Ramsbottom restaurant Levanter has been forced to close its bar and dining room, citing the ongoing cost of living crisis. Its main restaurant premises will remain open, but owners are planning to downsize their operation until the summer.
In a tweet to followers, owners Joe and Fiona Botham said: “We've had to take the hard decision to hibernate the Smithy St side of Ramsbottom - the Bar & the Comedor Dining Room, for the foreseeable future. We're hopeful this will just be for the quieter Winter months & we can fire it up again once the warmer weather kicks in for Spring/Summer & demand for the outside tables on Square St kicks in too.
“We've tried everything possible to avoid this scenario - but you know the script I'm sure the overall Cost Of Living & Cost of Doing Business situation, both (understandably) have seriously reduced demand & simultaneously led to huge rises in our costs from every angle - but undoubtedly & most seriously the UNTENABLE hike in energy prices.
