NEW OPENING: Batard Bakery to open permanent city centre venue

New kid on the block Batard Bakery is set to open a new cafe and bakery inside SEESAW on Princess Street, where it will offer a whole array of delicious baked goods.

Born out of lockdown by the founding head baker of Manchester’s overwhelmingly popular cookie and doughnut delivery service, Gooey, Batard started its life as a pop up, operating out of various venues such as Hatch and General Store, quickly becoming well known and loved for it’s vast selection of fresh pastries, pasties and pies.

And now, Batard is ready to take the next step – as of the end of this month, the bakery will be taking up a permanent residency inside SEESAW, a co-working space catered towards creatives.

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Lewis Loughman and co-owner Dorothy Jaffa will be serving up the bakes they’ve become known and loved for with a carefully curated menu consisting of both breakfast and lunch items.

Locally sourced produce will be used to make every product up for grabs – the meat will come from Littlewoods, cheese from The Crafty Cheese Man and veg from beyond organic farm Cinderwood. 

And fans of Batard’s famed steak bakes will be pleased to hear that these will be making a return in their permanent shop, alongside a number of new dishes that are yet to be revealed.

Coffee will also be served by SEESAW’s baristas using local roastery Swansong, as will a selection of natural wines provided by local neighbourhood wine store KERB, local beers and a variety of unique and homemade cocktails.

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Speaking on the latest addition to the work space, Philip Hannaway, Managing Director at SEESAW said: “We’re really excited to welcome Batard into SEESAW. As a fellow startup they share our love of the creative and doing things differently.

“We couldn’t think of a better addition to our SEESAW cafe offer and we look forward to our members, as well as the public, enjoying what we have to offer between us.”

Batard Bakery & Kitchen will be found inside SEESAW at 86 Princess St, Manchester M1 6NG. An official opening date is yet to be confirmed, so make sure to follow Batard on Instagram to stay posted with any updates.