El Gato Negro launches with style!

Guests at the opening event, including celebrity chef Simon Rimmer, were treated to welcome drinks and a speech from founder and Chef Patron Simon Shaw on his ambitious plans for the restaurant at 52 King Street, Manchester. Canapes cosisted of delicacies from the impressive ground floor charcuterie counter along with a range of cocktails, including a fabulous Tio Pepe and quince gin bellini.

In the first floor restaurant the food and wine offering takes centre stage, with food being served from the open finishing kitchen. A range of tapas plates were presented paired with a Barbiana Manzanilla before moving onto more complex dishes such as confit of belly pork with rosemary flavour arrocina beans and Carabineros prawns with shellfish rice, giving just a hint of what delights the menu has in store.

Moving onto the third floor, you'll find the home of 'The Black Cat at El Gato Negro', the restaurant’s dedicated cocktail bar situated at the top of the building. Here you can savour a selection of Beverage Manager Garry Foy’s exclusive cocktail creations under the retractable roof, which opens to reveal the Manchester sky. A sherry cobbler was given a classy treatment and a Pedro Ximenez cocktail was a perfect finale to the night.