It has been another year of ups and downs for Manchester’s hospitality sector. While we have had some exciting new openings, we have also said goodbye to some of the city’s most loved food and drink spots.
From cocktail bars to coffee shops, it seems no establishment is safe from the cost of living crisis. However, there is some hope in the successful new openings, that range from high-end dinings, like Sexy Fish and Gordon Ramsey’s Lucky Cat, to food halls like Kargo MKT at Salford Quays.
But as 2023 comes to an end, let’s take a moment to remember the Manchester institutions that we have loved and lost over the past 12 months.
9. No 1 Canal Street
The Canal Street restaurant closed in January, having opened in 2017. It was named Manchester’s best restaurant at the British Restaurant Awards 2019. | Google Maps
10. The Font
Student favourite The Font, famed for its £2 cocktails, closed in January after 22 years. Font Chorlton has remained open. | Google Maps
11. Alvarium
The Northern Quarter bar launched a Crowdfunder campaign to try and save it at the end of 2022 and announced a temporary closure in the following January. It has remained closed. | Google Maps
12. Nonna's Pasta
The Italian restaurant at Deansgate Square closed after just three months in July. | Nonna's pasta Photo: Nonna's pasta