Enticing menu at the new Coffee Lounge

The Coffee Lounge was officially opened at 2.00pm yesterday with Ralph Warburton, of ADAS and ASET, cutting the ribbon. This was followed by a cookery demonstarion by local sauce maker Elliot Green. For the following six hours a stream of visitors and well-wishers visited the new business and to sample the food and drink on offer.

The Coffee Lounge in Shropshire Street is very smartly furnished and is in two rooms alongside the existing Salad Bowl shop, one looking out on the village centre, the other on to the rear garden, where there is also some outdoor seating. It will be open Monday to Saturday from 9.00am until early evening.

The menu looks very inviting with breakfasts; Lite Bites; jacket potatoes; open sandwiches – with a wide range of fish, meat and vegetarian selections – and cakes and pastries as well as coffees, teas and soft drinks.

The village name makes it on to the menu with the Audlem Club Sandwich, three layers of lightly toasted bread packed with turkey, bacon, fresh salad and mayonnaise. The hot selection of sandwiches also includes Tuna Melt with cheese; Roasted vegetables and brie panini with rocket; cheese and ham panini and cheese and onion/tomato panini. There's homemade soup of the day; free range egg omelettes and tapas selections too.

Vernon and Debbie Miles took over the Salad Bowl in December last year and were soon planning to have the new business alongside the existing fruit, vegetable and bakery shop and delicatessen. The Coffee Lounge looks to be a very welcome new addition to Audlem's range of businesses.

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