{"id":5527,"date":"2021-05-19T12:57:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T11:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2021\/05\/19\/how-are-pubs-manchester-faring-easing-lockdown-restrictions\/"},"modified":"2021-05-19T12:57:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T11:57:01","slug":"how-are-pubs-manchester-faring-easing-lockdown-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/how-are-pubs-manchester-faring-easing-lockdown-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"How are pubs in Manchester faring since the easing of lockdown restrictions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday&nbsp;people in Manchester were&nbsp;finally allowed to sit inside a pub and enjoy a pint.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since&nbsp;12 April, pubs had only been allowed to welcome members of the&nbsp;public in&nbsp;outdoor spaces.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This unpreceded arrangment&nbsp;was met with a great deal of enthusiasm by a British public&nbsp;who for the previous five months were locked inside their homes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Crowds of people lining up to have their first pint were plastered on front pages and broadcast&nbsp;around the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Good morning to these girlies who were having 8:17am pints <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kdCK4OzsDu\">pic.twitter.com\/kdCK4OzsDu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\u2014 loveofhuns x (@loveofhuns) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/loveofhuns\/status\/1381531732839661568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, while their&nbsp;enthusiasm was welcomed by business owners, it was never going to calm their nerves entirely over pressures which have mounted during lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>According to the British Beer and Pub Association,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/beerandpub.com\/2021\/05\/14\/45000-pubs-to-reopen-serving-3-million-pints-on-monday-but-2000-pubs-will-remain-closed\/\">2,000 pubs have been lost forever<\/a>, and two billion pints in beer sales have&nbsp;been missed, wiping out \u00a38.2bn in trade.<\/p>\n<p>But those businesses which&nbsp;were able to open again have had a much-welcome&nbsp;boost.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color:#0099ff;\"><strong>Common<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"image file-default media-element\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Common Bar, norther quarter\" data-delta=\"2\" data-fid=\"7044\" data-media-element=\"1\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2021\/05\/img_0882-scaled.jpg\" title=\"Common Bar, norther quarter\" width=\"600\"><figcaption>Common in the Northern Quarter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Imogen Mew, general manager at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aplacecalledcommon.co.uk\">Common<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;the Northern Quarter, says the last two weeks have been \u201cunbelievable\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are out every day doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s a Monday or a Sunday afternoon. It\u2019s been unbelievable,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been blessed with the weather. People are a lot more happy to wait for a table when it&#8217;s sunny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Imogen pointed out that pent-up demand and excitement for the pubs reopening&nbsp;have had some adverse effects.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are coming to the venues and drinking in the queues and by the time they get to their tables they\u2019re already drunk,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople were out of control on the first few days.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The smell of laughter, the squeak of new trainers, the sound of phones unlocking. The sips! The ahhs! The tapping of fingernails on plastic Veltins tankards, the drumming on street furniture, the clicking of fingers to toast the timbre of the drinks tray landing on your tin table <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eqQaXWXGdK\">pic.twitter.com\/eqQaXWXGdK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\u2014 Common Indoor and Outdoor Bar (@common_bar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/common_bar\/status\/1381910881202802688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color:#0099ff;\"><strong>Big Hands<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"image file-default media-element\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Big Hands, Oxford Road\" data-delta=\"3\" data-fid=\"7045\" data-media-element=\"1\" height=\"800\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2021\/05\/img_0888-scaled.jpg\" title=\"Big Hands, Oxford Road\" width=\"600\"><figcaption>Big Hands, Oxford Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This enthusiasm for the pub has had some other unforeseen consequences, too.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jaril Sallemi, who manages <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BigHandsBar\/\">Big Hands<\/a>, a bar located near both Manchester universities, says some popular beer stocks were unable to keep up with the huge influx of demand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been extremely busy the last few&nbsp;weeks,&#8221; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole of Manchester is experiencing a high volume of customers, which is good, but now there\u2019s a national shortage of certain brands of beer<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think the breweries expected such a high demand.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jaril was confident that stocks would pick up in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color:#0099ff;\"><strong>KRO BAR&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"image file-default media-element\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kro Bar, Oxford Road\" data-delta=\"4\" data-fid=\"7046\" data-media-element=\"1\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2021\/05\/img_0769-scaled.jpg\" title=\"Kro Bar, Oxford Road\" width=\"600\"><figcaption>Kro Bar, Oxford Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBusy\u201d was the response NQ&nbsp;was given by Martin, one of the owners of <a href=\"http:\/\/kro.co.uk\">Kro Bar<\/a>&nbsp;opposite the University of Manchester.