Popular Heaton Moor restaurant closes its doors for good
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe Moor, the much-loved restaurant in Heaton Moor, has closed down, its owners have confirmed. In a pained statement on its website, it cited insurmountable problems with increased overheads, from produce to energy costs.
The neighbourhood spot on Shaw Road had only been open since 2020, during which time it had received a number of rave reviews for its solid cooking, some dubbing its chips - only ever served with its rib steak - the ‘best in Manchester’.
Chef James Hulme said: “This is tough to write, we have taken the decision to close our doors. The last two years have been crazy, we set out with the intention to offer some of the North West’s best produce at a reasonable price. “We did everything to make this happen but ultimately, for a restaurant that wanted to be as sustainable as possible - from making charcoal, utilising every piece of the animal or fish, having close to zero waste and working with small independents - we believe that moving forward, as a business, this simply isn’t sustainable.” In sentiments which echo what the owners of the Sowerby Bridge gastropub The Moorcock announced last week, Hulme added that ‘this is not the time be running a small independent business’.
He went on: “We do not want to compromise on what we serve by buying in cheaper mass produced food served with horrendous mark ups.
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