A brand new cafe catering for many who are illiberal to gluten has simply opened its doorways in Cardiff. Towards the Grain on Merthyr Highway in Whitchurch is the town’s first utterly gluten-free espresso store and launched at lunchtime on Saturday, June 25.
Began by Frazer Twigg, who beforehand labored at an power firm, the cafe will serve a collection of coffees and chilly drinks, mild meals and home-made snacks, all free from gluten with no threat of cross-contamination – one thing many cafes battle with.
Talking of this new and thrilling enterprise, proprietor and director Frazer explains: “My companion (Chris Thomas) was recognized with Coeliac Illness (an intolerance to gluten) in August 2018. It quickly grew to become obvious that there aren’t many locations in Cardiff that catered for somebody with this situation.
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(Picture: Towards The Grain / Instagram)
“Vegan locations appeared to be the higher possibility, however neither of us are vegan, with that and no actual assure of cross contamination. This left us dissatisfied as we loved simply coming out to seize a espresso and snack/cake frequently. We continued to seize a espresso, however I felt it was unfair that I may eat no matter and he couldn’t. So this grew to become a factor of the previous.”
After his place inside a big power firm grew to become redundant in 2019, Frazer determined to open a espresso store with the severance funds.
“I took many programs to make sure it was one thing that I’d love to do,” he says. “The venture was began however halted because of Covid. Two years later, we discovered a greater premises primarily based in Whitchurch village and thought we’d share our expertise with Cardiff through social media. Our followers have grown massively since posting an image of the keys to the store.”
With the monetary assist of a micro-loan from the Growth Financial institution of Wales, Frazer’s dream to open this espresso store along with his companion – who can be working there on weekends- grew to become a actuality this weekend.
“Towards the Grain may be very private to us which is why I’m notably grateful to the Growth Financial institution for his or her assist in making it occur. I’m actually touched by the curiosity this has generated. We each are.”
Towards The Grain will be discovered at 44 Merthyr Highway, Whitchurch, Cardiff. CF14 1DJ.
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