The Green Room

I actually stopped in here to get out the rain as I made my way down Duke Street and it was a surprise to find it as I had never seen it before.
Thinking I had found a new coffee shop — albeit a very small one — what I discovered was that this is a new Cabaret club opened by Liverpool’s very own Ricky Tomlinson. However, be warned this is not the type of cabaret I was hoping for with burlesque strippers, freakshow entertainment and plenty of spirits on offer, Mr Tomlinson has opened a proper old fashioned British variety club hosted by himself every week and presenting acts as legendary as Jimmy Cricket and Cannon & Ball!
This was more surprising because the Green Room café itself couldn’t feel more modern and even quite cool with an eclectic mix of music from Johhny Cash to Elvis Costello and Kings of Leon complimented by the iconic black & white images of movie stars and singers along the walls. While it is clean, bright and spacious after a while I did start to feel like I was sipping my coffee in a furniture showroom.