SHOPPERS have been left devastated after their town's "best cafe" closed down after 23 years. The Munch House in Maidstone, Kent, has pulled down the shutters for the final time. 1 Munch House cafe in Maidstone, Kent, has closed after 23 years Credit: Google The long-standing local business has been providing breakfast and lunches to the town’s shoppers for more than two decades.
Alexia Noel has owned and managed the popular cafe for the past eight years, with a sub-let on the lease. She started working in the business 15 years ago, when it was run by the owner of the building. But today, Alexia and her two staff, Rosie Ashcroft and Tatjana Sevciuk, have lost their jobs with the Munch House ceasing trading.
Alexia told KentOnline : “It’s very much the end of an era. People have been coming in all week to say how sad they are to see us go and how they will miss us. "It’s very sad, We made a great team and both the staff and customers have been so supportive of me, even through the darkest of times.
"Many of the customers are regulars who have been coming for years. I shall miss them all." Punters who frequented the establishment have voiced their disappointment online.
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