At number 18 mathew street stands the bar flanagans apple.
Armadillo tea rooms liverpool.
86b liverpool city centre halewood goes through smithdown road allerton road and hunts cross.
Along with erics and the nearby probe records which was then located on button street it was an integral part of the alternative liverpool scene.
At armadillo liverpool bootle we are proud to support our local charities by donating storage space to liverpool homeless football club the whitechapel centre the basement and national childbirth trust.
Taken over by martin cooper now head chef at delifonseca halligan s parlour became the armadillo tea rooms and took on a new life.
They were especially noted for the furry seat covers on the toilets.
The building is grade 2 listed and the projection and rewind rooms are still a feature of the building.
The armadillo probe and eric s were like the golden triangle of liverpool punk notes bernie connor whose early years were shaped by his time in aunt twacky s.
In the early 1980s it was the home of the armadillo tea rooms.
The teardrops would be on one table the bunnymen would be on another table we d be on another table it was just where everyone hung out remembers.
The armadillo tea rooms was a café in liverpool that were a significant part of the early 80s music scene.
The building is now occupied by flanagan s apple.
As a dj promoter music writer and university lecturer dave haslam has a long association with the north west of england.
The armadillo was the control room where bands fanzine writers artists and organisers would congregate over cheap pots of tea swapping ideas theories proclamations and band members.
The armadillo tea rooms mathew street 1970s 80s looks like they were originally in the building which is now flanagan s apple but moved to the block to the right of the first pic in the building where hardys is now pics posted by angelcakephotos.
What i liked about it was the absolute acceptance of it all.
She has a handle on nosh having worked alongside the inestimable award strewn martin cooper at the truly trail blazing armadillo tea rooms in mathew street in the 1980s and she is regarded as a catering guru in liverpool.
This was helped by their proximity to mathew street and probe records.