For those who don’t know, in 2011 the homestyle joint in downtown Dartmouth known as Ma Belle’s Cafe (44 Ochterloney Street, 466-1322) changed hands. It’s now owned by Jamie and Fran Rouse. Ma Belle is a real English tearoom, offering a full breakfast, a lunch menu with daily specials, more than 30 stash teas and […]
Ma Belle’s Cafe
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Belle’s a beaut
A tiny house on Ochterloney Street, Ma Belle’s could just as easily be called Ma’s. It feels like a home— if home is a place where your mother likes to sell fresh, simple lunches to random strangers. It’s a tiny space, at once cozy and sunny, with a deep bordeaux paint on the walls and […]
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Ma Bell’s Café opens in Dartmouth
“If it’s not made with love, we’re not serving it.” That’s the motto of a new café in downtown Dartmouth called Ma Bell’s Café (44 Ochterloney Street, 466-1322) in the old Copper Kettle space. Co-owners Florence Fogarty and Tom Bell were inspired by Bell’s mother who once ran a Treats in Penhorn Mall, and whose […]