Though the city’s hospitality scene is facing unprecedented challenges, there’s also a lot to get excited about. Like Higher Ground.
Originally a pop-up, it found three friends who met in New York (via London and Copenhagen) finally landing together in Manchester. All three had worked in some pretty dazzling restaurants.
Front-of-house man Richard Cossins had worked with three-star chef Simon Rogan at his restaurant at Claridge’s in London. Chef Joe Otway had been working at the Michelin-starred Relae in Copenhagen, and all three - wine expert Daniel Craig-Martin making up the trifecta - worked together at the (two star) Blue Hill at Stone Barns, just north of Manhattan.
