Manchester’s latest food hall planned for Ducie Street Warehouse
The company behind Edinburgh Street Food wants to transform the ground floor of the grade two-listed building into a 15,000 sq ft dining destination to rival the city’s growing cohort of similar venues.
Manchester Street Food, run by Ben MacMillan and Andrew Marshall, has submitted an application to the city council seeking permission to rework the ground floor of Ducie Street Warehouse to create a food hall with more than 500 covers.
The scheme would see the large central bar and meeting rooms to the rear of the space removed. 10 kitchens would be installed around a central seating area and the venue would also utilise the building’s external terrace and feature two bar areas.
The existing cinema would be retained.
The applicants predict the scheme could generate £10m GVA and attract 600,000 visitors annually, according to a statement by consultant Turley.
Competition for customers in the Manchester food hall world is hotting up. In July, Market Place has signed a 15-year lease to operate a dining destination out of the ground floor of AM Alpha’s former Debenhams on Market Street in 2027.
Meanwhile, Mackie Mayor, Society, and New Century, are all a short distance away from one another.
MacMillan and Marshall plan to open the venue in 2026 and are actively looking at other UK cities, according to the Edinburgh Street Food website.
To learn more about the project, search for reference number 143830/FO/2025 on Manchester City Council’s planning portal.
In addition to the one planned at New Quay St / Water St, unless that has died a death already.
By Clouded Leopard
With a city centre population approaching 150,000 and increasing at a rate of about 10,000 per year currently there is more than enough demand for all these. Simply part of Manchester’s transition to a vibrant global city
By Anonymous
There is certainty a risk of over supply of these venues. Can already tell some venues like Diecast are not as busy as they used to be. More venues chasing a reducing or static number of customers
By J
Are these the same people that went bust in Sale and Stretford?
By Anonymous
Hi Anonymous. No, this is an entirely different venture. Best wishes, Dan
By Dan Whelan
New Century is usually very quiet
By Anonymous
What I don’t get is why all these foodhalls dont just expand to the towns /suburbs there’s a big demand for it just not all concentrated in the city centre . Look how well Altrincham food hall did.
By Anonymous
You have to laugh, the lack of originality in Town in stunning.
I can only assume this is the last throw of the dice as DSW has failed to claim any sort of cultural significance in the hospitality space.
By Anonymous