Diggle-based ice cream company Grandpa Greene’s has opened a new cafe in Uppermill, Saddleworth, transforming the site of an old public toilet into a charming little bistro.
The new cafe and restaurant at King George V Playing Fields is the second location for the team behind Diggle’s popular ice cream parlour, famed for its indulgent desserts, cakes, hot chocolates, and other sweet treats.
After officially opening on Father’s Day weekend, the new cafe can be found at the edge of the park serving up its famous luxury ice creams as well a range of hearty sandwiches, cakes, and hot and cold drinks.
A long time coming, the new opening had several objections at its planning stage which means that alcohol is currently being served inside the cafe only with food.
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On the menu at the new cafe, you’ll find a range of breakfast sandwiches served until 11.45am followed by freshly baked baguettes.
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Filling choices include breakfast favourites like egg, bacon and sausage (with veggie bacon and sausages also available), followed by hearty lunch options like salt and pepper chicken and Italian meats.
Further baguette choices include the La Caprese with mozzarella, tomato and pesto, and the New York Deli with pastrami, Emmental cheese and mustard mayonnaise.
Customers at Uppermill can also choose to build their own sandwiches, starting with the base before adding a filling, cheese and veg.
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Sandwich prices start from £4.50 at breakfast, with half baguettes priced from £4 starting at lunchtime.
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As for Grandpa Greene’s famous ice creams, these can be enjoyed in a variety of different formats with chocolate and sprinkle cones available alongside regular cones and tubs.
Ice cream flavours currently on offer at the new cafe include Bubblegum, Mint Choc Chip, Lotus Biscoff, Salted Caramel, Vanilla, Strawberry, Cookies and Cream, and a vegan-friendly Passionfruit and Mango sorbet.
Prices for edible tubs and regular cones start at £3, rising to £3.50 for Grandpa Greene’s sprinkle and chocolate-coated versions.
Commenting on the new opening, the Grandpa Greene’s team said: “The opening of our new Uppermill location is finally here and the wait is well and truly over!! This has been very long in the making & highly anticipated, we cannot wait for you all to see!
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“Our team have worked so hard over the past few weeks to make the opening perfect and we couldn’t be more proud! We hope to have all your support on our new opening and that you like it just as much as we do!
“We’ve always wanted to open up a second location, being in such a beautiful location, this really is what we’ve dreamt of and so much more!”
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The inflatable floating obstacle course you can splash around on near Manchester
Daisy Jackson
There’s a giant inflatable floating obstacle course less than an hour from Manchester, where you can slide, jump, and fall straight into a lake.
At Wild Shore Delamere, you can tackle obstacles like monkey bars, the ninja-jump, the tyre run, and a giant 3.8 metre-tall inflatable tower, all floating on the surface of the picturesque lake.
The adventure hub opened back in 2019, offering families a chance to play on Delamere Lake, or try new watersports right here in the North West.
Let’s head to that inflatable Aqua Park – even as a full-grown adult, this is one of the silliest afternoons you can imagine.
Squeeze yourself into a wetsuit then launch yourself into the lake, ready to clamber all over a course that is essentially a gigantic floating bouncy castle.
The trickiest part is managing to stay on your feet as you slip and slide your way around the course in your 50 minute session – but really, where’s the fun in staying on your feet?
Monkey BarsThe Ninja JumpThe Tyre RunThe Figure EightFeatures of the Aqua Park at Wild Shore Delamere
While you’re on the lake, you can also try other activities like the Ringo, which whips you up and down the water on a huge inflatable, while the operator seems dead-set on flinging you off.
As well as the inflatable Aqua Park, there’s the Aqua Chimp ropes course for the more gymnastic types, plus wakeboarding, paddle boarding, and open water swimming.
Wild Shore Delamere has also added a new sauna this year, which overlooks the water – you can enjoy contrast therapy, switching from the warm sauna to the lake itself.
Wetsuits and life vests are included, so all you need to pack is a swimsuit, towel, and a bit of reckless abandon as you crash beneath the surface.
Paddle boards at Wild Shore DelamereThe sauna and cold plungeThe RingoAqua Chimp
Family behind Salvi’s launch new concept, weeks after iconic restaurant closure
Daisy Jackson
Just weeks after the closure of its iconic, 16-year-old Italian restaurant in the Corn Exchange, the family behind Salvi’s have revealed a brand-new concept.
And this time, the reins are being handed over to the next generation.
Salvi’s founder Maurizio Cecco has helped to shape Amò, but it’s all the brainchild of his daughter, Sienna.
Sienna will run the business out of a unit up on Deansgate Mews, serving fresh pasta dishes, pizza sandwiches, tubs of tiramisu, and two-for-£10 spritzes.
The deli aspect of the original Salvi’s has been carried over to Amò too – you’ll find shelves almost to the ceiling filled with Italian pasta, wine, olive oils, pistachio spreads, and more.
Sienna has grown up in restaurants, with her parents launching Salvi’s when she was just two years old.
She said she wants the space to be a livelier, fresher version of the Italian restaurant that has been so loved by Mancs for so many years.
Sienna outside AmòFresh pasta dishesInside Amò by Salvi’sTheir viral frozen crema di caffeLemon granitaInside Amò by Salvi’sTiramisu pots
Amò, which is Neapolitan slang for ‘my love’, will have loads of fresh Italian dishes, including arancini, gnocchi, and hearty pasta plates.
At lunchtimes, guests can order from a £10 lunch menu, with dishes changing daily depending on the best produce the kitchen can get – it could be a pizza sandwich with proscuitto and tomato, a spicy pasta, or a gnocchi bake, always served with your choice of soft drink.
With its position on Deansgate Mews, Amò basks in the sunshine at lunchtimes.
And while it’s definitely a different concept to the original Salvi’s, Amò looks set to carry the family’s Italian food legacy into its next generation.
Georgina Pellant -
21st June 2023 
