An Arnold tea room will be transforming into a micro bar in a "last ditch effort" to keep the business afloat. Brown Bird Bakery closed its doors at the weekend for the makeover.
The premises, in Croft Road, will reopen next week as The Saxton, serving cocktails, beer, cider, wine, coffee, cakes and food. It's 18 months since owner Nikki Saxton opened the bakery and tea room but since then there's been an influx of competitors arriving in the town.
She said: "It was sink or swim and the micro bar was the swim option. Arnold High Street is just saturated now. From when we opened to currently there have been four more cake shops and cafes pop up. We just thought there is too much. Revival Coffee has just shut. We didn't want to go down the same route so it was a last ditch attempt to keep us afloat. There's just too many cafes in Arnold.
