Giggs and Neville set to open trio of restaurants
FORMER Manchester United stars Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs are set to open three restaurants with chef renowned chef Michael O’Hare.
O’Hare runs the Michelin-starred The Man Behind The Curtain in Leeds, but is now developing a trio of Manchester restaurants called The Man Who Fell To Earth, Are Friends Electric, and The Rabbit In The Moon with Neville and Giggs, who have also become big property developers in the city.
The Rabbit In The Moon, run by head chef Luke Cokerill, will be named after an Asian fable and offering “space-age Asian” food comprising 17 courses in a fast-paced tasting menu at the National Football Museum, said The Manchester Evening News.
The other two restaurants will be located in the Stock Exchange on Norfolk Street, the location Giggs and Neville’s forthcoming second Manchester hotel.
The Man Who Fell To Earth is described as more formal, with an à la carte menu in a Parisian ballroom-style restaurant.
Are Friends Electric will be a rooftop restaurant where diners can sit at the pass and plate up dishes.
Built in 1906, the Edwardian Baroque-style Stock Exchange is believed to have been acquired by Neville and Giggs two years ago for £1.5m.
The duo opened the 133-bedroom Hotel Football in 2015, and also run two Café Football venues – one in Westfield Stratford in London and another within Hotel Football.
