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A brief history of the tutor style
building and the restaurant
Lark Lane has been an area of great
character ever since it was first noted in a street directory
over 125 years ago. During the 19th
century the buildings which now house
Maranto's were in use by such diverse occupants as a
Chemist, a Plumbers Merchant, Hosier and Wesleyan Mission
Chapel. In the first
quarter of this century the main restaurant building was put
to popular use as a cocoa rooms for
local workers and their families. During the same period the
Gathering Place
site has passed through various hands as a Laundry,
Skating
Academy
and after the Great War, as premises for a Motor Company. A
Child Welfare centre and an Antique Dealer occupied the
respective buildings during the "Swinging Sixties" and, prior to
the refurbishment by Maranto's
(1983) the main site was used by a manufacturer of window
blinds.
Maranto's has now
delivered more than twenty five years of excellent food and
service, with success of a quarter of a Century behind us we aim
to ensure your visit is always enjoyable.
Local attractions include
Esteban's Tapas restaurant
opposite and the Sefton Park Palm
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