In 1984, forty-second street the most vibrant area of New York’s night life had now come to Bradford in the form of a new wine bar and pizza-burger restaurant, licensed until 2am.

Previously the Manhattan Restaurant, Thornton Road, the total cost of the below stairs refit, was £45,000 including the installation of an old green GPO telephone box.

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The failed bar which closed after its first year, reopened again in 1986, with hopes of attracting the teenage market.

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