Food & Drink
McDonald’s reopens another 497 drive-thrus from today
Amazing news!!
McDonald’s has been reopening hundreds of drive-thrus for delivery this week and a load more have opened in Greater Manchester.
Great news for Big Mac fans, as a further 497 McDonald’s are reopening from today as the chain continues its efforts to get back to business.
The plans state that all 924 drive-thrus will be open by Thursday.
Today, along with the hundreds of restaurants open for takeaway, 43 more restaurants reopened for McDelivery.
Announcing the changes, a McDonald’s spokesperson said: “This is only possible following the hard work of the teams in our 44 pilot restaurants.
“Over the last fortnight, our employees, franchisees and suppliers have worked tirelessly to implement new procedures to enable safe working so that we can now help all parts of the UK and Ireland to enjoy the return of the Big Mac.”
Things are a little different to normal under the golden arches with face coverings, gloves, perspex screens.
The new safety and hygiene processes mean not only will it look different but things will take a little longer. Coupled with high demand, getting your Maccies fix is likely going to require some serious queuing.
As part of social distancing measures in the restaurants, each will be operating with a reduced team and therefore a reduced menu. You can see the new reduced menu here.
A full list of the McDonald’s opening from today is below. You can download the app to locate your nearest restaurant
McDonald’s drive-thrus that reopen today
- Wyboston
- Bedford Aspects
- Bedford Interchange
- Hockliffe
- Bedford – Elms Parc
- Antrim – The Junction Retail Park
- Slough Ii
- Newbury Retail Park
- Reading – Oxford Road
- Bracknell – The Keep
- Newbury 3
- Reading Gate Retail Park
- Slough – The Prince Of Wales Ph
- Reading – Forbury Retail Park
- Slough Uno – Bestobell
- Reading – Lower Earley
- Calcot Relocation
- Biggleswade
- Galashiels
- Bristol Fishponds
- Aylesbury 2
- Whittlesford
- Cambridge – Newmarket Road
- Wisbech – Cromwell Centre
- Caxton Gibbet
- Ely Leisure Village
- Llanelli
- Crosshands
- Carmarthen
- Aberystwyth
- Winwick Road
- Chester 2
- Warrington – Gemini Retail Park
- Altrincham Retail Park
- Birchwood Warrington
- Broughton Parc
- Stonecross Business Park
- Warrington – Riverside
- Crewe – Macon Way
- Sandbach
- Crewe – Dunwoody
- Bristol Cribbs
- Bristol Brislington
- Bristol
- Bristol Patchway
- Bristol Bedminster
- Bristol Filton
- Bristol Hengrove
- Bristol Longwell Green
- Portishead
- Kinnaird Pk
- London Road Edinburgh
- Gorgie Road
- Telford Road
- Edinburgh – Corstorphine
- Edinburgh – Straiton
- Seafield Road
- Parkhead
- Helen St
- Anniesland
- Glasgow – London Road
- Glasgow – Kirkintilloch
- Darnley
- Castlemilk
- Alloa
- Chirk – Wales
- Mallow
- Maynooth Drive Thru
- Cashel
- Tralee
- Llandudno
- Abergele
- Llandudno Junction
- Musgrave Park Dt
- Sprucefield F/S
- Newtown Abbey
- Westwood Shopping Centre
- Glengormley – Belfast
- Connswater
- Ballymena
- Carrickfergus
- Castlereagh – Saintfields
- Portadown
- Lurgan
- Rushmere – Shopping Centre
- Dundonald F/S
- Downpatrick – County Down
- Newry – Damolly Retail Park
- Banbridge
- Hartlepool
- Durham-arnison Centre
- Wolviston
- Peterlee – Castle Dene Shopping Centre
- Thinford – County Durham
- Consett- Pond Court Business Park
- Dalton Park
- Thornaby
- Stanley
