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Tom Kerridge is opening a restaurant in Manchester. The Bull & Bear, in the Stock Exchange Hotel on Norfolk Street, will launch on November 15, and will feature Kerridge’s famed style of cooking, where British classics are refined, yet in a casual sort of fashion. Kerridge – spread increasingly thin now with The Hand & […]
Six by Nico, chef Nico Simeone’s three-strong chain, is to launch in England for the first time. The Scottish chef, who was born to Italian parents, is to open in Manchester with a 66-cover site occupying the former Roc & Rye venue in the city centre, not far from happening Spinningfields. The restaurant follows others […]
Celebrity chef Tom Kerridge has come aboard for one of Manchester’s most high-profile openings of recent years. He steps into the shoes originally destined for Michael O’ Hare: impresario behind Leeds phenomenon, Man Behind the Curtain. The Hand and Flowers founder will look after the food and beverage operation occupying one of the city’s landmark […]
The team behind Albert’s Schloss in Manchester is to launch a new site, Albert’s Schenke, in Liverpool later this year. Restaurant group Mission Mars have seen success at Schloss, which reporters describe as “epic fun at very reasonable prices”, a sentiment echoed by a glowing review by Jay Rayner a while back. Like the Manchester […]
Gary Usher broke a crowdfunding record to open Kala, his latest restaurant in Manchester. After seeing £100,000 flood in in less than 24 hours, Usher said: “I am honestly struggling to get my head around last night”. Is it all worth it? His effort and thousands of people’s hard-earned cash? An early impression of Kala […]
Manchester’s bold and glitzy 20 Stories fared well in our 2019 guide. The restaurant, which launched last year, has so far lived up better to the D&D brand than some of its other launches, according to reporters. “It’s a beautiful space filled with beautiful people,” they said. But it turned out chef Aiden Byrne’s food […]
The Manchester-based El Gato Negro team, which is “still smashing it” at its flagship Iberian restaurant, is soon to launch a third venture in the city. In September, we reported the group would be opening Canto, which serves ‘modern Portuguese’ cuisine inspired by chef patron Simon Shaw’s travels to Lisbon, as well as head chef […]
Manchester House, which suffered a shock closure in October, is to reopen, with chef Aiden Byrne back in the kitchen. OMG. Talk about musical chairs. Byrne is returning to Manchester House after joining rival D&D restaurant 20 Stores earlier this year. This month, it was announced the chef would be stepping down from the position […]
The Ivy has finally confirmed the opening date of its forthcoming Manchester restaurant, one of the most highly anticipated branches in the brand’s ever-growing franchise. The new space will feature four floors of dining rooms, as well as a separate pan-Asian restaurant, a bar, and a roof garden. It will open on November 27. The […]
Artisan and Manchester House have closed down. Both have gone into administration, leaving more than 13o jobs at risk. Owners of the two Manchester restaurants, Living Ventures Group, said both sites have fallen foul of “difficult trading affecting the sector”. Former Living Ventures boss Tim Bacon, who died in 2016, put £3 million of his […]
