Mark Andrew Developments To Take Over Didsbury’s Chalk Bar And Grill
| 16th March 2016
MAD Ltd has added another site to its growing portfolio of restaurants and bars, with the acquisition of Chalk Bar and Grill in Didsbury.
The group will take over the reins of the Wilmslow Rd restaurant from its current owner, businessman Chris Longmate on Monday 21st March.
It will continue to operate under its existing name for the foreseeable future, with some small tweaks to the food and drink menus planned.
Renowned for their exciting cocktail lists MAD’s mixologists are currently working up a brand new cocktail menu for the venue, which will be launched ahead of summer.
Mark Andrew, managing director at MAD Ltd says: “We are really excited about our latest addition to the MAD portfolio. Chalk is a great business with a loyal customer base and we’d like to thank Chris and his team for their hard work to this point. The business has been an absolute credit to him and all those who’ve been involved. It’s a superb example of how passion for getting things the way you want them, and right, personally surpasses any set rules of this demanding and often fiscally controlling industry.
“We don’t need to make many changes, but we’ll certainly be bringing some of our MAD flair to Didsbury with the introduction of some creative cocktails and a range of food and drink events.”
Jonathan Hawkins, operations director at MAD Ltd adds, “2016 is shaping up to be a very exciting year for the MAD group. We are currently looking at more venues in Manchester and its surrounding areas, so watch this space.”
Chris Longmate says; “The directors of Chalk Bar and Grill have decided after a very successful 2 years it is time to sell the brand. After much interest from many leading operators for the site, we wanted to ensure we sold the brand to a reputable firm and as such saw MAD Ltd as the perfect fit to continue to serve our loyal customer base.
“We formed chalk from scratch nearly 2 years ago and we’ve built a very successful brand, delivering quality food and drinks to the people of Didsbury. We’ve decided the time has now come to move on following more success with our other businesses, allowing us to continue to concentrate on building our King Street site – Quill. We would like to thank all our customers for their support over the last 2 years.”
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