Liverpool Restaurant Week returns this spring, celebrating the city’s characterful hospitality offer. Now in its third year, it will run from 18-26 April. Organised and funded by Liverpool Business Improvement District, Liverpool Restaurant Week launched as an opportunity to cast a spotlight on the restaurants and eateries of Liverpool city centre. Each ... Read More...
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Acting on behalf of the Albery Gubay Charitable Foundation, Derwent Estates has submitted a planning application for the final phase of development at Liverpool Shopping Park. The £8 million expansion will deliver 40,000 sq ft of additional retail space, anchored by existing tenant M&S Food which is relocating to a larger ... Read More...
Maranto’s, the family-run restaurant that has been part of Lark Lane life since 1983, is preparing for its biggest refurbishment to date. Founded by husband-and-wife duo Steve and Ruth Maranto, the restaurant grew from a “labour of love” into one of South Liverpool’s most well-known family businesses. Salvaged pews, wrought iron ... Read More...
Restaurant Review Ninello’s 15 Duke Street, L1 5AP By Will Carr | Italian | ££ | In a city drowning in Italian restaurants, like meatballs lost in too much ragù, it’s easy to go unnoticed. Ninello’s, a modest, family-run eatery on Duke Street, might not catch your eye at first glance, but it harbours ... Read More...
Part of Liverpool city centre’s Lyceum building could be transformed into a New York-inspired cocktail bar and kitchen under new plans. Leeds-based bar group ARC Inspirations wants to open ‘Manahatta’ across the Bold Street landmark’s lower ground, ground and mezzanine levels. ARC operates three brands (Box, Manahatta and Banyan), with a total ... Read More...
The team behind The Deysbrook pub in West Derby has taken over the former Justino’s restaurant on Aigburth Road. James Nolan, owner of The Deysbrook, will reopen the site as Amici this summer. Creating 25 jobs, James, from Stockbridge Village, will build a team of chefs, waiting staff, bartenders, kitchen porters and ... Read More...
Restaurant Review NORD 100 Old Hall Street, L3 9QJ By Will Carr | Sunday Roast | ££ | Before we had even reached our seats, my partner and I found ourselves falling in love with NORD’s incredibly unique style. To our right, a DJ was spinning tracks at a huge circular bar. Nordic huts ... Read More...
Restaurant Review Pappa Pepinos 60 Mount Pleasant, L3 5SD By Will Carr | Italian | ££ | After a morning spent in the sweltering Liverpool heat, my partner and I were hot and starving. We knew it was that special kind of hunger that can only be satisfied by copious amounts of Italian food. Our ... Read More...
The former head chef at popular Liverpool restaurant Maray is set to launch her own kitchen at Baltic Market. La Bistroteca will join the likes of Hafla Hafla, Little Furnace and Spice Thai at the Stanhope Street venue from Thursday 4 May. Created by Livia Alarcon, the new kitchen will specialise in ... Read More...
The unlimited-topping, San Franciscan sourdough pizza brand Pizza Punks has confirmed it will open its seventh UK restaurant in Liverpool this September. Launching in the heart of the city on Bold Street, Pizza Punks Liverpool will join the brand’s other restaurant locations across the UK, including Glasgow, Belfast, Leicester and the ... Read More...