When Rita Linsdell says she comes from ‘a cooking family’, she really means it. Her daughters Olivia and Leya, sons Isaac and Matthew, and her husband Darren, all live in the same house in Mottram and work for the family business.
You may have seen it. It’s called Rita’s Reign on Piccadilly Gardens, and it’s the one that usually has the queue stretching from the food market all the way towards Market Street tram stop.
From Wednesday through to Sunday every week, the queue starts gathering from around 11am, and by lunchtime proper, it’s getting in people’s way as they try to navigate their way through the gardens. Some may even get tangled up in it by accident and end up getting their lunch. This is no bad thing.
