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Busy Beans Coffee celebrates Good Food

award

Independent coffee house Busy Beans
Coffee has won a Good Food award.

The Littleborough business, run by Becky and
Danny O’Neill, is the only local eatery to win
a 2022 Good Food Blue Ribbon for Delicious
Dishes this year after being voted for by
members of the public.

The award-winning coffee house is one of 64
winners of the coveted award in the café
category. Their coffee has previously won a
Great Taste award, but the Good Food award “We’re very excited and we’ll definitely enter
is their first accolade for the business, much again next year.”
to their delight.
Busy Beans originated as a mobile coffee bar

Becky said: “Thank you so much to all our frequenting local events, before the O’Neills
customers who voted for us; it was so sweet branched out into their first coffee house on
of you all! Victoria Street in November 2019.

Russell’s Café moves to Yorkshire Street

One of Rochdale’s long-standing and most popular
venues, Russell’s Café, has reopened in new premises
on Yorkshire Street.

Now located on Rochdale’s covered some of the costs,
high street after the closure and the Rochdale Business
of the Wheatsheaf Improvement District (BID).
Shopping Centre, where it
had been since 1997, the He added: “Keeley Milne,
new site has both indoor our general manager, has
and outdoor seating and been here since day one and
boasts a modern, she is the reason we’ve been
contemporary vibe. so successful.” “Customers say the offer is
better than ever and that it
Owner Jeremy Guest said Paul Ambrose, Rochdale has been great to enjoy lunch
the café – which now BID Manager, said: “It’s on the outdoor terrace.
employs 19 staff members great to see such a
– wouldn’t have been able well-loved business has “We wish Russell’s every
to reopen without support successfully relocated. success in their new premises
from the council, which on Yorkshire Street.”

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