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Trying to run a cafe in the shop doesn't sound very straightforward. My LBS tried for a while, but fairly rapidly gave up on the idea. I think you need a certain volume of custom through for coffee to make it worth warming up the machine every day. If you can't assume a steady flow of customers wanting coffee and cake you'll either be wasting the time of a specially-hired barista or calling staff of bike-related work to make coffee.
Might be worth seeing if you can get in touch with @jammy who started a cycling cafe/workshop that sadly had to be wound up during lockdown.