Roughly every couple of minutes, someone is beeping their horn, or shouting out of a car window to Alonso Ahsan outside his shop on Stockport Road. He smiles and waves back to all of them. He’s owned the Levenshulme Bakery for just about five years, but he’s pretty much a local celebrity at this stage.
And it’s all down to the power of good shawarma. Anyone with even a passing desire to seek out the city’s truly great sandwiches will likely already know Alonso, AJ and Zheko and all those at the Levvy Bakery, a quite singular kebab spot among a glut of pretenders.
It is bustling all day long, from when the doors open at 10am to when it closes at 9pm. You simply don’t get that unless you’re doing something right.