- Coleraine
- Londonderry – Strand Rd
- Londonderry – Crescent Link
- Cookstown – N Ireland
- Workington Derwent Drive
- Carlisle – Kingstown Retail Park
- Barrow In Furness D/T
- Whitehaven – Bridges Retail Park
- Penrith Castle
- Dalkeith
- Osmaston Derby
- Derby Wyvern
- Derby Markeaton Park
- Breadsall
- Ripley – Butterley Park
- Swadlincote- Belmont Street
- Ilkeston Drive Thru
- Derby – Commercial Park
- Matlock
- Barnstaple – Eastern Ave
- Barnstaple – Roundswell
- Tiverton
- Bideford
- Weymouth Ii
- Kilmarnock
- Kilmarnock Bellfield Interchange
- Dunbar
- Glasgow – Thornliebank
- Bexhill-on-sea
- Brighton Marina
- Eastbourne Ii
- Uckfield
- St Leonards
- Polegate
- Maresfield
- Killarney – Park Road
- Orsett Cock
- Harlow The Oaks Retail Park
- Maldon
- Tilbury
- Harold Hill
- Canvey Island D/T
- Rayleigh Weir
- Southend 3
- Harlow – Hastingwood
- Harlow – Staple Tye
- Waltham Abbey
- Gallows Corner
- Weeley
- Southchurch
- Hadleigh
- Clacton – Brook Retail Park
- Grangemouth
- Gateway A55
- Flint – Holywell Road A548
- Holywell (Singing Kettle)
- Mold
- Swansea Morriston
- Skewen
- Britton Ferry
- Caerphilly
- Llantrisant – Glamorgan Retail Park
- Swansea M4 Junction 47
- Swansea – Cwmdu
- Swansea – Fabian Way
- Blackwood – High Road
- Merthyr Tydfil – Cyfartha Retail Park
- Milngavie
- Braehead
- Rutherglen
- Glasgow – Great Western Retail Park
- Gloucester Hardwicke
- Gloucester Bristol Road
- Cheltenham 2
- Gloucester Barnwood
- Cirencester
- Stroud
- Yate
- Gloucester – St Oswalds
- Heathrow Dt
- Feltham
- Lombardy Retail Park
- Enfield 2
- Wembley Park
- Enfield – Gardeners Arms
- Croydon – The Poppy Ph
- Whitefield
- Wigan Gower St
- Elk Mill Retail Park
- Walkden
- Radcliffe
- Wigan Marus Bridge
- Urmston
- Pendlebury
- Tyldesley
- Wythenshawe Civic Centre
- Manchester – Baguley
- Manchester – Salford Rialto
- Wigan – Platt Bridge
- Eccles – West One
- Wigan Morris Street
- Leigh Parsonage Retail Park
- Caernarfon-arfon Garage
- Bangor – Caernarfon Road
- Hedge End
- Shirley Road Southampton
- Farnborough Gate
- Southampton Esplanade
- Black Cat
- Cosham
- Fareham Drive Thru
- Southampton – Millbrook
- Portsmouth Ocean Retail Park
- Petersfield – Winchester Road
- Portsmouth – Fratton
- Havant 2
- A31 Picket Post
- Farnborough Tumble Down Dick
- Totton
- Portsmouth – North Harbour
- Waterlooville
- Aldershot – Ash Road
- Gosport – Brockhurst Gate
- Harwich
- Hemel Hempstead – Maylands Avenue
- Hatfield
- Bourne End
- Stevenage Ii
- Jarman Fields
- Stevenage Leisure Park
- Hitchin
- London Colney – The Bell
- Apsley
- St Albans Retail Park
- Royston
- Letchworth
- Greenock 1
- Douglas F/S
- Waterford
- Galway Retail Park
- Roscrea
- Tullamore
- Newbridge Moorefield – The Crescent
- Cork 4 – Mallow Road
- Galway – Westside
- Midleton
- Ashbourne
- Dungarvan D/T
- Portlaoise
- Ballincollig Dt
- Naas Dt
- Holyhead – Kingland Road / A55
- Isle Of Man
- Isle Of Wight-brading Road
- Canterbury Ii
- Westwood
- Sawyers Arms
- Ashford Orbital Park
- Sevenoaks
- Bromley – Garden Gate Ph
- Ashford – Eureka Park
- Minster Services
- Maidstone – Broadway
- Aylesford
- Preston Riversway
- Blackpool Cherry Tree Road
- Capitol Centre
- Ewood
- Haslingden – Rising Bridge
- Woodfields Retail Park
- Whitebirk
- Blackpool Squires Gate
- Rochdale Sandbrook Park
- Preston Deepdale
- Leyland
- Pilsworth
- Fleetwood
- Rochdale – Kingsway Retail Park
