Lazy Sundae, one of Manchester’s most popular ice cream parlours, has opened a brand new site within the Manchester Arndale.
The Northern Quarter dessert spot is famed for its adventurous ice cream flavours, bubble teas and jiggly Japanese souffle pancakes.
It’s now finally taken over the site in the centre of Halle Place, the £11m food hall in the heart of the shopping centre.
The unit, sandwiched between those two controversial escalator/staircase hybrids, was previously home to Kiosk coffee shop by the team behind General Stores.
Lazy Sundae, a Tib Street favourite, is now open for business in the Manchester Arndale, where it’s serving up its legendary cereal-encrusted cones topped off with colourful scoops of ice cream.
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There’s also bubble tea, with incredible flavours like brown sugar crème brûlée milk tea, classic strawberry bingsoo blueberry smash fruit teas.
There are six flavours exclusively available in the Arndale site too, from a Thai favourite of mango sticky rice, Jasmine milk tea, and Matcha KitKat.
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The space has been turned into a soft peach-coloured kiosk space, with plenty of rattan details and plants.
Lazy Sundae’s Manchester Arndale flagship is serving bubble and milk teasLazy Sundae has opened a new ice cream parlour in the Manchester Arndale. Credit: The Manc GroupDelicious ice cream desserts at Lazy Sundae in Manchester Arndale. Credit: The Manc Group
The beautiful new ice cream parlour has plenty of seating for people to make use of while working through the extensive menu of sweet treats.
Lazy Sundae joins existing Halle Place food and drink operators like Archie’s, PizzaLuxe, and Doner Shack.
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Sharing the news on Instagram, the dessert shop wrote: “Paradise has officially arrived. Our NEW FLAGSHIP store is now OPEN in the heart of Manchester Arndale!
“With 6 ARNDALE EXCLUSIVE ice cream flavours that are not one to miss: Mango Sticky Rice, Avocado Coco, Peach Yakult, Jasmine Milk Tea, Matcha Kitkat and Honey Butter Corn Crunch.”
‘Manchester’s best lunch deal’ that’s only available for two hours a day
Daisy Jackson
There’s a cafe in the centre of Manchester that’s had queues all the way down the street thanks to its incredible value lunch deal.
Although it’s been in Spring Gardens for two years now, Meridian has remained one of Manchester’s best-kept secrets online, thanks to its decision to stay totally off social media until recently.
That hasn’t stopped the queues though, and they’re all here for the same thing – a loaded £5.80 lunch box.
Tucked away just off Market Street, Meridian is an unassuming cafe operated by founder Dan.
It’s much more than a coffee shop, with a menu of Asian fusion dishes served in the cafe, as well as for grab-and-go lunches.
The lunch boxes start from just £5.80, which gets you a box absolutely packed to the brim with delicious Chinese and South East Asian items.
You start off with a base of either egg rice fried, chips, or noodles; then lash on a sauce like Malaysian curry, Thai sweet chilli, or satay.
Meridian in ManchesterThe Meridian lunch boxes in Manchester
As for the toppings, there’s a massive list including popcorn salt n chilli chicken, Japanese gyozas, roasted pork ribs, tofu bites, and crispy spicy beef.
Plans officially submitted for ‘vibrant’ new food hall in Wythenshawe
Emily Sergeant
Are you feeling hungry? Good, because a new food hall is on the horizon.
That’s right – plans to transform Wythenshawe Civic have taken another exciting leap forward this week, as Manchester City Council and placemaker Muse have submitted a planning application to bring a brand-new food hall to the town.
Set to be housed within the three units next to the former Peacocks store – which has now been demolished – the new food hall will become a ‘vibrant’ destination for independent and local food vendors to attract people with ‘delicious and diverse’ offerings.
Developers also hope the new food hall will keep the suburban Manchester town’s centre ‘bustling’ throughout the day and into the evening.
The announcement that the new food hall is in the works comes as part of the already-announced plans for Wythenshawe Civic – with work to soon begin on everything from the public realm, and outside space, to the vacant office space above the existing Iceland-store, which will also be transformed into modern new workspace to support local start-ups and bring new jobs into the town centre.
Developers also recently submitted three separate applications to create 422 new affordable homes for social rent across three locations in the town centre.
“Listening to local people over the last year and more, we know that Wythenshawe residents want more from their town centre – more things to do, opportunities to spend time in Civic and night time attractions that give the area a lift and attract visitors,” commented Cllr Bev Craig, who is the Leader of Manchester City Council.
“This is the drive behind the Culture Hub. A place for local people with an interest in the arts to take part in creative activities, see a show or enjoy the cinema space – right in the heart of their community.
“This is another exciting chapter in the transformation of Wythenshawe Town Centre.”
Joel Chandler, who is the Senior Development Manager at Muse, added that developers are ‘moving at pace’ with plans to give the town centre the ‘regeneration it deserves’.
“The food hall will be a hive for a range of local outlets and will provide new spaces for the community to spend time in and give the town’s nighttime economy a major boost.”
Daisy Jackson -
16th October 2023 