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWe have run out some lines of beer,&nbsp;but we\u2019ve been able to get in the next day so it hasn\u2019t been much of problem.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCustomers have been pretty well behaved, to be honest. Because it\u2019s all restaurant&nbsp;service everyone\u2019s been pretty good.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOccasionally we must tell people to put their mask on or sit down, but in general they\u2019ve all been pretty well behaved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like the other businesses we spoke to, caution was still the word.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Martin said: \u201cWe&#8217;ve got a long way to go. We\u2019ve got a lot of debts that have built up from the last year, particularly the fixed&nbsp;costs that we&#8217;ve&nbsp;had to add on to our bottom lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have got a long way to go until we\u2019ve got those paid off.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color:#0099ff;\"><strong>Fletcher&nbsp;Moss<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"image file-default media-element\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fletchers Moss, Didsbury \" data-delta=\"5\" data-fid=\"7047\" data-media-element=\"1\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2021\/05\/img_0894-2_0-scaled.jpg\" title=\"Fletchers Moss, Didsbury \" width=\"600\"><figcaption>Fletcher Moss pub in Didsbury<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Like Kro Bar,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefletchermoss.co.uk\/?doing_wp_cron=1621425225.4401280879974365234375\">Fletcher&nbsp;Moss<\/a> in Didsbury has had a similar experience over the last few weeks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s been busy,\u201d said manager Martin Devlin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a few supplier issues,&nbsp;but other than that things have run&nbsp;very smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole times been really busy. It hasn\u2019t died down at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur&nbsp;client base is 18 to 80 so its been a real mixed bag: families,&nbsp;students, professionals, retirees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone\u2019s behaved well and been very respectful of the rules.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite peoples\u2019 eagerness to&nbsp;head to the pub, Fletcher&nbsp;Moss had not experienced any of the antics that had surfaced on social media around the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s probably been the most peaceful and quite time we&#8217;ve had in terms of trouble\u2014not that there&#8217;s much trouble most of the time,&#8221; said Martin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think because there&#8217;s table service it means people are out there patrolling all the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut not a single ejection since we&#8217;ve opened.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Martin was quick to praise the steadfastness of the British public in their commitment to the pub.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had people coming out and sitting in the rain&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had people turn up with umbrella and hats so that can sit outside where its not protected by our gazebo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the great British public for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is what FOMO will have you doing. &nbsp;Drinking rainwater on your pizza whilst trying to normalise drinking a pint &amp; holding a umbrella in a dusty beer garden &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FOMO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FOMO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/outdoordining?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#outdoordining<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/publife?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#publife<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/London?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#London<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8h9XFljuzd\">pic.twitter.com\/8h9XFljuzd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\u2014 RAINBOW BLAK (@RAINBOWBLAK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RAINBOWBLAK\/status\/1393968753784856580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"twitter-tweet\">For&nbsp;some pubs, the uncertainity of COVID-19&nbsp;will linger on.<\/p>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MODSVEGANCAFE\/\">The Thirsty Scholar<\/a>, situated&nbsp;just inside the city centre, is not likely to open until all&nbsp;restrictions are dropped in June.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bosses say the margins are too slim to allow for a partial reopening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the Thristy Scholar was confident&nbsp;that they would open their doors come June,&nbsp;the same unfortuantely will not be true for all pubs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But&nbsp;all the&nbsp;pubs we spoke to had one thing in common: each has gone on a hiring spree since restrictions eased last month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is partly owing to the labour-intensive nature of of table service and COVID-19&nbsp;regulations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But it also sugggests that those that&nbsp;have survived the pandemic are not wasting any time getting back into the swing of things.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday&nbsp;people in Manchester were&nbsp;finally allowed to sit inside a pub and enjoy a pint.&nbsp; Since&nbsp;12 April, pubs had only been allowed to welcome members&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1380,"featured_media":5522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4972,1],"tags":[3894,3831,2815,4283],"class_list":["post-5527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorised","tag-covid","tag-lockdown","tag-pubs","tag-reopening"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How are pubs in Manchester faring since the easing of lockdown restrictions? 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