A Macclesfield woman is celebrating after her bustling little sandwich bar has turned one.

Windmill Sandwich Bar, located on 248 Black Road, has lots of passing trade, despite being in a residential area away from the town centre.

Located near the fringes of an Industrial Estate and Windmill Park, the quaint little sandwich bar packs big flavours and even bigger portions.

Lifelong Macclesfield resident Debby Parmiter opened her second sandwich bar last autumn, so Macclesfield Nub News went down for a bite to find out the secret of their success.

A toasted BLT sandwich costs just £3.20. (Image - Alexander Greensmith / Macclesfield Nub News)

"We're very grateful for all our customers. We get a lot of trade and regulars" said Debby.

"It is a great little shop. Everyone talks to each other and we know a lot of them by name.

"A lot of the customers come up here from my time at Nosh and Breks [despite them being one mile apart].

"Every morning we get at least ten builders come in, and we know them all well.

The menu in full. The business is open six days a week, barring Sunday. (Image - Alexander Greensmith / Macclesfield Nub News)

"Our best-seller is the chilli con carne. So does the build your own breakfast menu and jacket potatoes.

"I always order the Cumberland sausage, or eat the chilli myself as well. Someone even gave us a review to say that our chilli 'is the best in town'.

"For the ingredients, we use A D Lang Butches [of King Edward Street] and the bread from Don Millers [in the Grosvenor Centre]."

All but one of the dishes cost under a fiver, and are all made with passion and care by Debby and her team.

Debbie hires two other people, including her daughter, making Windmill a family business. (Image - Alexander Greensmith / Macclesfield Nub News)

They can cater for specific dietary requirements on request.

"I used to run Nosh & Breks in Hurdsfield for 17 years, but I sold it," added Debby.

"I then had the opportunity to cook for contractors at AstraZeneca, but when lockdown came that job went.

"So I got a delivery job and saw that this unit was empty. It used to be a sandwich bar and a newsagents before that, so I decided to take it over and open it last September.

The business has the best food hygeine rating possible. (Image - Alexander Greensmith / Macclesfield Nub News)

"As well as walk-in, we do lunch to order and afternoon tea boxes as well. The tea boxes contain assorted sandwiches, my own cakes, scones, salad and pastries. All for a tenner per person."

"I love being a business owner for the people. I love getting here at 6am in the morning and starting the cooking, which is usually the meat and potato pie early on.

"I do get sleepless nights over the energy crisis. But I still love my job, thank you to everyone for their support."

They can also be booked for outside catering events. Call 01625 668854 for any enquiries.

They are open six days a week for breakfast and lunch, but please note they shut at 12 on a Saturday. (Image - Alexander Greensmith / Macclesfield Nub News)

Windmill Sandwich Bar boasts a five-star rating on Google Reviews.

You can support the Macclesfield business for FREE by giving them a follow on Facebook.

Do you run a business in Macclesfield right now? Why not advertise it for FREE on our business directory.

See Also: Macclesfield business Proper Sound celebrates first birthday

Macclesfield: Have you signed up for our Friday weekly newsletter containing each week's top 10 Macclesfield news stories, and one FREE exclusive article?

1500 of you have signed up already. Simply enter your email address on this link.

Free from pop-up ads, or unwanted surveys, Macclesfield Nub News is a FREE online newspaper which produces over 20 quality news stories a week for our town.

As well as Facebook, you can also find us on Twitter.