An Italian pizzeria serving ‘the best pizza in the world’ is coming to King Street
The first Da Michele restaurant outside of Italy opened in London in 2017 - and now it's coming to Manchester, taking over the former Zizzi unit on King Street.
One of the ‘best pizzerias in the world’ is moving to Manchester city centre.
L’Antica Pizzeria Da Michele – which is famous for serving the ‘only two types’ of Neapolitan margherita or marinara – is officially moving to King Street; having gained a global reputation as the ‘Sacred Temple of Pizza’ since opening in Naples over 150 years ago.
Founded in 1870 by the Condurro family, a self-confessed group of pizza fanatics, the slices at Da Michele have always been made according to simple but uncompromising principles.
The fifth-generation pizza masters now running the restaurant continue to be ever-faithful to the original instructions, using the same recipe created all those years ago.
Pizzeria Da Michele is famous for serving the ‘only two types’ of Neapolitan pizza / Credit: Instagram (@pizzeriadamichele)
Da Michele still uses the same recipe today as when the first restaurant opened / Credit: Instagram (@pizzeriadamichele)
The restaurant shot to international fame in 2010 when Julia Roberts visited in the film Eat, Pray, Love, stating: “I am having a relationship with this pizza, almost an affair” in a line taken from Elizabeth Gilbert’s 2006 memoir, from which the film is adapted.
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The first Da Michele restaurant outside of Italy opened in London in 2017 – and now it’s coming to Manchester, taking over the former Zizzi unit on King Street.
The news was announced by property company Barker Proudlove on their Instagram page last week, when they posted an update stating: “Barker Proudlove are proud to have completed a deal with @pizzeriadamichele to bring their world famous pizza to Manchester, in their new home at 53 King Street!”
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While the restaurant keeps the simplistic approach of only serving two options of pizza in its homeland of Italy, the London arm of Da Michele appears to have a little more variation, with a lengthier pizza menu, pasta and other Italian treats.
Although unconfirmed, it’s expected that the Manchester branch will do the same.
No date for the opening of the Manchester branch of L’Antica Pizzeria Da Michele has been revealed yet, so you’ll need to keep your eyes peeled for updates.
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‘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.”
Georgina Pellant -
27th May 2021 
