Merseyside
Regional coverage of hospitality and foodservice trends in Merseyside, including Liverpool city centre, Wirral Waters, Huyton town centre, and New Brighton’s Marine Point. Tracks the emergence of new café and leisure clusters, market hall pop-ups in Liverpool ONE, waterfront bar launches, and changing trade dynamics shaped by urban regeneration and tourism waves. Includes reporting on operator resilience, supplier collaborations, and community-driven formats in both city and coastal hospitality environments.
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Mar- 2019 -8 MarchPeople
The Lawns appoints Genesis Valenzuela as restaurant manager
Genesis Valenzuela has been announced as the new manager of award-winning restaurant, The Lawns. Valenzuela began his career working for hotels in his home of the Philippines, followed by over nine years on a number of cruise ships in a variety of roles, before eventually settling in the UK in…
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Dec- 2018 -5 DecemberPeople
Gary Usher’s KALA to launch in February
KALA, the sixth restaurant in the Elite Bistro’s group owned by chef Gary Usher, is set to open on Manchester city centre’s King Street, in February 2019 with all day dining and a separate bar space. KALA will be a 55-cover restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner with a separate…
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Aug- 2018 -13 AugustRestaurants
Honest Burgers opens first restaurants up north
Honest Burgers has announced it is to open its first Liverpool and Manchester restaurants, with the Manchester site set to open as soon as this summer. The London-based burger chain is said to be looking at moving outside of the capital due to ever increasing competition. Manchester Hall will host…
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