{"id":496855,"date":"2025-10-13T19:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/496855\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T19:00:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:00:18","slug":"manchester-primark-opens-stranger-things-cafe-with-scoops-ahoy-and-bennys-burgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/496855\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester Primark opens Stranger Things caf\u00e9 with Scoops Ahoy and Benny&#8217;s Burgers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The menu features spooky milkshakes and Totside Down tater tots<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_131025strangerthings9.jpg\" alt=\"The Stranger Things themed cafe at Primark in Manchester\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The Stranger Things themed cafe at Primark in Manchester(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">The countdown is on the for the much-anticipated final series of Stranger Things and there&#8217;s one place getting fans more excited than ever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Primark has launched its own cafes themed around the hit Netflix show and the one at Manchester&#8217;s <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/market-street\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Market Street<\/a> store opened on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">As with all of Primark&#8217;s pop-up cafes, which have been themed around everything from Lilo &amp; Stitch and The Grinch to The Lion King and Hello Kitty, all the food and drinks are based on aspects of the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Join our Family WhatsApp group <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/BEALASuz5fAK0G9A3XGW0t\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HERELink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_131025strangerthings7.jpg\" alt=\"The Stranger Things themed cafe at Primark in Manchester\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>The Stranger Things themed cafe at Primark in Manchester(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">The menu features Benny&#8217;s Burger Bar serving up snacks like the Surfer Boy Margherita Twist (\u00a35.50), Benny&#8217;s Diner Burger (\u00a36.50) and an American Hot Dog (\u00a35.95). And you can get Totside Down tater tots or cheesy tots too from \u00a33.95.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">There&#8217;s also sweet treats such as shakes and ice cream, priced from \u00a34.95. The Void is a black vanilla ice cream shake topped with cream, Oreo crumb and gummies. But you can still get some traditional flavours like strawberry, vanilla or chocolate topped with whipped cream.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Scoops Ahoy is serving up strawberry, chocolate or vanilla milkshake too, with toppings including Oreo crumb, strawberry sauce, chocolate sauce, toffee sauce, fudge pieces, marshmallows and whipped cream.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_131025strangerthings5.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the items from the new menu\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Some of the items from the new menu(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Visitors are greeted with a huge &#8216;welcome to Hawkins&#8217; entrance, while the walls feature the main characters from the show including Eleven, Mike, Dustin, Lucas and Will and of course the terrifying Demogorgon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">The caf\u00e9 is open 9am to 5pm Monday to Thursday, 9am to 6pm on Friday and Saturday and 10.30am to 4pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Season 5 Stranger Things will air on Netflix on November 26. The very first episode was shown in July 2016 and it&#8217;s been more than three years since Season 4 was released in May 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">The sci-fi \/ horror drama centres on a group of high school friends who find themselves fighting mysterious, dangerous forces in their small Indiana town of Hawkins.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_131025strangerthings11.jpg\" alt=\"The cafe at Primark's Market Street store\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>The cafe at Primark&#8217;s Market Street store(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">It&#8217;s been massively popular across the globe and in the UK, being the most streamed programme of 2022 and consistently ranking among the top watched Netflix shows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">The themed cafes are currently in Brahead near Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester and opening in Birmingham on October 14 and Cardiff on October 19. There&#8217;ll be open until the beginning of January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">As well as the cafes, Primark has a full Stranger Things range featuring hoodies, T-shirts, tote bags, caps and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The menu features spooky milkshakes and Totside Down tater totsThe Stranger Things themed cafe at Primark in Manchester(Image:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,8086,485,41991,451,488,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-496855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-manchester","12":"tag-manchester-city-centre","13":"tag-manchester-family","14":"tag-market-street","15":"tag-netflix","16":"tag-primark","17":"tag-tv","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115368403175794074","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}