00:00Okay, so we're at Mad Hatter's. My name's Robin. We opened on Saturday.
00:06How's it going?
00:07It's really busy. Really busy. So I'm so, so grateful for all the people that have walked through the door.
00:16A lot of locals that live on the road.
00:22Yeah, so they've all said that it's all been received really well.
00:25Well, that's good news. So how long has this time been in the works and how long has it been planned to open a cafe?
00:30Well, so I don't come from a catering background, but it's always been my dream to have a coffee shop.
00:40I love coffee. I love cake. Who doesn't?
00:45So yeah, it was sort of a long time coming. I've got a cleaning business.
00:51So I've got the business side of the background.
00:53But yeah, it can be quite lonely. So meeting people, saying hello to them and, you know, with some sweet treats is, yeah.
01:03Yeah, you've got quite an eclectic feeling as well, the Mad Hatter's. Is that kind of, as far as that concept that you love, that kind of a less wonderland feel or is that?
01:10Well, I think the world as we know it is a bit bonkers.
01:14Yeah.
01:14And I think unless you embrace the weird and wonderful, you kind of get swallowed up in a daily grind.
01:23So yeah, the Alice in Wonderland is just, you know, we're all mad here, you know, but it's somewhere where people can come and feel very, very comfortable.
01:36Yeah, so that's pretty much where it all came from. And then the theme just evolved.
01:41From there.
01:42Yes.
01:42So what kind of things do you sell here? Obviously, you've got to talk about cakes, but what kind of bits do you sell?
01:47Yeah, so we've got an array of cakes. And we've got paninis, we've got jacket potatoes, sandwiches.
01:57We, we don't have a catering kitchen, so we're not going to end up doing, you know, cottage pie or anything like that.
02:07Really somewhere for you to come in, have a bite to eat, have a natter with your friend, you know, and take a slice of cake home for dinner.
02:15Yeah.
02:15Yeah, it's brilliant. And Sue, you've obviously kind of mentioned how it's kind of something that you've been wanting to do for a while,
02:20obviously, how does it feel to be, to be open and to have customers coming in?
02:24It's surreal.
02:25Yeah.
02:26Yeah, it's a dream come true, really. I think so many people have so many aspirations of what they'd like to do, but never, never actually do it.
02:38And myself, where I've got to the point where I've probably got more years behind me than I have ahead of me, I'm, I thought, if I don't do it now, I'm never going to do it.
02:49So yeah, it was a case of bite the bullet, get it done. My husband's been really supportive, so.
02:55Yeah, it's kind of like, you say, you've got a family business and they're kind of daughters here.
02:59Yeah, so my daughter helps, because she's a trained barista, so she's just kind of showing me the ropes.
03:06Whether it'll become a full-time thing, who knows? Who knows? Depends how busy we get.
03:11Perfect, yeah. So yeah, what is the plans moving forward? Is it just kind of establish yourselves here and just see how it goes?
03:17I think so. I think we just, you know, let's, let's walk before we can run.
03:21Yeah, I mean, the big dream is to have the chain off, you know, but I'm happy at the moment.
03:30I'm happy at the moment. I think we're placed quite, quite well.
03:33The community seems to have welcomed us and said that we're needed.
03:39So yeah, we just do this well and then we'll think of the further steps.
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