{"id":648430,"date":"2025-12-22T14:24:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T14:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/648430\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T14:24:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T14:24:45","slug":"popular-greater-manchester-bar-asks-customers-to-bring-own-alcohol-in-major-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/648430\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Greater Manchester bar asks customers to ‘bring own alcohol’ in major update"},"content":{"rendered":"

The venue has experienced ‘unforeseen circumstances’<\/p>\n

10:38, 22 Dec 2025Updated 10:38, 22 Dec 2025<\/p>\n

\"VaultVault 2 in Denton<\/p>\n

A popular bar<\/a> and bistro in Greater Manchester has been forced to ask customers to bring in their own alcohol ahead of Christmas<\/a> due to a number of issues facing the venue.<\/p>\n

Vault 2 took over the former Royal Bank of Scotland site on Ashton<\/a> Road in Denton<\/a> in April last year. Since opening, it has been hailed for its contemporary dishes and good vibes. Earlier this year, bosses unveiled ambitious plans to open a rooftop bar<\/a> – which divided locals.<\/p>\n

The owners of the bar, and the associated Lorenzo Italian restaurant<\/a>, have now shared an important statement with customers ahead of the busy Christmas week after struggling with \u2018temporary licence issues\u2019. They said there had been a number of \u2018unforeseen circumstances\u2019.<\/p>\n

In a post on social media, the venue owners wrote: \u201cA quick and important update from Vault 2 & Lorenzo. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are currently experiencing a temporary licensing issue, which unfortunately means we cannot serve alcohol on the premises at present.<\/p>\n

\"EarlierEarlier this year, plans were submitted to open a new rooftop bar above a popular bistro in Denton(Image: Vault 2)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe good news? We are very much still open and welcoming you as normal for bookings, serving all food and soft drinks as usual. And let\u2019s be honest\u2026 it\u2019s Christmas. So if you fancy a festive bevvie (and who could blame you), you are more than welcome to bring your own alcohol. We\u2019ll do our absolute best to provide the appropriate glassware and make you as comfortable as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the update, the owners apologised for the situation and said that its licensing issues were purely down to a \u2018technical hiccup\u2019 and that it was working diligently to get the problems fixed as quickly as they can.<\/p>\n

The post added: \u201cWe sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and any confusion this may cause. This is a technical hiccup rather than anything more sinister, and we are working hard behind the scenes to get normal service resumed as soon as possible. Thank you, as always, for your patience, understanding, and continued support \u2014 it really does mean the world to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TheThe popular bar and bistro opened in the former Denton bank last year<\/p>\n

The restaurant has since written about how, despite the issues, they managed to have an \u2018absolutely rocking\u2019 night of service on Sunday evening (December 21). They wrote: \u201cHigh spirits all round as we roll with our bring-your-own bottle policy thanks to the ongoing licensing hiccups. Yeah, it\u2019s an issue \u2014 but this side of Christmas we\u2019re not letting it steal our sparkle.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s enough to contend with keeping up with tiramisu, Christmas dos, and judging the worst Christmas jumpers we\u2019ve ever seen. The sequins alone could power Denton. Festive fever has well and truly taken hold and as for us\u2026 we look more dishevelled by the hour \u2014 but smiling nonetheless.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vault 2 and Lorenzo are on 2 Ashton Road, Denton, M34 3AS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The venue has experienced ‘unforeseen circumstances’ 10:38, 22 Dec 2025Updated 10:38, 22 Dec 2025 Vault 2 in Denton…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,1025,393,4884,2465,18960,8886,8937,280,1026,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-648430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-denton-and-audenshaw","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-manchester-bars","14":"tag-manchester-restaurants","15":"tag-pubs-and-bars","16":"tag-restaurants","17":"tag-tameside","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115763680292645159","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648430","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=648430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}