap please? And a cup of tea. Do you have millionaire's shortbread, and is it the proper stuff with a thick layer of caramel and dark chocolate?

turnandfacethenamechange · 13/04/2020 23:10

Shhhh don't say yummo you'll set the brekkie brigade off again Grin

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Bargebill19 · 13/04/2020 23:10

Gosh the aroma of your cafe is divine.
Can I have a black coffee with my order please? I have an insulated mug (hands over mug)
Put the change in the jar!

turnandfacethenamechange · 13/04/2020 23:12

Marmite and cucumber is delicious

THANK YOU Grin

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AHintOfStyle · 13/04/2020 23:12

So. I'd like a bacon bap with mushrooms and a hash brown on the side. And lots of tea. Please.

Then for lunch I'd like a chicken mayo baguette with crisps and an orangina.

I don't want banana bread though. Everyone and their dog is making banana bread at the moment.
I need something which can't easily be made in a house during lockdown.

Thank you

Hingeandbracket · 13/04/2020 23:12

I will come if you promise to not jump on the sourdough bandwagon - it is fucking awful.

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