Blackpool's Cafe Retro in Lytham Road to stay open till 10pm for full English breakfasts and Caribbean food
A Blackpool cafe will serve full breakfasts until 10pm after it extends its opening hours in the coming weeks.
Cafe Retro in Lytham Road will be South Shore’s only late-night cafe when its new opening hours come into effect on Wednesday, April 1.
Cafe owner Steven Davis, 36, shared the news with followers on Facebook last night (Monday, February 16).
Cafe Retro currently opens daily from 7am to 3pm (1pm on Sundays), but the new hours will see it stay open till 10pm - with food (including full breakfasts) served until around 9.45pm.
Steve also teased further changes, including plans to hire a new chef and add Caribbean dishes to the cafe’s afternoon and evening menu.
“I’m about to announce something special at Cafe Retro,” Steven told the Gazette. “I’m just in the process of hiring a Caribbean chef.
“The plan is from 7am till 2pm we’ll be a traditional British breakfast cafe. And then from 2pm onwards, we’ll be turning into a Caribbean restaurant.
“We will still be serving late breakfasts and all the standard stuff of a cafe. But there will be a separate Caribbean menu with things like goat curry, jerk chicken, rice and peas, fried dumplings etc.”
Sharing the plans on Facebook, Steve gave his regular customers a bit of a fright when he announced the cafe would be closing on March 31, only for it to reopen under its news hours the next day.
He said: “We have an important announcement…
“After a lot of thinking, late nights, stress, number-crunching and discussions…
“We’ve decided we can’t carry on like this anymore.
“The early mornings…The long days…The constant demand for breakfasts…
“Sadly we are closing on the March 31!
“We will however reopen on the 1st of April with brand new hours!!! Because we’re about to become South Shore’s only late night café!
“We’ll open at 7am. But now we won’t shut until 10pm. Which means…Full English before bed?
“Late waffles & desserts? A proper evening coffee that isn’t from a pub?
“You asked for more hours… so we’re doing the opposite of shutting down.
“Cafe Retro After Dark is coming.”