A cafe in a picturesque Bolton location has reopened this weekend for a sneak preview before it opens permanently following its sudden closure five months ago.
Queen's Park Cafe welcomed customers once again on Saturday after being shut since February.
This weekend is a trial run, with the cafe set to open from a regular basis, starting on Friday, July 26.
It is now owned by the charity Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and Merseyside, having previously been run by Deep Beat Entertainment before it went into administration.
The charity, which also runs the Moss Bank Park cafe, is starting with a smaller menu before bringing in more items from its Smithills-based stablemate, as well as more extensive vegetarian and halal options.
Gemma Allen, a worker at the cafe, said: "We have had quite a few in this morning, mostly regulars returning, they are saying they are glad to see it open.
"We will be hoping to build it back up again. You can see people just looking over, thinking 'ooh it's open' - once the word gets out we think it will be busy.
"A lot have said it looks bigger in here.
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"We have had some positive comments so far this morning. It is about figuring out what we need and what people want."
The current "limited" menu consists of breakfast barms, with sausage, bacon and egg, as well as cold sandwiches, chips, teacakes, hot drinks, cold drinks and ice lollies, as well as cookies and cakes.
Gemma added: "But we are building it up, so potentially specials like chillies, toasties, jacket potatoes.
"It will be similar to the menu at Moss Bank Park, for those who know it, but we are looking to have more vegetarian and halal options here."
The Wildlife Trust says that once the café is up and running it will be organising a range of nature themed events, some of them run by its own education team.
It also hopes that there will be funding for the café to be used as a hub for nature and wellbeing sessions.
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