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Stow – Trof owners to open brand new restaurant and bar in Manchester
Fire cooking, great wines, and local beers. Sold.
Trof is one of Manchester’s most long-standing and best-loved bars, standing proudly on a corner of the Northern Quarter for more than 20 years – and now its owners are branching out with Stow.
This brand new restaurant and bar will open soon on Bridge Street, in a site that has at various points over the last few years been a Grindsmith coffee shop, Thai BBQ Neon Tiger, and Juicebox wine bar.
But this newcomer looks set to bring big things to the mosaic-cladded site, with a simple concept of live fire cooking and a great wine list.
The entire menu will be cooked over a custom-built grill from Firemade in Somerset, fuelled by wood and charcoal, with a concise menu of meet and fish plus veg-centric sides and snacks sourced from the ‘best produce they can get their hands on’.
Stow will be owned and operated by Matt Nellant and Jamie Pickles from Trof, who want to celebrate the ‘simplicity of great ingredients cooked over open fire with very little faff’.
The space will be filled with low lighting, bar seating and carafes to make a warm and cosy space for the city.
The wine list will be exclusively French but the beer list will show off local breweries, and cocktails will feature classics with a twist like a Cremant Cocktail.
As for Jamie and Matt’s backgrounds, they come from a proper hospitality pedigree.
Jamie left restaurant management in 2018 to return to his hometown in the Peak District, working in The Devonshire Arms pub in Pilsley before holding a kitchen residency at Saint Francis Provisions in Kinsale, Ireland.
Once back in Manchester, he’s been developing dishes and writing menus for various restaurants, including Trof.
Matt took over as general manager of Trof and eventually acquired the business from Mission Mars in 2020.
His career started in cocktail bartending but includes management roles for large groups like Living Ventures and Revolution.
Stow will open to the public on 22 November on Bridge Street in Manchester.
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