Sugo Pasta Kitchen is set to open a third site in 2021, owners have confirmed.
The new venue will launch in the burgeoning Stanley Square area of Sale in November – with capacity available for around 40-50 covers.
Specialising in Southern Italian recipes, Sugo has proven a hugely popular addition to Greater Manchester since first launching in Altrincham in 2015.
The brand’s success saw an expansion to Ancoats three years later – with another restaurant opening up just around the corner from Cutting Room Square.
Sugo Pasta Kitchen staff at work / Image: Sugo
Sugo’s team originally teased plans for a third site back in December, asking fans on social media: “Where next, 2021?”
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A couple of months later, the restaurant posted a teaser image of the M33 postcode – dropping a huge hint that the restaurant would be moving to the Sale area.
This week (July 1) – Sugo Pasta Kitchen’s owners confirmed the new site is “100% opening”.
Co-owner Michael De Martiis told The Manc: “In both Altrincham & Ancoats we came in at the beginning of a new food and drink revolution and we’ve got that same buzz with Stanley Square and Sale.
“We’re going to put our heart and soul into creating a Pasta Kitchen in the heart of Sale that will be cherished for generations to come.”
Like all restaurants in Greater Manchester, Sugo has found itself forced to close for huge chunks of the past 16 months.
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The pasta kitchen did however continue to serve customers throughout lockdowns via takeaway service, with chefs even sharing some of their secret recipes online so fans could attempt to whip up the dishes at home.
House Sugo pasta – Orecchiette with a slow cooked beef shin, pork shoulder and nduja ragu, parmesan / Image: Sugo
Since reopening in 2021, the restaurant has continued to keep things fresh with a variety of new dishes appearing on the menu – from Strozzapreti with Tuscan sausage and portobello to Strascinate with Umbrian lentils, roasted peppers & pecorino.
Featured image: Sugo Pasta Kitchen
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A restaurant in Manchester is hosting a bottomless carbonara night
Daisy Jackson
A restaurant in Manchester has announced its first-ever ‘Carbonara Night’, with unlimited helpings of the popular pasta dish.
The Pasta Factory on Shudehill will be inviting diners to tuck into bottomless carbonara, with the chance to eat it all for free.
The restaurant recently celebrated its 10th birthday in the city, where it’s been serving fresh pasta dishes made by hand every single day.
When The Pasta Factory first opened, it chose not to sell carbonara, worried that the traditional recipe (guanciale, egg yolk, cheese – and absolutely no cream) wouldn’t be to the taste of diners in Manchester.
But realising there was an appetite for authentic Italian cooking, carbonara has made its way onto the menu and become a firm favourite.
And now The Pasta Factory is hosting an entire night dedicated to this delicious pasta dish.
There’ll be bottomless carbonara being served up in this cosy corner of Manchester, for one night only this month.
Your booking will get you a table for 90 minutes, during which time you can order unlimited portions of carbonara.
And if you manage to eat more than five carbonaras, Pasta Factory will give you your meal for free.
The bottomless carbonara night at Pasta Factory in Manchester will take place on Wednesday 18 February, with tickets priced at £30 per night.
Inside Kouba, Deansgate Square’s stunning new Lebanese restaurant and shisha bar
Daisy Jackson
A stunning new Lebanese restaurant and shisha bar has opened at the foot of the Deansgate Square towers, with an iced latte tap, shisha bar, and all-day dining.
Kouba has taken over the former Salvi’s site in the glamorous neighbourhood, and just days after opening, it’s packed to the rafters.
The space has been transformed from family-style Italian restaurant into a Middle Eastern oasis.
Kouba operates as a three-in-one concept, doing coffees and brunches in the daytimes before transforming to a lively Lebanese restaurant by night.
It also has a sizeable terrace (blissfully weather-proof) which doubles up as a late-night shisha lounge, open into the early hours.
This newcomer to the city has already found fame online with moments like an indulgent iced salted brown butter oat latte, served from a tap (plus the whole menu of other iced drinks).
There’s also a sharing cheesecake for two that’s built before your eyes, and hot cookies with soft serve, alongside pastries from the award-winning La Chouquette bakery.
Brunch menu dishes will include signatures like the ‘Pocket Toast’, with fillings including smash burger, bacon and egg, and avocado and egg, alongside smoothies, juices and matchas.
As for the restaurant menu, there’ll be a full Lebanese food offering that includes hot and cold mezze, and Lebanese favourites like meshwi, lamb chops, and moussaka.
Click or swipe through the gallery below to see inside
Inside Kouba at Deansgate SquareThe iced latte tapThe private dining roomThe shisha loungeA full spread of foodThe coffee shop section of KoubaIced matcha and pastries from La ChouquetteDinner at KoubaCookies and soft serve
Kouba is now open and will be operational seven days a week from 8am-2am.
The Manc -
2nd July 2021 
