Every day this month the Chron will be teaming up with the Northampton Town Centre Business Improvement District (BID) to feature a ‘Business of the Day’ – giving you more information about an independent firm in the town.
Today, we highlight Are You Being Served in St Giles Street
It’s not often a quaint little tea room can lay claim to keeping a professional rugby team fed and watered but St Giles Street café Are You Being Served? has proved so popular with members of the Saints squad they keep coming back for more.
Since Wendy Wenham took the decision to leave the world of education and pursue her dream of running a coffee shop, the business has gone from strength to strength, quickly becoming one of the most popular places in town to unwind over a cuppa.
She said: “We get all sorts in, from 93-year-olds celebrating their birthday with an afternoon tea to the Saints boys coming in for breakfast. They all have special diets to follow so we cook whatev er they want to order, nothing’s too much trouble and they love it.
“It’s a very competitive market but we decided we wanted to concentrate on simple home cooked food. We do a different hot meal every day, a different cake each day and a different soup each day.”
One of the cafe’s biggest success stories has been social media, which has enabled them to reach a younger crowd and broadcast their daily specials to a wide audience at the touch of a button.
Are You Being Served? Now has 550 likes on Facebook and 600 followers on Twitter, making them a big part of Northampton’s online community as well as a much-loved part of the high street.
SPECIAL OFFER: Quote discount code ‘CHRONAYBS’ to get a free tea or coffee when you buy a scone or a cake today.
Are You Being Served?
62 St Giles Street, Northampton
01604 628854
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Are-You-Being-Served-Ltd/259275585537