As one Manchester institution, Simon Rimmer’s Greens vegetarian restaurant, announced its closure this week, another would-be Manc institution took flight – Louis (see photograph), billed as a “love letter” to Italian-American dining, complete with live jazz and a ‘no-phones’ policy. Greens announced its closure with a post saying, “It is with deep regret that the board […]
Gary Neville (right in pic) and Ryan Giggs (left) have signed bartender brothers Joe and Daniel Schofield to replace Tom Kerridge running the signature restaurant at the Stock Exchange Hotel, the luxury Manchester hotel they opened in 2019. The celeb chef recently announced he would be “parting ways” with the former footballers with the closure […]
Vegan pasta concept Pastan is scheduled to open its first branch in central Manchester by the end of this month – on the Cross Street site of vegan restaurant Vertigo, which closed down in March. Pastan began life as a lockdown delivery project from Dean Fawcett and Jerome Ibanez, formerly operations director at Bristol-based healthy fast-food […]
Arguably the most ambitious New Zealand eating and drinking venue to open in Europe launches tomorrow, Saturday 20 August, in Manchester’s £750 million Circle Square redevelopment, off Oxford Street. Tahi, meaning ‘one’ or ‘together’ in the Māori language, is a 102-seater all-day restaurant and bakery that showcases Kiwi specialities from coffee, pastries and brunch plates […]