The Old Store House

31/12/2024

03/07/2024

Great new facility in the village, though of course we have a charger in our parking space for our guests.

🪫 🔌 PUBLIC ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGERS AVAILABLE IN BOSCASTLE 🚗 🔋

Follow instructions on the payment terminal: Plug in charging cable to appropriate charger unit for parking bay. Tap contactless card to begin charging.

Ensure your vehicle is in immediate charge mode – not time dependant to off peak charging times - to begin successful charging. To stop charge, select option in car or tap the same contactless card onto the card reader.

We apologise for the length in time that it has taken the CIC to conclude this project and the disruption to the car park. However, we hope that the facilities will help those who residents and visitors who have EV vehicles.

It was nice to see that within the first hour of switching them on, someone has already plugged in which enabled us to get this picture!

29/04/2024

🎼What's On At The Napoleon Inn in May 🎼

May-Day, May-Day!! Another month approaches which means more live music at The Napoleon. We are so excited to have these musicians come and perform for us so don't miss out.

Come on down and enjoy some live music with a pint of our guest ale (or other drinks!) as the days get longer and the nights get warmer. A range of acts and style plus our bi-weekly sessions with The Nap Jammers every other Monday, our weekly sessions with Boscastle Buoys every Tuesday and our bi-weekly Singers Night every other Wednesday.

Matt Bowen
Friday Night Music with: Matthew Bowen @ The Napoleon Inn

Mc2
Friday Night Music with: MC2 @ The Napoleon Inn

Friday Night Music with: Ben Banford @ The Napoleon Inn

Friday Night Music with: Mike Fox @ The Napoleon Inn

Steve Wi******er Singer/Songwriter
Bank Holiday Sunday Afternoon Music with: Steve Wi******er @ The Napoleon Inn

Янутнмια Collective
Friday Night Music with: Янутнмια Collective @ The Napoleon Inn

06/02/2024

Get that date in your diary! We'll be open again from Monday 25th March!

If that's all you want to know, you can stop here. If you're interested in why we're opening later this year, keep reading.

The longer we run The Good Stuff, and the more open conversations I am lucky enough to have with people running seasonal businesses like ours, the more I realise that seasonality is not a circumstance that I can wish away with positive thinking and good business practice.

As I ready the business for its fourth season, I acknowledge that our placement at the bottom of a beautiful and wild harbour is a huge blessing, and that it also creates some practical challenges around getting customers to choose to visit us when the weather is bad, it's dark outside, and the car park is a walk away.

When we first moved into the wonderful Harbour Light building, I truly thought that if we opened our doors through the winter months, we would make it work. I've learnt through experience that this isn't the case, and while I am hugely grateful to our customers who *do* support us in the winter months (thank you, thank you, thank you!) I have to be honest here and say that it makes no financial sense to do this, and sustaining this business, the staff it employs and its ethics in the long-term means it has to make financial sense.

The cafe feels best when it's buzzing: our staff have a better time, I am a better boss, our cashflow makes sense, we produce better service, better food, better ideas, and a better vibe. I always strive for openness around decisions like this, because I know many other business owners struggle with the same issues, and because I feel indebted to our supportive customers who find us, love us and lift us up when they come in.

I know some will feel disappointed that we aren't opening earlier, but I hope that if you are, you have read through this and can understand why I have chosen to make this change to our business.

As ever, thank you so much for supporting us – and I cannot WAIT to see you all at the end of March!

Love, Alice