New mobile coffee station planned for Laois ‘tourist hub’
Popularity of mountain bike trails in Slieve Blooms prompts business idea in Mountrath
Plans for a new mobile coffee station in an area that has become ‘a real tourist hub’ have been lodged with Laois County Council.
An application for the coffee unit has been submitted by Leah Hibbitts for Castleconor, Mountrath on the back of the growing popularity of the area with mountain bikers as well as hikers.
“With the introduction of the Baunreagh MBT Trailhead the area offers fun blue trails for beginners, red trails like Thunder & Lightning for intermediate skill levels and rocky tech black trails and a jump line. Free parking, one picnic table and one toilet in the car park. There are no other facilities. This area also benefits from several hikers each day and is a real tourist hub in Co. Laois,” the application stated.
“The young applicant and her friend have an idea to add to the area, a coffee trailer at her home where she will serve sweet treats, coffee and teas. After an unsuccessful Section 5 application we submit this application and seek a quick decision on the same as tourist season is fast approaching.”
The application states that the coffee trailer will run for seven days during the summer/tourist season and at the weekends during the winter.
“Trial and error will come into play as to when it is most profitable to open. The applicant expects her clients to be mostly bike and foot passers, access and egress is available at the property if traffic passing wishes to stop,” the documents outline.