New Cafe on Broadgreen Road!





The Front of 'The Breakfast Lounge'

Inside 'The Breakfast Lounge'

 A few months ago I went to 'The Breakfast Lounge', a new cafe which has opened on Broadgreen Road near to Old Swan. I visited the cafe a few days after its opening and at the time it was thriving with schools children, work friends and other local residents. 

Last week I revisited the cafe lounge and it seems to have gone from strength to strength. The beautifully decorated establishment with its four tables seating sixteen people is heaving with people of all ages and backgrounds sitting at tables or ordering food to take out.

The food served is made on sight and also offers freshly ground coffee. It also has an array of deals which can make it cost effective for any customer.

Its is evident that the cafe lounge is the hub of local activity catering for the constant flow of people. These people include parents and children from the three local schools off Broadgreen road, workers and residents from the old peoples home opposite and not to mention people who may be on route to the M62 which begins at the bottom of Broadgreen Road or in the opposite direction to Old Swan shopping district.

The lively cafe has changed the face of Broadgreen Road which since the closure of its local pub and butty bar was quiet and subdued.  I think that this could only be a good thing as it is known that communities can diminish after losing local establishment were residents can meet and socialise. 

Now this is a place where people in the area can go for a ‘cuppa’ or ‘breckie’ without having to go to Old Swan shopping district. Here you will always see a familiar face and have a quick catch up with friends and neighbours.

The owner of the cafe Matty is also a local himself and the owner of the convenience store next door. He now also works full time in the cafe and is always very welcoming. He is well known in the community and a very familiar face as he will often take the time to stop and chat to his customers. Lately he does not have as much time since the arrival of his baby girl three months ago and of course juggling the shop and cafe.

Unfortunate Matty was not available to talk to me (which is understandable) but I did have a good chat with the girls working in the cafe. They are also local residents and are delighted to work in The Urban Lounge. They told me about the locals who use the cafe as a meeting place mid afternoon when the cafe is quiet this includes a mothers anti natal group who get together with their babies once a week.

I spoke to Jackie one of the girls who works in the cafe. She talks about what the Urban Lounge offers to offer.