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“I baulk at the definition of us as a food hall” – Nick Johnson MBE on 10 years of Altrincham Market

19-Apr-2024 By James McAllister

The co-founder of Market Operations on how he reinvented Altrincham’s historic market as a thriving food hub, and whether similar concepts could play a role in rejuvenating UK highstreets.

Nell’s expands Manchester estate as it plots further growth

12-Apr-2024 By James McAllister

New York-style pizza brand Nell’s is to launch a new site in Manchester’s city centre, bringing its estate to four sites in the city.

Big Mamma looking to open Manchester site

25-Mar-2024 By Restaurant

Restaurant group Big Mamma is understood to have found a site in Manchester for what would be its first UK opening outside the capital.

Rigatoni’s halves estate less than three months after brand overhaul

25-Mar-2024 By James McAllister

Rigatoni’s, the Manchester-based restaurant group that previously traded under the name Sud Pasta, has announced the closure of its second site in as many months.

Chotto Matte’s enormous Manchester restaurant to launch in early 2025

22-Mar-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Japanese-Peruvian restaurant group Chotto Matte has confirmed that its debut regional restaurant will launch in early 2025, around six month later than originally planned.

Laura Harper-Hinton: “We don’t see Caravan as a London brand”

15-Mar-2024 By Joe Lutrario

The Antipodean trio behind successful restaurant and coffee brand Caravan are hitting the road later this year having lined up their debut regional site.

HOP Vietnamese Street Eats to double up in Manchester

13-Mar-2024 By Joe Lutrario

HOP Vietnamese Street Eats has taken a site at Manchester Arndale bringing its total number of locations in the city to two.

Blacklock to make regional debut in Manchester later this year

11-Mar-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Blacklock will open a restaurant in Manchester later this year marking the successful chophouse concept’s first site outside the capital.

Caravan to make regional debut in Manchester

08-Mar-2024 By Joe Lutrario

All day dining and coffee group Caravan will make its regional debut in Manchester this summer.

Flat Iron confirms summer opening date for Manchester site

06-Mar-2024 By Restaurant

Flat Iron has confirmed it will open a restaurant in Manchester this summer over a year after its plans to move to the city were first revealed.

Burgerism lines up fourth permanent Manchester site

27-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

A Manchester-based burger chain that was recently crowned Takeaway of the Year is opening a fourth permanent site in the city.

Team behind Tattu to open Italian-American restaurant Louis in Manchester

19-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

The surge in popularity of Italian-American restaurants is showing no signs of slowing with one opening in Manchester later this year.

Tom Barnes and Altrincham Market founders to speak as Generation Next heads to Manchester

19-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

Chef Tom Barnes and Altrincham Market owners Nick Johnson MBE and Jenny Thompson MBE are among those scheduled to speak at next month’s Generation Next event in Manchester.

Gino D’Acampo reopens Manchester restaurant under new name

13-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Gino D’Acampo has opened his new restaurant within Manchester’s INNSiDE by Meliá hotel.

“This is an emergency": industry figures unite to call for VAT reduction

30-Jan-2024 By Restaurant

MasterChef winner Simon Wood and Sacha Lord, Night Time Economy Adviser for Greater Manchester, have joined a host of Manchester chefs and operators calling for a cut in VAT to 10% for the hospitality sector.

Squawk Brewing Co announces closure after 10 years

26-Jan-2024 By Restaurant

Manchester’s Squawk Brewing Co has announced its closure after 10 years.

Northern-based hospitality shows resilience in a challenging year

25-Jan-2024 By Restaurant

Northern-based hospitality businesses have reported an average sales growth of 7.2% over the past year, according to new figures.

Chotto Matte’s parent group ‘enters new phase of expansion and innovation’

15-Jan-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Chotto Matte and Angus Steakhouse owner Noble Hospitality Group says it is entering into a new phase of innovation following a ‘highly successful’ 2023.

Manchester’s Cottonopolis to reopen as The Lamb of Tartary pub

12-Jan-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Nick and Hayley Muir will relaunch their Manchester restaurant Cottonopolis as The Lamb of Tartary pub next month following a complete overhaul of the Northern Quarter site.

11 food, drink and restaurant trends for 2024

10-Jan-2024 By Restaurant

What will the next 12 months bring for the restaurant sector? No one really knows, but we’ve had a stab at making some predictions anyway. Here’s what we think 2024 has in store.

Sud Pasta team unveils new concept

04-Jan-2024 By James McAllister

Manchester-based restaurant group Sud Pasta will relaunch this month under a new brand called Rigatoni’s, which is billed as aiming ‘to bring quality pasta to the masses’.

Manchester’s Cottonopolis closes to make way for new concept

03-Jan-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Asian-inspired Manchester restaurant and bar Cottonopolis has closed to make way for a new as-yet unnamed concept.

“It’s a heart breaking day": Simon Rimmer announces shock closure of Greens

02-Jan-2024 By Restaurant

Simon Rimmer has closed his Didsbury restaurant Greens with immediate effect after 33 years.

Sessions confirms cancellation of Manchester project as it ‘moves away’ from food halls

02-Jan-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Sessions has pulled out of a deal to open a huge food hall in Manchester and closed its Islington food hall Neighbourhood as the business ‘consciously moves away from large capex projects with high operational intensity’.

