{"id":67903,"date":"2025-05-02T08:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T08:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/67903\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T08:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T08:21:12","slug":"bedminster-cafe-nook-to-close-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/67903\/","title":{"rendered":"Bedminster cafe Nook to close this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its Bath venue is remaining open however<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_Nook-cafe.png\" alt=\"Nook Cafe\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Nook Cafe(Image: Nook)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A cafe on North Street in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/bedminster\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"BedminsterLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Bedminster<\/a> has announced its closing its doors for good this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/nooktheshop.co.uk\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"NookLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Nook<\/a>, which formerly had another branch in Knowle but<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/whats-on\/cafe-gift-shop-close-troubled-9053412\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" closed this at the start of 2024Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> closed this at the start of 2024<\/a>, posted a message to its social media pages, to say: &#8220;Nook will be closing after 2.5 years of service in the Bedminster community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Unfortunately with the current economy, ever rising costs for hospitality businesses and super-tight profit margins the cafe is simply not financially viable to continue trading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I&#8217;d like to thank our local Bedminster customers and our super amazing team at the Bristol cafe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The current team will be transferring to our Bath cafe and pursuing their own new adventures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Our Bath cafe is thriving and will be extending its opening hours until 5pm from May. So that&#8217;s 8.30am-5pm Monday-Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We will also be having summer residency in Frome at Station Approach from May-September in our horse trailer\/smoothie box.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_LS_BL_nook_11-01-23_03jpeg.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Nook specialises in cold press juices(Image: NOOK)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It went on to say that <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/cafes\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"cafesLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">cafes<\/a> and hospitality businesses on the look out for second-hand equipment and furniture can contact the team at Nook, who will be selling their second hand wares in the first week of May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Nook is described as serving up &#8220;healthy, nourishing food and drink influenced by the flavours of Aussie beach food&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The menu includes things like cold press juices, poke bowls, superfood smoothies, acai bowls, buddha bowls, sweet treats, and coffee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Its Bath cafe is located on Bond Street, and the whole concept of Nook was dreamed up while &#8216;sitting on a beach in Byron Bay eating poke bowls and drinking cold press juice in the early Aussie summer months of 2018&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The vision was to create a place that sold all of the healthy, wholesome and colourful food that these cafes had to offer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">According to the cafe&#8217;s origin story on its <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/nooktheshop.co.uk\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"websiteLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>, the influence &#8220;goes even deeper&#8221; with Californian and Japanese flavours, too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_LS_BL_nook_11-01-23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>All the food is made in house(Image: NOOK)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">What&#8217;s more, the cafe is entirely gluten free, mostly dairy free, and boasts plenty of options for plant based and vegan lifestyles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One reviewer gave it five stars, writing: &#8220;Visited a year ago during my month long trip to the UK and I must say it was a safe haven!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;For someone who has dietary restrictions they\u2019re adept at recommending what I could eat, and the choices are delectable as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Their green smoothie is a life saver, as well as their ginger shots when I got the sniffles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;They have this banana bread that you can put maple syrup on that\u2019s such a sweet wholesome treat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The staff are so very helpful and I miss everything about the place. 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