Happy Days

Make for Byron’s industrial area just north of the town centre, and Happy Days is one of a few plucky operators breaking new ground in and around its Arts and Industrial Estate.

Plenty of it has to do with Wilma, the cafe’s prized sourdough starter, which is the driving force behind the spelt sourdough loaves and the menu of toast toppers. Build your own, or choose from the once-secret staff menu, where combinations such as avocado, local ham and sauerkraut or goat’s cheese with a boiled egg and chilli jam come preloaded.

Sandwiches are a mainstay, Beam coffee is roasted next door (Reece and Stacey Cooper founded the coffee brand in 2020, and own Happy Days with another couple, Hamish Boller and Ebony Robins), and the space has just enough polish to make sitting in as appealing as takeaway. Happy Days? Bet on it.

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