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| Roadside cafe 'Nice Baps' rated Cornwall's top restaurant | Roadside cafe 'Nice Baps' rated Cornwall's top restaurant |
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| A roadside cafe called "Nice Baps" has been rated as the best restaurant in Cornwall on TripAdvisor. | A roadside cafe called "Nice Baps" has been rated as the best restaurant in Cornwall on TripAdvisor. |
| The wooden hut, located in a layby near Wadebridge, is number one out of 2,215 eateries, which include Good Food Guide 2019 winner Nathan Outlaw. | The wooden hut, located in a layby near Wadebridge, is number one out of 2,215 eateries, which include Good Food Guide 2019 winner Nathan Outlaw. |
| Reviewers say they are drawn by the warm welcome of owners Kevin and Laura Baker as much as the food. | Reviewers say they are drawn by the warm welcome of owners Kevin and Laura Baker as much as the food. |
| Mr Baker said: "We're giving customers a little bit of what people need these days: Comfort and a friendly face." | Mr Baker said: "We're giving customers a little bit of what people need these days: Comfort and a friendly face." |
| He added: "If a family turns up after a long journey, we occupy the kids with magic tricks to give the parents a break. | He added: "If a family turns up after a long journey, we occupy the kids with magic tricks to give the parents a break. |
| "Old people come in because they need someone to talk to - it's an escape for them." | "Old people come in because they need someone to talk to - it's an escape for them." |
| Mr Baker, 54, was homeless and lived in a transit van for more than seven years before starting the business. | |
| The former builder began selling fruit and vegetables from the back of his van. | |
| Supported by his wife Laura, 34, he then brought in a shipping container, selling kindling at one end and teas and coffees from the other. | |
| TripAdvisor reviews for Nice Baps: | TripAdvisor reviews for Nice Baps: |
| "This hidden gem is a must on a family holiday. The owner couldn't be anymore friendly or helpful and loves a good laugh and a joke and kids love him... it's the most entertaining breakfast you'll ever have." | "This hidden gem is a must on a family holiday. The owner couldn't be anymore friendly or helpful and loves a good laugh and a joke and kids love him... it's the most entertaining breakfast you'll ever have." |
| "This place doesn't just have "Nice Baps" it has the biggest, juiciest, most flavoursome baps I have ever tasted (other food is available!)...If I could afford to drive to Cornwall every day to have breakfast here I most definitely would!...It's the highlight of any road trip!" | "This place doesn't just have "Nice Baps" it has the biggest, juiciest, most flavoursome baps I have ever tasted (other food is available!)...If I could afford to drive to Cornwall every day to have breakfast here I most definitely would!...It's the highlight of any road trip!" |
| "Always a great start to our Cornish trips....it's an experience in itself." | "Always a great start to our Cornish trips....it's an experience in itself." |
| The couple, who are parents to Kiya, nine, and Teddy, three, were faced with closure two years ago when the council changed their licensing regulations, but a court case found in their favour. | |
| Their cafe, which boasts David Cameron and the cast of Poldark amongst its customers, was re-vamped earlier this year after its roof was ripped off by Storm Eleanor. | |
| "The insurance didn't pay out. We had to put all our savings into it," Mr Baker said. | |
| "We started from nothing. I'm so proud of my wife and myself for where we've come from. We've fought so hard for this." | |
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| Mr Baker said an international coffee shop chain had offered to buy the couple out, while the owner of a group of pubs in London impressed by the cafe's five-star reviews had asked him to work for them. | Mr Baker said an international coffee shop chain had offered to buy the couple out, while the owner of a group of pubs in London impressed by the cafe's five-star reviews had asked him to work for them. |
| But he said no to both. | But he said no to both. |
| "This is our baby," said Mrs Baker. |