The New Café on Main Street
A2 · Short Articles · about 2 min · 149 words · Difficulty ●○○ Gentle
A small news article about a café that everyone in town is talking about.
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A new café opened last week on Main Street. The café, called The Daily Cup, is the idea of two friends, Megan and Chris. It is already popular with students from the college near the park.
The Daily Cup serves breakfast and lunch. The bread and cakes are baked fresh every morning, and the coffee comes from a local farm. There is free Wi-Fi, so many students study there with their laptops.
The café is small, with only ten tables, but there is a sunny garden at the back. Prices are friendly: a big breakfast costs $9, and a cup of coffee is $3. Megan and Chris worked in restaurants for ten years before they opened their own place.
On Friday evenings, the café has live music on weekends too. 'We want this to be a place for everybody,' says Megan. 'Good food, good music, and a warm welcome.'
Vocabulary
The café serves breakfast and lunch.
They bake the bread every morning.
The café is popular with students.
The coffee comes from a local farm.
Visitors get a warm welcome.
Key Expressions
- opened last week
- baked fresh every morning
- popular with students
- live music
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Questions
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Mini Review
- The Daily Cup opened last week on Main Street and is already popular.
- It serves breakfast and lunch, with fresh bread, local coffee, and free Wi-Fi.
- Useful words: serve, bake, popular, local, welcome.
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