A chain of British restaurants, loved for their unforgettable prawn cocktails, steaks and cheesecakes, was a familiar fixture across Greater Manchester and beyond.
Decades before eating out and socialising was what we know it to be today, families across Greater Manchester would venture to their local Berni Inn to enjoy a meal and even celebrate a special occasion. The brand itself started life in Bristol before brothers and founders Aldo and Frank Berni expanding their empire to London, Birmingham, Liverpool - and Manchester, Bolton, Rochdale and more.
The Berni brothers first moved from Italy to Wales to join their father who had his own business there, before relocating to the West Country. And while their brother Marco, who also moved to England, pursued an independent career as a restaurateur, Frank and Aldo invested a £300 inheritance from their mother in a café in Exeter, The Guardian reported.
