The team behind legendary restaurant Brewski have submitted an application to open a pizza restaurant in the heart of Ancoats.
A licensing application has now been lodged for a new branch of their deep-dish pizza concept, American Pies.
It’s set to open in the former Second City site just on the corner of the bustling Cutting Room Square.
Here, it’ll be just across the road from Rudy’s but will offer a very different style of pizza.
While Rudy’s is all about the ultra-floppy Neapolitan base, at American Pies they’re gunning for proper Chicago-style ‘pizza pies’ with serious depth.
As it comes from the minds behind Chorlton’s Brewski, you can expect gargantuan portion sizes and no shyness when it comes to the cheese.
Each pizza starts with a garlic butter parmesan crust, then is stuffed with an ‘unthinkable’ amount of mozzarella and topped with chunky marinara sauce (that’s right, cheese before sauce, get over it).
Toppings then include birria lamb shoulder, pepperoni and hot honey, and buffalo fried chicken with blue cheese sauce.
Also on their menus you’ll find garlic bread focaccias, dirty tots, 24-hour slow-cooked ribs, and deep-dish garlic bread.
Brewski has applied to open an American Pies pizza restaurant in Ancoats. Credit: The Manc Group
If we’re lucky, they might even bring their deep-fried calzone to this new Ancoats pizza site…
This will be the second restaurant for American Pies, which is already based on West Mosley Street.
It’s finally some good news for Ancoats, which has suffered a couple of high-profile closures of late with the disappearance of Trove and Rigatoni’s.
According to the American Pies licensing application, their Ancoats pizza restaurant will have space for 90 dine-in customers plus a small bar area.
Manchester favourite Nell’s to open new site for New York-style pizza, karaoke and shuffleboard
Daisy Jackson
Much-loved New York-style pizza joint Nell’s has announced big plans for a brand new location – they’re heading to MediaCity.
Nell’s are stepping things up a notch with the move, adding in private karaoke booths, shuffleboard tables, and a huge outdoor terrace in their new site.
Nell’s MediaCity is set to open this autumn, promising 22-inch New York-style pizza (also served in gigantic slices), frozen margs, and ice cream sandwiches.
There are already several spots around Manchester where you can get a slice of Nell’s, including their restaurants at Kampus and in Altrincham, the OG Northern Quarter site in Common, and at The Beagle in Chorlton.
And now it’s Salford’s turn, with plans unveiled for the team to expand over to MediaCity’s quayside Orange Building.
Nell’s co-founder Jonny Heyes said: “We’ve been thinking about MediaCity for a long time, it’s such a great area and we’ve seen what brilliant operators like Kargo have achieved so when this space came up, we jumped on it!
“The venue is huge which has given us the chance to really play with the experience.
“This idea of karaoke and shuffleboard accompanying our made-for-sharing pizzas and great cocktails feels like a natural next step for us as a brand.”
Nell’s have also partnered with Deliveroo and Slerp to send 14-inch and 22-inch pizzas far and wide.
The new opening is expected to create more than 35 new jobs, and as Common & Co has twice been named in the Times 100 Best Places To Work list, you might want to check those out HERE.
These viral sensations are a plush toy created by Hong Kong-born, Netherlands-raised designer Kasing Lung, who drew inspiration from his love of fairytales to create a character with bunny-like ears, large eyes and big smiles.
They’re swinging off handbags all over the UK at the minute and people are queueing for hours for the latest Labubu drops.
At Sweet Dreams, they’re making edible chocolate Labubus using a special mould flown in from Japan.
Each one has a pistachio kunafa filling and is painstakingly painted by hand.
And that brings us neatly to the next viral craze at play here – Dubai pistachio chocolate.
An army of pistachio chocolate LabubuInside a chocolate pistachio Labubu
Kunafa is a staple in Middle Eastern bakes and pastries but hit the global mainstream last year when thick chocolate pistachio bars stuffed with it went viral online, spawning countless dupes and inspired specials.
And finally, chocolate covered strawberries – hardly a new invention, but this simple dessert has rocketed in popularity especially in food hotspots like Borough Market in London.
Head into Sweet Dreams and you can build your treat from the base up – choose white or milk melted chocolate for your strawberries, layer on pistachio kunafa, then top with either a milk or white chocolate Labubu.
A slightly daft novelty? Yes. But that doesn’t stop them being delicious.
This is the only place in the UK currently selling Dubai pistachio chocolate Labubus.
Daisy Jackson -
12th June 2024 
