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    Higher Ground team opens seafood bar
    October 21, 2025October 22, 2025 HardensBytes

    A new seafood-and-cocktail bar has opened in Manchester city centre tomorrow promising an ‘oyster happy hour’ every weekday from 4-5pm, when the bivalves are half price. Bar Shrimp is from the trio behind sustainable modern bistro Higher Ground, which is next door. The bar will focus on British and Irish oysters and shellfish from David […]

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    Mitch Tonks extends his Rockfish empire
    May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 HardensBytes

    West Country seafood impresario Mitch Tonks has opened a new outdoor fish and craft beer bar in Plymouth, adjacent to his Rockfish restaurant on Rope Walk, overlooking Plymouth Sound. The Sardine Bar serves fried fish and chips and curried mushy peas, alongside Mount Bay sardines from the range of tinned local seafood Tonks introduced during […]

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    Vodka with a Ukrainian twist
    December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 HardensBytes

    A Ukrainian bar specialising in “nalivka”, or infused vodkas, has opened in Tottenham Street, Fitzrovia. Pinch also serves themed cocktails, such as the Kharkiv and the Kyiv mule, and a tapas-style menu of snacks and simple dishes. Conceived as a “modern take on traditional Ukrainian heritage”, Pinch has been launched by Yana Galiyeva and her […]

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