These Southport restaurants are offering children free meals this October Half Term

Southport restaurants are stepping up to help provide free meals to children who need help during this October Half Term. 

The venues offering to help are below, with places in Southport town centre, Birkdale, Burcough, Churchtown and Marshside. 

A number of local residents and companies have already offered to provide financial support for the restaurants which are supporting local families, which have themselves been hit hard by the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Fylde Fish Bar – Marshside, Birkdale and Burscough 

Changes have been made to the award winning Fylde Fish Bar fish and chip shops in Southport and Burscough to make them safer for diners. Owner Banico Zeniou pictured in the Fylde Fish Bar in Marshside, Southport, before the coronavirus lockdown came into force.

Fylde Fish Bar owners Banico and Jodie Zeniou and their family are offering to do what they can to help children over October Half Term.

They are helping families through their Fylde Fish Bar takeaways on: Fylde Road, Marshside; Weld Road, Birkdale; and Ringtail Retail Park, Burscough. 

They said: “We would like to support families in our area that need help.

“Next week during half term on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between 12pm and 2pm we will be offering free children’s meals in our takeaways of either sausage and chips, chips and gravy or chips and curry. This is available only if the child is present and only one meal per child per day.

“We hope this will help during these unprecedented times. Thanks for all your support.”

Fylde Fish Bars are closed on Mondays. 

For more details please phone Fylde Fish Bar on 01704 507506. 

Grill Hunters, Lord Street, Southport

Grill Hunters is opening on Lord Street in Southport

The newly opened Grill Hunters restaurant on Lord Street, opposite The Carlton, is also offering to provide free kids meals.

Owner Emily Ser said: “We will offer a free meal for every child who needs it.

“They can come inside the restaurant or even if they need to have it delivered we can do that. They can get that from 10am to 5pm.

” They can contact us directly on 01704537503 or send a message on our Facebook page.”

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The Grapevine, Botanic Road, Churchtown Village 

The Grapevine on Botanic Road in Churchtown

Owners of The Grapevine restaurant and wine bar, on Botanic Road in Churchtown Village, said: “The support we have had from the local community has been amazing. We have had donations from lots of lovely customers, our fantastic butcher Mark Barton has donated the product, generous donations including a whopping £200 from Dale Greenhalgh and Leah, lots of other people offering to drive and deliver, it really is mind blowing the generosity.

Remedy, Lord Street, Southport 

Southport Baby Bank has teamed up with Remedy on Lord Street to offer food hampers to local families who need help. 

Southport Baby Bank said: We are using Remedy’s building from Monday to Wednesday between 10am and 2pm and we will provide lunch hampers to any families needing assistance, no questions asked.

“If you are a business owner and want to help donate items or finances please email us on southportbb2019@outlook.com

“Likewise any financial support from individuals would be incredible as we will go shopping this weekend to get organised – our PayPal address is southportbb2019@outlook.com

“Please please share and help to get the word out – no child will go hungry next week.” 

Remedy on Lord Street closed its doors to members of the public last week. 

However, Remedy in Churchtown Village will remain open 10am-5pm every day. 

For more details please call Remedy on 01704 535785. 

La Tabella, Botanic Road, Churchtown

La Tabella restaurant on Botanic Road in Churchtown in Southport

La Tabella, on Botanic Road in Churchtown Village, has been inspired by Manchester United and England footballer Marcus Rashford to step forward and help the local community. 

Owners Rob and Liza Smallman said: “We decided to offer the free meals for children as we are obviously aware of all the work Marcus Rashford and many others are doing and we wanted to do something to help our local community.

“We are offering free pasta dishes which are freshly cooked and full of healthy ingredients which can be warmed up at home to any children who need them during the October half term holiday.

“We would like anyone to either message or call us so we can sort their meals for them.

“Also we are encouraging people to nominate anyone they feel would appreciate the meals but may be too shy to come forward themselves.

“Although things are really hard for the hospitality industry at the moment and we are struggling like never before we felt we still needed to put it into perspective and we couldn’t sit back and let children in our local area go hungry.

“Rob, Liza, Dan and the whole team at Tabella are behind this 100% and we all hope we can make a little difference to the lives of our neighbours.”

For more details please call 01704 212400 or call in.

Bistro Bar Med, Coronation Walk, Southport

Bistro Bar Med on Coronation Walk in Southport

Bistro Bar Med owner Gino Mendi said: “Every Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, we would like to help one family a night especially with children who are struggling.

“Families will receive a mezze and tapas takeaway goodie bag containing a variety of our freshly produced and cooked food.

“If you are genuinely struggling to make ends meet please come and see me and I will personally prepare your goodie bad.”

For more details please call Gino on: 01704 512009.

Sweeps Cafe at Sooty’s Plants, Southport New Road, Tarleton 

Sweeps Cafe at Sooty’s Plants in Tarleton

Sweeps Cafe at Sooty’s Plants in Tarleton is offering is doing kids eat free for every paying adult at the garden centre during October Half Term.

For more details call Sooty’s at: 01772 812540.

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