Tim’s Place

Opening your own place at eighteen takes a certain nerve. Tim did it in 2012, taking on the shop in Foundry Street and turning it into one of the busiest cafe bistros in Wadebridge. The window stacked with homemade cakes and scones is what stops people first, though there is a good deal more going on behind it, with chesterfield sofas downstairs and further seating on the floor above.

The sourcing list reads like a roll call of the county: Cornish fish from Fish for Thought, back bacon and Trelawny sausages from the Kernow Sausage Company, sourdough and ciabatta from Padstow's Chough Bakery, salad from Wadebridge's own Real Food Garden. Breakfast runs to Full Cornish, eggs benedict and American pancakes; the bistro side covers duck salad, St Ives mackerel and seabass tagliatelle. Open Monday to Saturday year round, Sundays in spring and summer. Book.