ROME, SWEET ROME

NEW CITY VENUE HOUSE OF CAESAR WILL OFFER TASTE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST

- By PAUL MCAULEY ECHO Correspondent

A FORMER phone shop worker is throwing himself in at the deep end of the hospitality industry by opening a £600,000 restaurant - despite having no previous experience.

Mohamad Abbar, from Bootle, has teamed up with Formby's Daniel Ball to open House of Caesar.

The city's latest restaurant, located at the top of Bold Street, near St Luke's 'Bombed Out' Church, has been in the pipeline for over a year now.

The venue has experienced a series of delays, but is finally opening to the public next Friday, November 7.

Daniel, a 41-year-old who is also the owner of Delta Bravo Designs, said: "We got the keys 18 months ago and it's been massively renovated. Even the architecture of the roof has been finally restored because it's a listed building.

"We've built a whole new mezzanine and a whole new second floor, that's what has taken us so long.

"We've installed a new kitchen and a new bar, so it can fit around 300 people in it.