Nottinghamshire's number one cafe isn't the easiest to reach - if you're in a car that is. Down a single track road with fields on either side there's not many passing places if a vehicle is approaching in the opposite direction.
But it doesn't matter to most of the visitors, who arrive at Caffe Velo Verde on two wheels, eager to refuel before the next stage of their bike ride. The cycle-friendly pit-stop has expanded from a small indoor cafe with space for no more than 30 customers into a bigger venture with sheltered outdoor seating and an open-air courtyard... where the occasional visitor has been known to fall asleep in the sun.
The cafe, created on what was once a scrapyard years ago, can be found at Farmeco, in Screveton, near Newark. It has stepped it up a gear and blossomed since being taken over a month before the first lockdown. Sitting at the top of TripAdvisor, as Notts' number one cafe, it's not just a passing fancy. Caffe Velo Verde has held top spot for months and months. A cyclists' haven, exceptionally, and definitely, worth a visit are how reviewers describe it.
