A new cocktail bar is throwing open its doors on Chorlton’s Beech Road next week, with some high-end drinks and a nod to nostalgia. 97, at 97 Beech Road, is right next door to veteran hostelry and bistro The Lead Station, which has been serving the neighbourhood for nearly 30 years.
Handily, it’s also being run by the same team, with restaurateur and bar owner Nick De Sousa teaming up with newly-minted cocktail expert and Chorlton-native Ellie Craddick behind the bar as general manager.
In a pleasing twist, Ellie’s first Saturday job as a teenager was in Richardson’s, the famous Chorlton bakery right next door, before she went to work next door but one at the Lead Station, bussing plates and waiting on.
