Name: The Usual Place
Brand: Euan's Guide
Rating: 4.75 (2 reviews)

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The Usual Place is a community cafe based in the heart of Dumfries with the mission to "provide opportunities to young people with additional support needs". We support trainees to gain an SVQ qualification in either professional cookery, hospitality services, retail skills or facilities services while gaining experience in a real work environment. We have a diverse menu suited for breakfast, lunch and light snacks and cater to a range of dietary requirements from vegan and vegetarian to gluten free.

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Overall rating

4.75

(2 reviews)

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Access (avg.)

4.75

Parking (avg.)

Toilets (avg.)

4.75

Staff (avg.)

rorylandale

Apr 2025

Social Enterprise Cafe run by disabled people.

The Usual Place is the most amazing space and cafe to visit. It is located in an old church in the middle of Dumfries, that they have converted into a cafe. The cafe is a social enterprise business that enables people with disabilities to work within the cafe. I always feel very safe going here. I have also started volunteering here on a Monday morning for a couple of hours. Despite the fact that it is a converted church, the way that it has been converted, makes it very accessible for anyone with a visual impairment to navigate round. It also has disabled access for wheelchair users and is mainly on one level.

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msjay248

Aug 2021

4.5

Accessible Community Café and Events Venue

Fully Accessible Community Café which offers training and employment to young people with additional needs. Plenty of room, lots of choice and home baking goodies at reasonable prices. The venue also has a small shop selling gifts and home baking. Changing places toilet on site

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Disabled Access Information for The Usual Place

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The Usual Place cafe is entirely flat-floored with no stairs required to enter the building. All entrance doorways have automatic features for opening and are adapted to be wheelchair friendly. Inside, the floors are flat and smooth, particularly close to the till area. There are two disabled-access toilets at either side of the building. One of which comes in the form of an award-winning Changing Places facility which includes a hoist system, automatic toilet and changing cot.

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Street parking, surrounding car parks and restricted space at the main gate for disabled access.

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Toilets features at The Usual Place

Widened doors, flat flooring, flat access to the building. Toilets are equipped with railings and lowered sinks and hand dryers. Accessible toilets have red cords which are ensured to touch the ground. Changing Places toilet has automatic, touchless washing and drying features.

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