THE BEST OF MANCHESTER
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Opens February 14
Rosa’s Thai Cafe
A new Thai restaurant is set to open in the Spinningfields spot vacated by Handmade Burger Company.
Rosa’s Thai Cafe will open a 60-seater restaurant inside the Old Courthouse building on Deansgate, serving a menu inspired by founder Saiphin Moore’s childhood in northern Thailand.
Diners can look forward to dishes such as tofu in tamarind sauce, larb chicken salad, drunken noodles and massaman curry.
It will be the chain’s first Manchester site, joining 18 other locations in London, Leeds and Liverpool.
Opening in spring
Jimmy’s
AFTER being turfed out of its original Northern Quarter home on Newton Street, music bar Jimmy’s is on the move.
The new venue will be in Ancoats, joining the thriving bar scene of Blossom Street.
Plans include a first-floor restaurant, similar to the one recently opened at Jimmy’s Liverpool site.
Former One Night Only frontman George Craig, who launched the bar with brother and bandmate Jimmy, said: “We want to keep offering a space for new and emerging musicians so we’re excited about the move.
“It’s really exciting that we can improve on what we’ve already built and take it to Ancoats - the community is so great over there.”
Opening spring 2020
BrewDog
ALSO on the move to make way for redevelopment, BrewDog is relocating its city centre bar to Fountain Street next year.
The craft beer chain will take over the former Enzo site, just off Market Street, when its Peter Street site closes next year.
The new, slightly larger bar will be one of two BrewDog sites in the city, joining its Outpost brewpub on Oxford Road.
The brewery has also revealed plans to open a mini hotel at one of the bars, modelled on its BrewDog Kennels in Aberdeen, where guests are greeted with beer on arrival and even have beer fridges in their showers.
Opening expected in March
Roofff
THE rooftop of First Street’s multistorey car park is set to be transformed into a ‘tropical’ (we’ll see what the Manchester weather has to say about that) sky garden.
Roofff will be home to three bars and eight kitchens, serving a mixture of Japanese cuisine, steaks, fresh seafood, all-day breakfasts and desserts, with covered seating for more than 400 diners and space for another 250 seats in an open air section.
CGIs show the space transformed with wooden decking and turf, wooden pergolas draped in vines and hanging plants, and flowers blooming from wooden standing tables.
Opening date TBC
Bundobust
WITH a winning formula of Indian street food and craft beer, it was only a matter of time before Bundobust spread its wings in Manchester.
The team behind the popular Piccadilly bar and restaurant are opening a second site in the city next year, complete with its own in-house brewery.
Based in a 4,000 sq ft unit inside the St James building on Oxford Street, it will include a 120-140 cover restaurant and nine street level brewing vessels capable of producing 28,000 pints of beer each month.
Guests can look forward to some special collaborations with some of the world’s best breweries, alongside a vegetarian menu of curries, chaats, bhajis and vada pav.
Opening spring/summer 2020
Pieminister
PIE chain Pieminister is expanding with a second Manchester city centre site.
The new Deansgate site will have space for around 20 diners on the ground floor, plus a large basement kitchen for office and event catering.
Diners can look forward to favourites such as the Moo (classic British steak and ale) and Kevin (a vegan-friendly mix of mushroom, tomato, quinoa and baby onions), served in stacks with mashed potato, mushy peas, cheese, gravy and crispy shallots.
There’ll also be soft-serve ice cream with flavours inspired by sweet desserts such as cherry pie.
Opening early 2020
Cafe Delhi Heights
INDIAN casual dining group Cafe Delhi Heights is opening its first UK restaurant in Manchester
The Delhi-based business has several sites across India and is now poised to open a branch inside the Corn Exchange in what will be its first international expansion.
It will take over the unit left empty by the closure of Brazilian-inspired barbecue restaurant Cabana in August.
Founded by Indian restaurateur Usha Batra and taken forward by her sons Sharad and Vikrant, the restaurant serves comfort food from around the world from native classics including Kerala tawa fish fry and Chennai chicken 65 to pizza, burgers and noodles.
Opening date TBC
Doner Haus
YOUR late night takeaway fix is about to get an upgrade at a new restaurant dedicated to doner.
Doner Haus is taking over the vacant former Byron Hamburgers site in the Corn Exchange.
The 180-cover restaurant will be split into four dining areas - the atrium, the main dining room, a conservatory filled with hanging draping plants, and an outside terrace area.
It will serve Berlin-style quality kebabs, served on sourdough flatbreads, Turkish pidas or kohbez durum and topped with fresh salad and herbs, as well as currywurst, falafel, halloumi and vegan schnitzels.
Opening expected early 2020