A new pizza restaurant is set to open at a prime Ramsbottom site after plans were approved. The former Station Hotel building, more recently a BetFred bookmakers, is set ot become a sit down restaurant for ‘freshly made pizza’, according to documents published by Bury Council.
The news of investment in a new hospitality venue in the town comes after two recent closure announcements, both of which were ‘body blows’ to the town’s leisure offering. Last Friday, the renowned Chocolate Café on Bolton Street announced it will close after 15 years.
Owner, Philip Hargreaves, said the cost of living crisis was ‘hitting us at both ends’. He said goods and energy costs had increased by more than 40 per cent and ‘in some cases doubled’.