- Westhoughton – Pavillion Square
- Blackpool – Rigby Road
- Colne
- Lytham
- Chorley – Clifford Street
- Accrington
- Clitheroe – Ribble Valley Business Park
- Darwen – J4(M65)
- Skelmersdale
- Manchester Fort
- Rawtenstall
- Fosse Park
- Abbey Lane
- Appleby Magna
- Coalville
- Melton Mowbray
- Wigston
- Loughborough – Epinal Way
- Thurmaston
- Hinckley 2
- Leicester – Meridian Way
- Market Harborough
- Ashby De La Zouch
- Monks Rest – Hamilton
- Loughborough – Warwick Way
- Dowells Trade Park, Hinckley
- Spalding Dt
- Long Sutton
- Boston
- Stamford
- Skegness – Grand Parade
- Bourne
- Sutterton
- Formby
- Prescot Retail Park
- Leytonstone Dt
- Canning Town
- Yorkshire Grey
- Highway Shadwell
- Brent Park D/T
- Commercial Road
- Woolwich 2
- Greenford 2
- North Acton
- Croydon – Colonnades
- Aintree
- Southport – Kew
- St Helens Linkway
- Liverpool – Switch Island
- Earlestown
- Southport – Ocean Plaza
- St Helens – Chalon Way
- Cameron Toll
- Port Talbot
- Glynneath – A465
- Newbridge
- Swaffham
- Campbells Meadow Kings Lynn
- Thetford – Forest Retail Park
- West Lynn
- Coatbridge
- Cumbernauld
- Wishaw
- Airdrie
- A8 Showcase
- Bellshill
- Scunthorpe 2
- Scunthorpe – Doncaster Road
- Skipton – Millenium Way
- Weston Favell
- Northampton Sixfields
- Towcester
- Rothwell
- Northampton Riverside
- Daventry
- Corby 2
- Wellingborough 2
- Raunds Service Station
- Kettering – Orion Way
- Kettering Northfield
- Wellingborough – London Road
- Northampton Kettering Road
- Corby 3
- Northampton – St James Retail Park
- Belfast – Boucher Road
- Strabane
- Belfast – Shore Road
- Tesco Knocknagoney
- Berwick-upon-tweed
- Ashington
- Alnwick
- Castle Marina
- Valley Rd
- Trentbridge
- Bulwell
- Arnold – Nottingham Road
- Langley Mill
- Nottingham Victoria Rp
- Nottingham – Clifton
- Nottingham – Nuthall Road
- Abingdon
- Benson – Oxford Road
- Baynards Green
- Bicester
- Haverfordwest
- Pembroke Dock Retail Park
- Port Glasgow – Retail Park
- Newtown – Powys
- Linwood
- Renfrew Road
- Aberdare
- Tonypandy
- Treforest – Pontypridd
- East Kilbride – The Whirlies
- Shrewsbury-meole Brace
- Telford 2
- Telford – Forge
- Telford – Donnington
- Shrewsbury – Battlefields
- Whitchurch
- Shropshire Newport Retail Park
- Bridgwater
- Taunton 2
- Yeovil
- Street
- Bath – 2
- Sparkford
- Minehead – Vulcan Road
- Frome – Sandy Hills Lane
- Ayr
- East Kilbride 1
- Hamilton 2
- Hamilton Palace
- Hillsborough
- Meadowhall 2
- Sheffield – Farm Road
- Sheffield Archer Road
- Sheffield – Darnall Road
- St Ives – Bramley Road
- Stafford Kingsmead
- Cannock Longford
- Burton 2
- Tamworth 2
- Cannock Church Street
- Uttoxeter Dt
- Burton On Trent
- Cannock Hawks Green
- Lichfield – Wall Island
- Stafford – Eccleshall Road
- Tamworth Wilnecote
- Rugeley – The Towers
- Burntwood – Cannock Road
- Stirling – Drip Road
- Falkirk D/T
- Stowmarket
- Felixstowe
- Barton Mills
- Camberley Ii
- Earlswood
- Woking – Morrisons Site
- Newhaven
- Swansea – Morfa Shopping Park
- Eston
- Teesside
- Stockton On Tees
- Middlesbrough Dt Riverside
- Coulby Newham
- Portrack Lane
- Redcar – Thrush Road
- Middlesbrough – Leisure Park
- Hartlepool Marina
- Pontypool
- Team Valley
- Skelton
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Leamington Spa 2
- Nuneaton-bermuda Park
- Warwick
- Dumbarton
- Balloch – Old Luss Road
- Coventry
- Penn Road
- Coventry Alvis
- Coventry Canley
- Yenton
- Great Bridge
