‘Nearly there’: New café and restaurant at ‘brilliant’ Nottinghamshire farm shop nears completion
The new cafe and restaurant is set to open later this autumn
A new café and restaurant at a popular Nottinghamshire farm shop is nearing completion.
Spring Lane Farm Shop, in Mapperley Plains, is set to open its new café and restaurant later this autumn after overcoming “plenty of obstacles”.
The plans, which were submitted in 2024, will see a former barn transformed into a new eatery and coffee shop.
In a Facebook post earlier this week, the farm shop said: “We’re not open just yet, but it won’t be long!
“We don’t have a confirmed public opening date just yet. We will update nearer the time! Thank you for everyone’s continued support and excitement!”
It was originally hoped that the new café and restaurant would open over the summer, but factors such as the shop’s car park resurfacing in August pushed the grand opening back to the autumn.
The farm shop was recently recruiting for a number of roles linked to the new café and restaurant, including sous chef and restaurant manager.
Since opening in 1962, Spring Lane Farm Shop has established itself as one of Nottinghamshire’s top-rated farm shops.
Much of the produce sold in the shop is taken directly from the family’s nearby working arable and beef farm.