Popular sandwich shop sees ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ as builders go ‘full steam ahead’ following hit and run
The team behind a popular sandwich shop are “starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel”, as its road has reopened following a hit and run and their builders are “working full steam ahead”.
Spread in Adnitt Road was left with structural damage after a stolen car hit another vehicle which ploughed into the building. This hit and run incident took place late on December 22 last year and the building was deemed unsafe to enter until it has been repaired.
“It was a shocking thing to happen,” business owner Amy Adams previously told the Chronicle & Echo. “But it’s one of those things. You never expect something like that to happen so we decided to carry on and hope for the best.”
Amy and her team immediately knew they had to find an alternative as there was no way this was going to be the end of Spread for the months it was anticipated to fix the building.
Their new temporary location on Roe Road was prepared in just five days following the incident, and this is the preparation kitchen of Adriana Staniscia from Hample Italian Hampers.
Adriana collaborates with Spread and is located in the Adnitt Road premises as well, and she has kindly let Spread utilise the space for as long as needed.
It took five 12-hour days to get the new space ready to open to the public on January 6 this year, and the hard work commenced in the new year as Amy wanted her team to have the Christmas period off as planned.
Business is operating in an identical way to how it was before and the team sees a steady flow of customers on Roe Road, which is just around the corner from their original building.
Almost nine months on from the reopening of Spread in its temporary location, Amy took to social media to share the “big news” that Adnitt Road is open again. A short part of the walkway remains closed due to ongoing works in Spread’s building, but the main part of the road is back to normal.
“Only eight months later gang but it feels like we’re finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel,” said the post. “Our own builders have taken over now and are working full steam ahead to build the cafe with seating that we were supposed to be opening with at the start of this year, and we can’t wait to share it with you.”
This marks an exciting time for the business, which is finally able to turn their long-awaited plans to introduce customer seating into a reality, and this has been met with nothing but positivity by the Spread community.