Who knows? Where would it go I wonder, U. Mostyn St.? Whatever happens, these places generally do a good job of fitting their coffee shops. I find it rather rich that Badgers would complain, as they hardly covered themselves in glory a couple of years ago when they had that environmental health trouble, maybe they rested on their laurels a bit (if my memory serves me right)? Ultimately, it's all different horses for different courses. Younger people like going for a coffee in places like Starbucks, Costa and Nero because it's good quality and has a nice atmosphere. Some people (generally more mature) like going to take afternoon tea in Badgers, it wouldn't be my thing but there we go..Just like decades ago some people would go to coffee bars rather than places like Sumners.
If you think about it, in the 90s we had very poor provision of cafes and other such places. there was Badgers, the Coffee Centre (which I've never been to and doubt I would to be honest), the Milk Bar, Habit, Upstairs at Clare's, Fortes, Sandbach and that was about it (I know there were more but they're the main ones I recall). They were all pretty old-fashioned (but Forte's was always quite nice in my book) and a couple were very much 'pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap' type places. Today, refreshment provision, range and quality is much better.
It's good to have range and competition in my book and the fact that they all do reasonably well demonstrates that there is a market for different types of places catering to different customers.
