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| City's 'smallest' coffee shop opens in phone box | City's 'smallest' coffee shop opens in phone box |
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| A coffee shop said to be the smallest in Birmingham has opened in a red telephone box. | |
| Jake's Coffee Box is located in a phone box in Eden Place, near Colmore Row. | Jake's Coffee Box is located in a phone box in Eden Place, near Colmore Row. |
| A charitable trust called Thinking Outside The Box was granted planning permission to turn the phone boxes into kiosks and they have now been put up for rent. | A charitable trust called Thinking Outside The Box was granted planning permission to turn the phone boxes into kiosks and they have now been put up for rent. |
| Jake's Coffee Box, which is run by Jake Hollier, is the first person to rent one of the Birmingham phone boxes. | Jake's Coffee Box, which is run by Jake Hollier, is the first person to rent one of the Birmingham phone boxes. |
| Mr Hollier, 23, who has been a healthcare assistant at City Hospital, said the project had been "six months in the making". | Mr Hollier, 23, who has been a healthcare assistant at City Hospital, said the project had been "six months in the making". |
| He said: "I wanted to bring something different to the city. The red boxes are iconic to our image as Brits. | He said: "I wanted to bring something different to the city. The red boxes are iconic to our image as Brits. |
| "I've got a coffee machine and some sausage rolls. There is nowhere to sit in the telephone box. All my customers are going to be commuters." | "I've got a coffee machine and some sausage rolls. There is nowhere to sit in the telephone box. All my customers are going to be commuters." |
| He said he had about 20 customers in his first two hours. | He said he had about 20 customers in his first two hours. |
| Asked about his first day, he said: "Everyone seems to look really oddly at me." | Asked about his first day, he said: "Everyone seems to look really oddly at me." |
| Thinking Outside The Box has already overseen a similar scheme at Brighton's Pavilion Gardens, where two phone boxes have become units selling coffee and ice cream. | Thinking Outside The Box has already overseen a similar scheme at Brighton's Pavilion Gardens, where two phone boxes have become units selling coffee and ice cream. |