- All Saints Way
- Coseley
- Wolves Fallings Park
- New Oscott
- Willenhall
- Wednesfield
- Walsall Bescot
- Bilston
- Reedswood
- Gallagher Retail Park Dt
- Walsall – Rushall
- Bassetts Pole – A38
- Binley – Coventry
- Wolverhampton – Stafford Road
- Dudley – Upper Gornal
- Walsall – Littleton Centre
- Gatwick Dt
- Arundel
- Burgess Hill
- Crawley Sainsburys Drive Thru
- Chichester Ii
- East Grinstead White Lion
- Shoreham By Sea
- Buck Barn A24 / A272
- Chichester
- Bognor Regis – Oldlands Way
- Huddersfield Leeds Road
- Keighley 2
- Chippenham
- Trowbridge
- Melksham
- Cheshire Oaks
- Droitwich
- Huddersfield Gallagher Retail Park
- Durham Msa
Food & Drink
Popeyes opening new drive-thru in Manchester tomorrow with FREE chicken
It’s the second Popeyes to open in Manchester
Louisiana-style fried chicken chain Popeyes has announced plans to open more restaurants this year, including a second site in Greater Manchester – which opens tomorrow, Friday April 26th.
The chain opened its 33rd UK site in Piccadilly Gardens in October last year, which proved an instant hit with visitors forming queues along the street and around the corner just to sample its classic Southern fried chicken.
Regular customers have learned to take early lunches to avoid the rush as it fills up with hungry people every day.
Now its new drive-thru, located on Bury New Road, is opening tomorrow, Friday April 26th, with both the doors and lanes officially opening from 11am.
Greater Manchester and the North West’s first drive-thru location, the restaurant will mark the brand’s 11th opening in 2024 and 47th site in the UK.
And of course, they’re giving away FREE chicken on opening day, with the first three people queuing both on-foot and in cars winning free Chicken Sandwiches for a whole year.
As well as that, the first 25 customers in both queues will also be rewarded with a free Chicken Sandwich and exclusive Popeyes merchandise.
You’ll have to get there early if you want to be one of the first three, however, as fans queued for more than 16 hours when the Piccadilly Gardens site opened last year.
And from Saturday, April 27th, you’ll also be able to grab breakfast at the new restaurant.
The ‘Brekkie’ menu features British Breakfast classics with a New Orleans twist, like the Big Cajun Breakfast Roll, Cajun Hash Browns and Nutella-topped buttermilk biscuits.
Breakfast will be available until 11am every day, and will even include a Bacon Roll Meal for just £1.99, which includes a Bacon Roll, a Hash Brown and a drink.
For those who have not yet had the pleasure of sampling Popeyes’ crunchy flavoursome goodness, its menu features classic offerings like the Chicken Sandwich, with signature 12-hour marinated chicken and original Southern biscuits and gravy.
Additionally, a variety of side dishes like mac & cheese, mash with Cajun gravy, and original biscuits will be served, alongside milkshakes in various flavours including vanilla, chocolate, mocha, and specialities like Oreo, Lotus Biscoff, and strawberry cheesecake.
What’s more, fans across the UK can now start their day with a Cajun twist – with Popeyes Breakfast Menu now available nationwide.
Tom Crowley, Popeyes UK Chief Executive Officer, commented: “Following the success of our Manchester Piccadilly restaurant, we are thrilled to bring our newest Popeyes to Bury New Road, marking our third restaurant in the North West.
