ARTISAN's new cafe bar launched on Spinningfields' Avenue North last night.

The latest project by Living Ventures - the Knutsford-based bar and restaurant operator behind some of the city's most popular brands (Alchemist, Australasia, Manchester House) - has expanded on the current 12,000 sq ft, 450-capacity bar restaurant upstairs with a more slick and sophisticated 130-cover venue downstairs.

Another string to the expanding Spinningfields bow; and with a 40-cover outdoor seating terrace, expect this place to pack out come summer.

Here's how the opening went...

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