The counter will be seven metres long and face the Clinton Street side, it will have a commercial kitchen and all of the interior walls be knocked out to create a more open dynamic,  owner Jeremy Norris said. 

“It’ll raise the bar a bit,” he said. 

The renovations will transform the cafe and pave the way for Friday and Saturday night dinner bookings. 

Mr Norris is planning to use the long held liquor licence to give Orange residents another weekend dining option. 

But the building’s renovations are not the only transformation for the humble coffee shop.

Mr Norris said he was launching a phone app that allows customers to link their debit card to the cafe and purchase take-away coffees in an instant. 

This function was previously not available. 

“We’re moving with the times,” he said. 

The cafe is closed during the renovations but die-hard coffee fanatics can still get their fix from a take-away window operating from the building next door. 

Cake and slices are also available. 

ESTABLISHED in 1976 as The Orange Spinning Wheel, Hawkes General Store will begin its 40th festivities by painting the store’s iconic front door a different colour. 

The chosen colour was a surprise until is was unveiled yesterday. 

“We asked our customers to suggest colours,” said the gift store owner Coco Pogonoski. 

The store was the first to introduce ground coffee to Orange, and it’s still one of the store’s main attractions says Ms Pogonoski. 

“We have regulars who buy their takeaway coffees each day but we also love welcoming new customers for a coffee in our courtyard.”

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