Abba is playing on Canal Street. There are queues at the bar. It’s packed.
This might sound like a typical night in one of The Village’s best clubs and bars on a given Saturday, but this is the scene in Nell’s — a pizzeria — on a weekday lunchtime.
The pizza place is in Kampus, a new development by the Rochdale Canal. It specialises in huge pies — as Americans nickname them — to share. It’s modelled on a New York joint, and feels lively — even when the rain is falling outside.