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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Elliott Ryder

Anfield's battle to go from shuttered shops to 'destination'

Gareth Zeverona points to the derelict shopfronts and houses visible from the front window of his cafe in Anfield.

Having grown up in the street next door where his parents still live, he decided to open the Oakfield Coffee House on Oakfield Road in July of last year and explains how he always wanted to see the area as a “destination road”.

Mr Zeverona outlines how the cafe has been getting busier and busier in the months since it opened, however he notes there is a stark contrast on the main Anfield high street on the long weeks between LFC home games.

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