Six new street-food kitchens will serve up a range of cuisines including Mexican, Greek and Thai
An artist’s impression of the Great Northern Market foodhall opening in Manchester Airport’s Terminal 2(Image: Manchester Airport)
Manchester Airport has announced details of the six street-food kitchens which will open in Terminal 2’s new market hall.
Southern-style buttermilk chicken, Mexican tacos, smash burgers and Pad Thai will all feature on menus in the new Terminal 2 Great Northern Market, due to open in the coming months.
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.
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Described as ‘first-of-its-kind’ by the airport, the market will cover a space of more than 1,000 square metres and have 500 seats.
An artist’s impression of the Great Northern Market foodhall opening in Manchester Airport’s Terminal 2 in the coming months (Image: Manchester Airport)
The kitchens have been confirmed by Retail Director Richard Jackson, speaking to the airport’s official podcast Manchester: Your Airport, MAN.
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; and Napoli Street Pizza.
In addition to the six street-food kitchens, which take inspiration from some of Manchester’s finest street eats, Mancunian institution Gooey will also be bringing its assortment of sweet treats to the Great Northern Market, from coffees to cookies and donuts.
Richard said: “The Great Northern Market will be Manchester Airport’s own market hall – six kitchens in one, more than 1,000 square metres and 500 seats.
“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.”
A new section of Manchester Airport’s Terminal 2 Depature’s Lounge which has already opened to the public(Image: Manchester Airport)
Jake Ansbro, co-founder of Gooey, added: “Gooey was born in Manchester, and the city has supported us from day one. Opening at Manchester Airport feels like a dream next step — a chance to share a little bit of what we do with people travelling across the world. We’re so excited to be part of The Great Northern Market celebrating Manchester next to some other amazing operators.”
Due to open in the coming months, the Great Northern Market is one of more than 20 new shops and restaurants opening in Terminal 2 as part of the second phase of Manchester Airport’s 10-year, £1.3bn 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.
Space from Terminal 1’s closure will also be used to expand Terminal 3, which will exclusively serve Ryanair passengers. A multi-million project is already underway to revamp Terminal 3 and one of the first features to open to the public will be a huge sports bar, named ‘Sporting Chance’, which will have 469 seats.
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