Three well-known North West restaurants are to close their doors for good as part of the wider group's plan to safeguard its future.
Individual Restaurants has announced four closures in total - that include Manchester's The Restaurant Bar and Grill, loved by the city's rich and famous residents - under its long-term investment and development plan.
As well as the upscale John Dalton Street Venue, which will cease trading in September, the other closures will hit the group's Piccolino sites in Clitheroe and York, as well as the Alderley Bar and Grill in Alderley Edge, Cheshire.
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The Restaurant Bar and Grill has been part of Manchester's restaurant scene for decades, launching in the early 2000s, as the Manchester Evening News reports.
The glamorous three-storey site added a £1m all-weather roof terrace, complete with heaters and retractable roof, in 2013.
It was Individual Restaurants' flagship site, sitting above nightlife hotspot Panacea, which is believed to be unaffected by the closures.
Karen Forrester, executive chairperson of Individual Restaurants Company, said: "The closure of these sites is part of a long-term investment and development plan for the future of Individual Restaurants.
"Our main priority is to keep our people within our Individual Restaurants family by offering opportunities to relocate to other Individual Restaurants’ locations, we will be supporting them throughout this process."
Four of the Individual Restaurants group's 28-strong estate will lock their doors on September 5, with 140 jobs affected.
A period of consultation will now take place at each of the restaurants.
