The English owner was very friendly but got nervous when I started shooting pictures
Possibly because...
He appears to have a Chinese cook in the backroom somewhere
A combination of Immigration and Coronavirus nerves perhaps? lol
I have to say, I think the decore looked like a 1950s council toilet block. Maroon and white tiles? The black and yellow hazard warning tape was a classy touch!!
Absolutely agree with you about the prices in small, day time market town cafe. Not somewhere I'd call in for a cheap lunch whilst shopping, I'd want some ambience for that price!
The owner also possibly nervous due to the 'one for the back pocket' receipt !!
The shabbier the places are, the more chance of these kinds of receipts.
In Rochdale, it was often a case of no receipt.., you may have seen some of the tasteems I did there.