Manchester Airport – part of Manchester Airports Group (a Partner of the FTE World Ancillary & Retailing Working Group and a Corporate Partner of the FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub) – is to open a ‘market hall’ style eating area as part of the £1.3 billion redevelopment of Terminal 2. The Great Northern Market will feature six street-food kitchens set around a central dining area, meaning groups of people can order from different, rotating pop-ups and still eat together.
The first kitchens to open will be:
- Nashville Hot House, serving buttermilk chicken and other Southern favourites
- The Black Iron Grill, serving smash burgers and loaded fries
- Kouzina, with Greek and Mediterranean inspired street eats
- La Casita, offering a variety of Mexican dishes
- Palms Café, serving pan-Asian dishes
- Napoli Street Pizza
In addition to the six street-food kitchens, Mancunian institution Gooey will also be bringing its assortment of sweet treats to the Great Northern Market, from coffees to cookies and donuts.
“The Great Northern Market will be Manchester Airport’s own market hall – six kitchens in one, more than 1,000sqm and 500 seats,” said Richard Jackson, Retail Director, Manchester Airport. “It’s going to be a real hit with the Manchester crowd. Whatever you want, there’s something for everyone – and there will be a takeaway option as well, so you can eat in this huge 500-seat market hall area with plenty of seating, or you can just grab something to take on your flight. As you can imagine, it’s a very complicated build because we’re not just doing the one kitchen, we’re doing six, but it’s coming along well and we’re really excited to share it with our passengers.”
Due to open in the coming months, the Great Northern Market is one of more than 20 new shops and restaurants opening in T2 as part of the second phase of Manchester Airport’s 10-year, £1.3 billion transformation programme, now nearing completion. Earlier this year, a new section of the departure lounge opened that will adjoin the Great Northern Market, housing the likes of LEGO, Rituals, and Joe & The Juice.
Once complete, the project will more than double the size of Terminal 2 and turn it into Manchester Airport’s main centre of gravity, with Terminal 1 set to close.
