AIDEN BYRNE BRINGS HIS CULINARY MAGIC TO SALFORD AS HE TAKES OVER THE HISTORIC GRADE-II LISTED BLACK FRIAR

Aiden Byrne has announced that he is to take over the Grade-II listed Black Friar pub on the corner of Blackfriars Road and Trinity Way.

The mersey born chef who won a Michelin Star aged just 22-yeas-old has teamed up with the Done brothers developer arm Salboy to transform the pub into the centre piece of the local Blackfriars development.

The new design will retain the use of all three floors of the original building with the addition of a new single level glazed building to the side so long as permission is granted by council planners when plans are put forward next month. The Chef is hoping to be open for business by late summer.

The pub will feature a traditional interior with wood panelling and open fires, a first floor fine dining restaurant with 20-25 covers, whilst the new glass structure will house a more casual dining experience with an open kitchen.

Both Salboy and it's construction partner Domis will be putting up £2m in funding for the project with an additional sizeable investment from Byrne who closed his 'Restaurant Manchester' early last year citing problems with the rolling lease on the building giving him no other choice. His former staff will reportedly be retained and put to work in this new venture.