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 legs, has taken flight under chef Darren Parkinson, formerly of Shibden Mill in Halifax. It is open all day from breakfast, via a straightforward lunch […]
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 bar Crispin in Soho. Bistro Freddie, which is due to open this summer, has taken over the Luke Street premises formerly occupied by Oklava, […]
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 Martin and Richard Cossins (left to right in photo) have been working together for three years, although their progress was diverted by the pandemic. The […]
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 Brown Street and situated in a Grade II listed building. The kitchen will be headed by Shaw and he will […]
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 government’s new policy has no scientific basis and said such measures will mean businesses will close and jobs will be lost. In Tier […]
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 and will feature a menu of small plates inspired by the cuisine of Spain’s Balearic islands, as well as Portugal, Italy, and coastal […]
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 her husband Gopal Dangol and while lacking in service, the food has long been a hit with Harden’s reporters. Our latest guide […]
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 shortly before creditors were brought in. However, while there is much uncertainty, the remaining two venues are – as of Friday – continuing to trade while the financial […]
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. MCR relaunched just over a year ago and operated under a two-month rolling lease. But despite glowing reviews – “exceptional food”; “lovely environment” […]
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 Company, the Manchester Evening News first reported. Rosa’s Thai, which started as a single restaurant in East London in 2008, now […]
