Rosa’s Thai to launch in Manchester – apparently there’s no stopping it
Rosa’s Thai is continuing its national expansion with aplomb as the brand sets itself up to open in Manchester. The Thai chain will launch in Spinningfields in a spot vacated by the Handmade Burger...
View ArticleRestaurant MCR has closed – and this time it’s for good
Restaurant MCR, previously known as Manchester House, has closed again. Chef director Aiden Byrne announced the news in the Manchester Evening News and said this time the restaurant has shut for good....
View ArticleManchester restaurant group Tre Ciccio enters administration
The Manchester-based Italian restaurant group Tre Ciccio has been placed in administration. The group operated three restaurants in Altrincham, Bramhall, and Ramsbottom, but the Bramhall site closed...
View ArticlePopular Manchester restaurant founder dies during lockdown
The founder of a Manchester restaurant institution has died aged 71. Jhunu Miaya Dangol, who helped establish The Great Kathmandu, in Disbury, died on Monday April 6. Dangol set up the restaurant with...
View ArticleNew Mediterranean restaurant to open in former Manchester hardware store
A new restaurant is opening in a former hardware store in Manchester. That’s right: some positive, independent restaurant news! The Mediterranean concept is set to launch in the middle of next month...
View ArticleManchester hospitality leader files legal challenge due to Tier 3 restrictions
Hospitality leaders in Greater Manchester have launched a legal challenge against the government after the region was placed in Tier 3 (very high) of the new Covid-19 restrictions. The group claims the...
View ArticleEl Gato Negro owner to open Middle Eastern restaurant in Manchester
The chef patron of the El Gato Negro and Canto restaurant group Simon Shaw has revealed plans for a third Manchester dining spot, Habas. Habas will be a modern Middle Eastern restaurant and bar on...
View ArticleHigher Ground on solid ground in Manchester’s Chinatown
Ambitious former pop-up Manchester restaurant Higher Ground opens tomorrow in a permanent site in the city’s Chinatown, from the team behind Ancoats natural wine bar Flawd. Joe Otway, Daniel Craig...
View ArticleNordic chef for Shoreditch launch
Chef Anna Søgaard, who came to prominence at Manchester’s ultra-minimalist restaurant Erst, is to head the kitchen brigade at a new Shoreditch venture from the team behind Crispin in Spitalfields and...
View ArticleMartlet takes flight in Rochdale’s municipal marvel
A restaurant offering a ‘fine-dining’ take on classic northern dishes has launched in Rochdale’s newly restored Victorian Gothic town hall. The Martlet Kitchen, named after a mythical bird with no...
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