“Our new restaurant will also be a Drive-Thru, meaning customers in Greater Manchester can enjoy our Famous Louisiana Chicken by dining in, via the Drive Thru lane, or by ordering online for kerbside collection.
“Our most recent openings have been some of the biggest to date, not just in the UK but for Popeyes globally, and we’re confident that Bury New Road will be just as popular.”
If you fancy winning free Chicken Sandwiches for a year, but don’t have time to queue up outside the new restaurant, then keep your eyes peeled on our Instagram tomorrow, Friday April 26th, as we’re going to be running a competition where you can win just that!
T&Cs: Offer entitles the holder to 3 free Chicken Sandwiches per week for 52 weeks. The 12 months starts on receipt of the email containing the first 3 links. Available in any Popeyes Louisiana Chicken UK restaurant, only on our Classic or Spicy Chicken Sandwich. Non transferable, not valid in conjunction with any other offer. Offer is redeemable only when you order online for collection through our website. Over 18s only.
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Popular Italian launches new menu with fresh cheesy pesto pasta and king prawns
If you’re in search of an authentic Italian dining experience in Manchester, look no further than Italiana Fifty Five
A popular Italian restaurant in Manchester has launched a new A La Carte menu.
Italiana Fifty Five has added some appetising new dishes to its menu to expand its offering this spring.
Diners can sample the newly added seasonal items and its authentic classic Italian favourites at all three of its Manchester sites – at the Great Northern, Liverpool Road and Didsbury.
The new A La Carte dishes include Gamberoni Grigliata which is tiger prawns cooked in garlic, butter, lemon and fresh chilli and served with toasted altamura bread for £13.95.
Also new to the menu is the Zoupa which is a hearty seafood soup with king scallops, king prawns, and muscles for £13.95.
Brand new appetisers include the Insalata Tricolore with avocado, beef tomato and buffalo mozzarella for £9.50, and the Bruschetta Speciale made with toasted sourdough bread and buffalo mozzarella spread, roasted heritage cherry tomatoes, garlic, onion, fresh basil and pesto for £9.75.
And if that’s not enough to entice you, diners can also tuck in to the new risotto and pasta dishes, including Risotto Zafferano which is a saffron risotto with parsley, garlic, onion and pecorino cheese for £14.95.
And the Trofie ala Pesto made with trofie pasta in homemade pesto sauce, finished with buffalo mozzarella for £14.95.
Complete your visit on a sweet note and indulge in one of Italiana Fifty Five’s best-loved desserts such as the Tiramisu or panna cotta.
To find out more or book a table at Italiana Fifty Five, click HERE.
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Restaurant famed for ‘cheese wheel pasta’ and ‘towering lasagnas’ looking to come to Manchester
A taste of la dolce vita could be coming to Manchester
The ‘OTT’ group famous for its pasta served in a wheel of cheese and 10-level lasagnas is reportedly looking to open a new Italian restaurant in Manchester city centre.
French-based Big Mamma Group, which owns over-the-top Italian restaurants in London – Gloria, Carlotta, Jacuzzi, Ave Mario and Circolo Popolare – will open a new venue in Gary Neville’s under-construction St Michael’s development off Deansgate.
Its restaurants are known for their flamboyant, retro interiors, resembling vintage maximalism Italian eateries, as well as US-style red sauce joints.
The regularly changing menus feature a variety of Italian classics, including fettuccine alfredo al tartufo, spaghetti with meatballs, a famous ’10 level’ lasagne and carbonara served in a huge cheese wheel.
The Manchester restaurant will be the first UK venue to be located outside of London and will – sit alongside the also announced Japanese-Peruvian restaurant Chotto Matte, also to be built at St Michael’s.
The move follows a host of other operators in the capital choosing to open new sites in Manchester.
Soon to arrive in the city will be the likes of Caravan, Flat Iron, Soho House and Blacklock.
Big Mamma – which was founded in 2013 by French entrepreneurs Victor Lugger and Tigrane Seydoux – has more than 20 restaurants across Europe including Paris, Monaco, Milan, Madrid and Berlin.
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