Bay Tree Café, in St John’s Street, Bury St Edmunds, among finalists for Muddy Stiletto Best Café award

A town café is among the finalists to be named the best in the region for the second year in a row.

Bay Tree Café, in St John’s Street, Bury St Edmunds, is shortlisted for Best Café in the Muddy Stiletto awards for Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 2025.

The awards highlight some of the best independent businesses across 28 counties in the UK, with customers doing the nominating for their favourite venues.

The café is independently owned by Alex and Lisa Rotherham, and takes inspiration from Alex’s Canadian roots.

Lisa said: “I may have done a happy dance when we received the email. We are ever so grateful for everyone’s support on a daily basis to keep our little dream going.”

First round nominations are not carried forward with voting in the finals starting from zero.

Lisa and Alex implored those who nominated Bay Tree Café in the first round, and others who may not have done so, to go back and vote now.

The duo opened the café in January 2023 and since then it has received the Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award for 2024 and the Good Food Award 2024/25 as it prides itself on making nearly everything on site.