Corby's Mushh Room Café back on the road with distancing street signs and indoor roundabout

A Corby café has reopened their doors with road-trip themed signage and a mini one-way complete with an indoor roundabout to maintain social distance and cheer up customers.

The Mushh Room Café in Pytchley Court raised their shutters for the first time since lockdown but behind the scenes co-owners Matt Lapsley and Emma Wilkie, who is also the chef, had been working on their post-lockdown strategy.

In order to offer a sit down and takeaway service as well as their home deliveries, Matt, a steel fabricator, reconfigured the café's layout, and created the indoor street scene along with the bespoke signs.

Emma said: "We thought how we could follow all the rules but make it a bit different and make people smile. There's too much doom and gloom.

"Matt's a genius. He's made all the screens and re-used some of our table legs to make the signs. We've also put in a carvery unit that we serve people from.

"We've opened properly and followed all the rules. We really take our social distancing seriously so that people feel comfortable."

The one-way system takes the customers round to the new glass-fronted counter where hungry punters can choose their favourite fry-ups.

Celebrating one year in business this month, the cafe hit the headlines with its Full - UK breakfast, a meal designed to reflect the Scottish, Irish, Welsh and English origins of Corby pioneers.

But diners could get their hands on their favourite food during lockdown as the café diversified.

Emma added: "We've kept going throughout lockdown offering deliveries but now we're back with sit-down meals and takeaways.

"The government has supported us, but now we're asking people to use their local businesses."

Located in Pytchley Court, Corby, The Mushh Room Café is open seven days a week: Monday from 8am to 1.30pm; Tuesday to Friday 8am to 4pm; Saturday 8am to 1.30pm; Sunday 8am to 11.30am for breakfast and 1pm to 4pm for Sunday lunch.

Message from the editor: Thank you for reading this story on our website. While I have your attention, I also have an important request to make of you.

In order for us to continue to provide trusted local news on this free-to-read site, I am asking you to also please purchase a copy of our newspaper.

Our journalists are highly trained and our content is independently regulated by IPSO to some of the highest standards in the world. The dramatic events of 2020 are having a major impact on many of our local valued advertisers and consequently the advertising that we receive. We are now more reliant than ever on you helping us to provide you with news by buying a copy of our newspaper.