New Moon to bring The Bronx to Knutsford

NEW Moon Company, the ambitious Cheshire leisure business, is opening a second site in Knutsford.

The company founded by chef David Mooney and restaurateur Paul Newman, is investing around £150,000 in the Bronx Bar & Pizzetteria on Princess Street in the town.

Opening in November, the new eatery will create around 20 jobs, Newman said.

Bronx Bar will be New Moon’s eighth site, and the “edgy cocktail-led bar”  is a new concept for the business.

Newman said: “We’ve taken on the site which closed earlier this year and we’re very excited to bring  Bronx Bar to life and create the look, feels and sounds of New York in Cheshire.

“We’re pushing forward and preparing for what will be a very busy few months in the run up to Christmas.”

The site is being designed by DV8 Designs and will have a laidback, intimate, and industrial ‘down and dirty feel.’

Newman, added: “Our sister restaurant, The Old Sessions House, is three years old and one of our biggest issues is the place isn’t big enough. Knutsford has always been about food, now it can be a little about wet stuff rather than just solids; a cool alternative to our customers’ nights. Right up the street.”

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