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Oomoo on Liverpool’s Smithdown Road in Wavertree is an exciting café with a real buzz about it. New owners took over in autumn 2008 and changed the name from The White Room. It’s open seven days a week – 9am-7pm weekdays, 10am-7pm Saturdays, 12 noon-6pm Sundays – serving Union hand-roasted coffee, leaf teas, some wonderful home-made cakes and soups plus various savoury items. There is also free wifi internet access for customers.

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Positioned centrally in Southport's main shopping area next door to M&S and close to the train station, Pippins is a quality, modern-day café and restaurant. The perfect place to have a break from shopping or a family lunch, the restaurant is air conditioned and can seat up to 140 diners. Everything is homemade and cooked fresh daily; the menus are governed by what is available that day from the butcher and fishmonger. Drop in for coffee and tea and homemade cakes and sweets, grab a sandwich on the hoof or spend your lunch hour enjoying one of the dishes of the day. Expect a daily changing list of specials such as fish of the day which could be poached, pan-fried or grilled, a warming vegetarian dish of the day or comforting classics like homemade steak and ale pie, slow cooked lamb with tomatoes and thyme or chicken curry. There is a separate children’s menu with healthier options, smaller portions of the mains or if pushed the odd nugget and fish finger can be produced. Any and all dietary needs are met: check out the gluten-free dish of the day. Pippins is family run and they are passionate about good service and making sure their customers leave happy. Fully licensed, there is a selection of wines and bottled beers and they do a great liqueur coffee. Open Monday-Saturday 9-5pm and Sunday from 10-3pm.

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Situated on the outskirts of Wigan, S & S Caterers offer bespoke catering for businesses and private functions. They also run a small cafe located on Bryn Road in Ashton. The cafe is open Monday-Friday from 7.30am-3pm and on Saturday from 8-12.30pm, you can eat in or takeaway and they provide a delivery service to all the nearby offices and within a 10-mile radius. S & S can organise everything needed for large events such as weddings including staff and equipment. They create breakfast, lunch and dinner menus for all tastes and budgets, from simple office buffets through to exclusive dinner parties. Award-winning head chef Dave has come from an impressive background working for hotels and conference centres and creates delicious dishes with the highest quality of presentation from canapés to four-course dinners. Dave has also undertaken live demonstrations at various venues and has hosted Ready, Steady Cook Demonstrations with the De Vere group. You can book a group masterclass with Dave and he will take you through the preparation and cooking of a dish before you sit down and enjoy your creation. You can also book Dave as a personal chef to come to your home and cook BBQs, birthday parties and family celebrations.

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The Egg is a Liverpool icon, the city’s only authentic vegetarian/vegan restaurant. It’s been established for years and occupies the top floor of The Acorn, a listed building dating back to the nineteenth century that’s just a short walk from Lime Street station. The walls are bedecked with artworks that change monthly and The Egg stays open for long, long hours – from 9am until 10.30pm weekdays and 10am to 10.30pm on Saturday and Sunday. The restaurant can seat up to 100 diners and is BYO, so you can bring your own booze although they do offer fresh juices. As well as the main menu there is a specials board with a minimum two vegan dishes available each day. The Egg is also a great place for a party and has a regular poetry night on the first Monday of the month.

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The Crolla family hails originally from the mountain village of Picinisco, high up in the Appenine mountains south of Rome. They moved to Liverpool by way of Scotland and their Bold Street deli-restaurant, The Italian Club, offers a unique take on what the British look for in an Italian restaurant. It can seat around 40 people in a cosy and relaxed environment with lovely beech-wood flooring, wooden furniture and walls decked with Italian scenes amidst a backdrop of shelves packed with Italian deli products and wines. Traditional Italian background music completes the picture. The menu offers a range of authentic Italian dishes which you can eat in or take out and in addition there is a daily-changing selection of Italian salads, hot specials and paninis. The Italian Club has a full license and is open from 10am-7pm, Monday to Saturday and 11am-6pm Sundays. Spring 2009 saw the opening of their specialist Italian fish restaurant, The Italian Club Fish, also on Bold Street.