The Adelphi Lads Club in Salford is to re-open this summer as a bar and events space with a huge outside beer garden, and a host of music and food events planned too. The club house, on Cannon Street in the heart of Salford, has been closed since 2008, but will be reborn on June 17.
The re-opening will arrive with a exciting new F&B concept, with more details on who will be heading up the offering expected in the next few weeks. There will be a bespoke cocktail menu on offer, as well as a bespoke IPA, the Adelphi Lads Club IPA, which is being brewed by Big Hug Brewery.
Guests will be able to book tables for both food and drinks, and walk-ins will also be available. Meanwhile, the outside space, featuring covered areas and heaters to combat the weather, will be available for bookings.
Callum Broome of Broome Events Group, the company behind the redevelopment, said: “To restore this historic Greater Manchester building has long been a dream of mine, it’s an honour to bring back part of this iconic venue. The Adelphi Lads Club has played such an integral role in so many people's lives over the past decades, we can’t wait to reopen the doors to the modern generation for them to enjoy the space before it's gone for good.”
The Adelphi Lads Club was founded in 1888, by 23-year-old teacher Walter Southern, who did so in an attempt to keep impoverished kids off the streets of Salford. It offered diverting pastimes for young lads, including clog repair, singing and painting.
It also offered sports, including gymnastics and snooker, as well as fielding football and rugby teams. The first building was on Pine Street, before the club then moved to its Cannon Street location in 1928. It closed its doors in 2008, but was then gutted by a fire in 2010, and remained derelict, with plans for it be be levelled and turned into apartments in 2019.
The new venue, which is set to launch on June 17, is the result of a partnership between events specialist Broome Events Group, the owners of the building Reform Developments and the creator of Elnecot restaurant.
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