Residents can get a flavour of Oxford's latest community cafe after its new name and menu were unveiled.

With the eatery in Barton less than a week away from throwing open its doors, residents are working hard to put the finishing touches to the £138,000 project.

Its two permanent paid staff - manager Anthony Armitage and chef Lynn Grandi - are busy ordering food, dishing out hundreds of flyers and taking delivery of the new furniture and cookery equipment.

Last night the pair unveiled the cafe would be named Eatwells.

A focus group of local people voted for the idea, thought up by community association secretary Sue Holden, from a series of about 30 suggestions put forward by residents of the estate.

Former estate drugs worker Mr Armitage said the name was chosen because it had so many meanings.

He said: "I think it sums up the whole project. It's all about eating well - nutrition, good eating, good food and community and social eating."

A deal has been struck with nearby Rectory Farm in Stanton St John to supply meat and seasonal fruit and vegetables.

Twelve volunteers have already been recruited to help staff the cafe, with several more lined up for interview over the next few weeks.

The volunteers will be given the opportunity to work towards formal food hygiene qualifications in the cafe, which is taking shape at Barton Neighbourhood Centre, in Underhill Circus.

Builders have renovated the centre's kitchen and transformed it into a professional set-up capable of feeding up to 50 people at a time.

And the centre is also getting £15,000 of new flooring and a partition in the main hall as well as an IT hub with four computers and a wireless Internet connection.

Community leaders have secured about £138,000 in grants to get the project off the ground - but hope the cafe will be self-funding in the long term.

They said the cafe, which residents have campaigned for since 2003, would provide a valuable meeting place and help train people to work in the catering industry.

The new menu includes main meals from £3 and jacket potatoes from £2.30.

Mr Armitage said: "I am pleased, proud and also a bit nervous at the same time.

"There is a lot riding on it. It will be so nice to see it functioning as a community cafe after the last couple of months of hard work."

A catering business will eventually be run alongside the cafe, which will initially be open from 10am to 3pm Monday to Friday, selling food to local businesses and events.

Eatwells is due to open at 10am on Monday, June 2.