Cafe 1668 Christmas Lunch

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00:00So today we've got our free meal which is Christmas dinner so we're doing three

00:04courses. We started with cheese and biscuits and we've got full turkey

00:09dinner and we're going to have mince pies and ice cream for pudding.

00:12And how many people are you expecting?

00:15It's hard to know so on an average day we have about 40. Last Christmas we did

00:2170 so we're catering for about that number again.

00:24And over the last 12 months have you got busier?

00:27Definitely got busier. Our numbers are increasing all the time

00:31so this time last year we were maybe averaging about 30 people

00:36for each meal and we are up about 40 now.

00:40It's a good, there's a nice lot of people and there's a good ambience

00:49which is a strange word to use for a place like this isn't it?

00:53But it is, you know, the atmosphere is always good

00:57and there's always people around to talk to.

01:00Do you think it's got busier with the cost of living crisis?

01:04Yeah, a lot more people have found that there's services here they can use

01:12which is what it's meant for. It's a good environment, it's a

01:18lovely crowd, a load of really nice staff.