The AA have awarded The French by Simon Rogan Three Rosettes, the best a restaurant can achieve in its first six months. Whilst 10% of the restaurants within the AA Restaurant Guide have Three Rosettes or above (five is the maximum achievable), the award makes The French the highest decorated restaurant in Manchester. The AA class Three Rosette winners as being "Outstanding restaurants that achieve standards that demand recognition well beyond their local area". The French is joined by Two Rosette accredited Aumbry in Prestwich, Second Floor Restaurant at Harvey Nichols, Room and The River Restaurant at The Lowry Hotel.
Steve Pilling, the man behind the brilliant Damson MediaCityUK and the acclaimed Red Lion in Stockport, has revealed his plans to launch Salford Quays first real gastropub by the end of October 2013. Located in Media City, Dock Yard, will offer quality fine wines, real ales and a high standard of pub cuisine, including handmade pies and burgers, spit roast chicken, artisan bread, breakfasts and more.
Following police raids, five Rusholme restaurants have had their electricty meters removed or main supplies disconnected. Following investigations by Electricity North West, it was suspected that Friends Restaurant, Marmara Grill, Raja’s, Wilmslow Road Steak & Grill and Marmara Shisha had all tampered with their electricity and gas supplies, bypassing the mains meters and putting customers at serious risk of fire and explosions. The premises have now all been served with closure notices, financial penalties and criminal prosecution. It is the lastest battle Manchester City Council and the Rusholme Traders Association are having with rogue traders in the area, with most shisha cafes ignoring the smoking ban.
Nando's Chicken is the latest operator to open in Salford Quays with plans for a restaurant in Digital World House opposite The Lowry ~ 12 Dec 2013
Secretive weekly food event, B.Eat Street, is to be launched in February, at a currently undisclosed location. Described as part street food market, part drinks emporium, and part club it will last for 12 weeks ~ 8 Dec 2013
Following the success of their new Cross Street branch, the largest in the world, American chain restaurant TGI Fridays are looking at opening a branch in the upper concourse at Piccadilly Station ~ 3 Dec 2013
The Northern Quarter is set to get a new restaurant and bar with Allotment set to open in January 2014 on the corner of Dale Street and Little Lever Street (near to 2022NQ and Mother Macs). Formerly a clothes importer, it was previously the Haunch of Venison pub in the 1970s and then Nickleby's up until the mid 90s ~ 3 Dec 2013
The empty Union Bank of Manchester, previously a pound shop next to the Malmaison hotel at Piccadilly is to become Yotel, a 20 storey 258 capsule room budget hotel from Yo! Sushi founder Simon Woodroffe and CEO Gerard Greene. It will include a ground floor kitchen and bar ~ 25 Nov 2013
A planning application has been submitted which would see the old car hire and car wash on Duice Street, next to the station, become Pic-a-Deli Cafe, opening late with the sale of alcohol ~ 8 Oct 2013
Peking Court, the popular Chinese buffet restaurant on Princess Street has been put up for sale for £190,000 with the owner, who has ran it since 1995, looking for early retirement ~ 8 Oct 2013
The American-inspired grill restaurant Southern 11 will be opening a new restaurant in the old Brooks Brothers clothing store on The Avenue in Spinningfields. From what we hear, there are plans to replace all of the retail units with restaurants and bars, inspired by New York's Meatpacking district; a move possibly welcomed by the retailers looking to break from their leases and return to busier areas of the city centre ~ 1 Oct 2013
San Carlo are set to open two more city centre restaurants. Both located inside Selfridges, San Carlo Bottega restaurant, Champagne and cocktail bar will take the second floor unit vacated by the excellent Aubaine, whilst Pharmacia Del Dolce, a patisserie, ice cream parlor and café, will replace Aubaine Cafe on the ground floor ~ 27 Sep 2013
The owners of DockGrill and Penelope’s Ice Cream at MediaCityUK are to open Penelope's Kitchen, a New York inspired day-time eatery, at Media City in October, serving bagels, burgers and sandwiches ~ 25 Sep 2013
Leeds-based Americana-themed restaurant, Red's True BBQ, is to take the beautiful vacant Livebait unit next to The Town Hall ~ 16 Sep 2013
