Manjaros
| Industry | Restaurants |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, |
Number of locations | 12 (2020) |
Area served | England & Scotland |
| Products | African Caribbean cuisine |
| Website | http://manjaros.co.uk/ |
Manjaros is a restaurant chain franchise based in the north of England, United Kingdom. Restaurants serve African, Caribbean, Italian, and local cuisine .
History
 | This section needs to be updated. (June 2019) |
The first Manjaros was opened in Middlesbrough in 2013. By January 2018 further branches had opened in Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham. March came a Newcastle branch with Bradford, Glasgow, Huddersfield and Preston by also added by end of that year.
The 10th restaurant opened in Ilford in February 2019. [1]
During the English coronavirus lockdown in 2020 Manjaro’s Darlington restaurant opened with a delivery service until lockdown eased when it could open its table service. Post lockdown it took over a bistro, as a third addition to its Tees Valley restaurants and twelfth overall, in Ingleby Barwick. [2] [3]
Cuisine
The chain specialises in African–Caribbean fusion cuisine; its website indicates that its food is halal.
Having originated on Teesside the chain has gained a significant reputation for its parmo, a local dish.[4] Most restaurants also feature a gelato lounge.[5]
Incidents
- On 24 December 2017 a supplier was stabbed and killed in the kitchen of the Middlesbrough restaurant by a member of staff. In court it was determined that the deceased had previously reacted violently when his produce was refused on quality grounds; the staff member was acquitted of the charges of murder, manslaughter and two knife offences.[6]
- A mouse was released in the Middlesbrough restaurant, which was voluntarily closed until Food Standard Agency inspectors confirmed there were no issues.[7]
References
- ^ Ford, Coreena; Guillot, Toni (31 January 2018). "Middlesbrough restaurant Manjaros is expanding to Newcastle - and is taking the parmo with it". TeessideLive. Gazette Media Company. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "manjaros poised bring quality affordable food 'famous sauce' darlington".
- ^ "manjaros open second teesside restaurant".
- ^ Duke, Simon (5 July 2018). "Review: Is Manjaros really the King of Parmos? We visit its Newcastle restaurant". ChronicleLive. ncjMedia Ltd. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ "Manjaros". Manjaros. Middlesbrough. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "Kitchen-hand Efreeqi Siddig cleared of restaurant murder". BBC. 12 June 2018. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ Johnson, Ian (10 November 2017). "Popular Middlesbrough restaurant Manjaros given one-star food hygiene rating". TeessideLive. Gazette Media Company. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
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