Gino D’Acampo’s restaurant at INNSiDE Manchester Hotel to undergo rebrand

22-Dec-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Gino D’Acampo’s First Street Bar & Kitchen restaurant at INNSiDE Manchester Hotel will change its name to Gino D’Acampo, Manchester early next year following a £800,000 refurbishment.

Sud Pasta to relaunch estate under new pasta kitchen concept

18-Dec-2023 By James McAllister

Manchester-based restaurant group Sud Pasta is to close its four-strong estate at the end of the month and relaunch it early next year under a new concept.

Liverpool's Buyers Club joins Maray Restaurants as part of QVO Hospitality

12-Dec-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The North West-based QVO Hospitality, parent company of Maray Restaurants, have entered into an operating partnership with Jonathan and Miles Falkingham to take over the management of Liverpool restaurant Buyers Club.

Joseph Otway: “With just 40 guests a night, we can really elevate what we do”

27-Nov-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The trio behind Manchester’s Higher Ground will decamp to South Africa this January to run a series of dinners at Meuse Farm, a forward-thinking market garden run by their former Blue Hill at Stone Barns colleague Iming Lin.

Simon Rogan alumnus Tom Barnes to open Skof in Manchester next Spring

17-Nov-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Former Simon Rogan lieutenant and Roux Scholar Tom Barnes will open his debut solo restaurant next Spring.

Sides looks beyond London with Manchester its first stop

03-Nov-2023 By Restaurant

Fried chicken brand Sides will open its first standalone restaurant outside of London this month in Manchester.

Permanently Unique toasts ‘exceptionally strong’ year

26-Sep-2023 By James McAllister

Independent restaurant group Permanently Unique has toasted an ‘exceptionally strong’ trading year with revenue up by 76%.

Mana cuts menu prices for hospitality workers

25-Sep-2023 By Restaurant

Manchester’s only Michelin starred restaurant has responded to the cost of living crisis by reducing its prices.

House of Fu heads to Manchester

20-Sep-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Leeds-based ‘day to night’ ramen, cocktail and karaoke bar is doubling up, with a second location set to open in Manchester next month.

Manchester restaurant Rosso closes after 14 years

19-Sep-2023 By Restaurant

A Manchester restaurant co-owned by former Manchester United footballer Rio Ferdinand has closed.

Inside the ‘record label for food’

15-Aug-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Former Deliveroo managing director Dan Warne is breaking new ground with Sessions, a food licensing business bridging the gap between physical and virtual brands.

Sud Pasta to open first city centre restaurant

15-Aug-2023 By Restaurant

Manchester pasta restaurant Sud Pasta is opening its first city centre venue later this month.

Adam Jones: “Fenix is the most complicated and expensive thing we have ever done”

04-Aug-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The brothers behind upmarket Chinese restaurant Tattu will launch Fenix, a Greek restaurant in Manchester’s St. John’s development later this year. And they’re not stopping there.

Uncorked: Chloe Hicks

27-Jul-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The wine manager at Hawksmoor Manchester on banning the word ‘juice’, California’s Paul Lato and her restaurant's now legendary 'Le Pin incident'.

Manchester’s New Wave Ramen to launch first permanent site

26-Jul-2023 By Joe Lutrario

New Wave Ramen will build on its success at Manchester’s Mackie Mayor food hall with the launch of its debut permanent site later this year.

Tattu rebrands as Permanently Unique with new Greek/Med concept in the offing

19-Jul-2023 By Restaurant

Independent restaurant group Tattu has rebranded as Permanently Unique as part of plans to launch a new concept and grow the brand internationally.

Manchester's Stock Market Grill closes mere months after launch

03-Jul-2023 By Restaurant

The Schofield brothers' first restaurant space within Manchester's Stock Exchange Hotel has closed suddenly.
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HOP Vietnamese to double its estate and open first non-London site

16-Jun-2023 By Restaurant

Vietnamese street food restaurant HOP Vietnamese will open two new restaurants this summer.

Restaurant Eats Out: Manchester

07-Jun-2023 By Restaurant

Restaurant took a group of chefs and operators to check out three of the north west city's hottest restaurants.

Latest opening: Higher Ground

30-Mar-2023 By Stefan Chomka

Impeccable sourcing, creative cooking and low intervention wines come together at this modern and thoughtful Manchester bistro.

Exchange and smart: the bartenders tackling the restaurant world

29-Mar-2023 By Stefan Chomka

With the opening of Stock Market Grill, the Schofield brothers have made the bold leap from cocktails bars to restaurants.

Latest opening: Stock Market Grill

14-Mar-2023 By Restaurant

The Schofield Brothers have opened their first restaurant in the space previously home to Tom Kerridge’s Bull & Bear.

Sessions to launch in Manchester next year

14-Mar-2023 By Restaurant

Food hall brand Sessions has chosen Manchester for the launch of its second large-scale concept.

New research reveals that northern cities are ‘leading sales growth’

01-Mar-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Cities in the north of England are leading the UK hospitality market despite the impacts of multiple challenges including COVID-19, the cost of living crisis and rail strikes.

Manchester's Sugo Pasta Kitchen changes name following challenge

14-Feb-2023 By Restaurant

Manchester restaurant Sugo Pasta Kitchen has changed its name following a challenge from a rival business.

Famiglia face: Marcello Distefano on running one of the UK’s largest family-owned restaurant groups

07-Feb-2023 By Joe Lutrario

San Carlo Group’s smartly dressed MD has the premium casual Italian space all sewn up on these shores, and increasingly oversees too.