Romford caf owner looks to the future
A Romford-based café has shared his visions and hopes for the year ahead, having found ways to make the best of a challenging 2020.
Festim Shahini is the proprietor of Romford’s Prickly Pear café. He opened the business after the onset of the pandemic. Since then, the café has focused on serving takeaways because of the tier-related health and safety regulations. Print shops can be useful in the hospitality sector, particularly when an enterprise is relatively new.
Shahini has an abundance of experience as a chef. After 25 years in the industry, he wants to keep working hard. He told the Romford Recorder about the positive feedback he has secured:
With regard to the name of the cafe, Shahini came up with it himself. When he was working in the restaurant trade, he had been obliged to produce numerous prickly pear salads. As a London chef, he did not spend a lot of time with customers. Being a café owner, he now has the opportunity to socialise with the local community more.
Acknowledging that business had been up and down in recent months, Shahini explained that the fluctuating trading conditions had been difficult for all firms. His café performed well after the first lockdown came to an end, but further restrictions had to be introduced shortly after. No doubt echoing the thoughts of all local businesses owners, he hopes 2021 will be the year the pandemic ends.
Festim Shahini is the proprietor of Romford’s Prickly Pear café. He opened the business after the onset of the pandemic. Since then, the café has focused on serving takeaways because of the tier-related health and safety regulations. Print shops can be useful in the hospitality sector, particularly when an enterprise is relatively new.
Shahini has an abundance of experience as a chef. After 25 years in the industry, he wants to keep working hard. He told the Romford Recorder about the positive feedback he has secured:
“The encouragement, compliments and support from my customers has been amazing and I feel very welcomed.”
With regard to the name of the cafe, Shahini came up with it himself. When he was working in the restaurant trade, he had been obliged to produce numerous prickly pear salads. As a London chef, he did not spend a lot of time with customers. Being a café owner, he now has the opportunity to socialise with the local community more.
Acknowledging that business had been up and down in recent months, Shahini explained that the fluctuating trading conditions had been difficult for all firms. His café performed well after the first lockdown came to an end, but further restrictions had to be introduced shortly after. No doubt echoing the thoughts of all local businesses owners, he hopes 2021 will be the year the pandemic ends.