“I saw a picture of myself before Elnecot opened the other day,” Dokes and Elnecot owner Michael Clay says as he brings over a bowl of steaming pasta, pizza flour all over his apron. He points to the greys now sprouting from his otherwise dark hair.
But the chef-proprietor, who owns the neighbourhood restaurant in Ancoats and now this smart pizzeria in Prestwich, really shouldn’t be losing any sleep or sprouting any more grey hairs over this latest project.
He has a Dokes Pizzeria already set up in the Society food hall tucked in by the Rochdale Canal ‘Lake’ (a bit of a grand title, given the size of it) off Barbirolli Square by Bridgewater Hall, where they’ve been knocking out pizza for just over a year, and clearly honing the craft.
