A restaurant described as "legendary" by customers has announced the closure of one of its locations.
Maray have announced on Instagram they will be closing its Allerton Road store will immediate affect. The independent business had been serving people in the area for the last six years, but announced they needed to "put resources where they are needed most, which in this case is Bold Street and Albert Dock in Liverpool city centre, and our recently opened site in Manchester."
A statement on their Instagram said: "After 6 years in the leafy suburbs, we are bidding farewell to Maray Allerton Road. We love Allerton, but the time has come to put our resources where they are needed the most, which in this case is our Bold Street and Albert Dock restaurants in Liverpool city centre, and our recently opened site in Manchester.
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"Allerton has been a wonderful home to Maray for the last six years, it was our second site and we have made many memories here and developed a close network of regulars that we will miss dearly. Our other Liverpool sites remain open as usual, and Maray continues to be a growing company with exciting plans for 2023.
"Maray Allerton is closed immediately. Any guests with upcoming reservations - we’ve got in touch x"
Maray first started opening stores in summer of 2014 and is inspired by experiences in Le Marais, Paris.
Hundreds of customers took the the comment section of their post to express their sadness at the Allerton Road location closing.
Rottenblossom118 said: "Heavy news all the best x"
Lizharrydesign said: "Absolutely gutted, hoping we can make it to the city centre more for our date nights xxx"
Ahwai_podcast said: "Legends of the road."
Paul_mcloughlin said: "Gutted to hear this fellas. Still remember painting the walls upstairs. Best of luck going forward."
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