Manchester’s Italian staple Salvi’s has announced it will be opening outdoor terraces at two of its venues in time for April 12.
The beloved family-run establishment – which specialises in the best recipes from the Campania region – has kept chins up throughout lockdown; running online cooking tutorials, building bespoke hampers, and operating a takeaway service for customers.
Owners have confirmed Salvi’s is set for a true comeback from next month – providing a ‘little slice of Italy’ in Manchester via their specially-created outdoor terraces.
Salvi’s is now taking bookings at two locations in the city centre – including its Northern Quarter restaurant and its flagship venue at the Corn Exchange.
Customers can expect the classic menu – including gorgeous pizza, pasta and antipasti dishes – along with wine, cocktails and music.
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Salvi’s owner Maurizio Cecco said: “It’s been way too long since we welcomed our family of customers into our restaurants.
“We are not quite there yet but our specially created terraces are definitely better than the next best thing!
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“It is time to get booked in, come along and let us look after you in true Salvi’s style; great food, amazing drinks, brilliant music and the warmest service in town! We can’t wait to see your smiling faces.”
Salvi’s opened its first restaurant in Manchester almost a decade ago and now has five premises dotted across the city centre – including Salvi’s Cucina and Napoletana venues on John Dalton Street.
Salvi’s Deli has continued to operate as a food shop throughout the latest lockdown.
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April 12 will see two of its restaurants return temporarily as outdoor venues – with an indoor reopening planned for when government restrictions are lifted in May.
Book a table on a terrace of your choice by calling 0161 222 8021 or online.
Food & Drink
A restaurant in Manchester is hosting a bottomless carbonara night
Daisy Jackson
A restaurant in Manchester has announced its first-ever ‘Carbonara Night’, with unlimited helpings of the popular pasta dish.
The Pasta Factory on Shudehill will be inviting diners to tuck into bottomless carbonara, with the chance to eat it all for free.
The restaurant recently celebrated its 10th birthday in the city, where it’s been serving fresh pasta dishes made by hand every single day.
When The Pasta Factory first opened, it chose not to sell carbonara, worried that the traditional recipe (guanciale, egg yolk, cheese – and absolutely no cream) wouldn’t be to the taste of diners in Manchester.
But realising there was an appetite for authentic Italian cooking, carbonara has made its way onto the menu and become a firm favourite.
And now The Pasta Factory is hosting an entire night dedicated to this delicious pasta dish.
There’ll be bottomless carbonara being served up in this cosy corner of Manchester, for one night only this month.
Your booking will get you a table for 90 minutes, during which time you can order unlimited portions of carbonara.
And if you manage to eat more than five carbonaras, Pasta Factory will give you your meal for free.
The bottomless carbonara night at Pasta Factory in Manchester will take place on Wednesday 18 February, with tickets priced at £30 per night.
Inside Kouba, Deansgate Square’s stunning new Lebanese restaurant and shisha bar
Daisy Jackson
A stunning new Lebanese restaurant and shisha bar has opened at the foot of the Deansgate Square towers, with an iced latte tap, shisha bar, and all-day dining.
Kouba has taken over the former Salvi’s site in the glamorous neighbourhood, and just days after opening, it’s packed to the rafters.
The space has been transformed from family-style Italian restaurant into a Middle Eastern oasis.
Kouba operates as a three-in-one concept, doing coffees and brunches in the daytimes before transforming to a lively Lebanese restaurant by night.
It also has a sizeable terrace (blissfully weather-proof) which doubles up as a late-night shisha lounge, open into the early hours.
This newcomer to the city has already found fame online with moments like an indulgent iced salted brown butter oat latte, served from a tap (plus the whole menu of other iced drinks).
There’s also a sharing cheesecake for two that’s built before your eyes, and hot cookies with soft serve, alongside pastries from the award-winning La Chouquette bakery.
Brunch menu dishes will include signatures like the ‘Pocket Toast’, with fillings including smash burger, bacon and egg, and avocado and egg, alongside smoothies, juices and matchas.
As for the restaurant menu, there’ll be a full Lebanese food offering that includes hot and cold mezze, and Lebanese favourites like meshwi, lamb chops, and moussaka.
Click or swipe through the gallery below to see inside
Inside Kouba at Deansgate SquareThe iced latte tapThe private dining roomThe shisha loungeA full spread of foodThe coffee shop section of KoubaIced matcha and pastries from La ChouquetteDinner at KoubaCookies and soft serve
Kouba is now open and will be operational seven days a week from 8am-2am.
The Manc -
24th March 2021 
