A new landmark for Manchester and Salford is about to open its doors – and it’s not your standard bar, restaurant, or music venue.
Tucked under the tracks of Salford Central Station and wedged neatly between the two cities, Tangerine has transformed a pair of long-derelict railway arches on New Bailey Street into something closer to a creative ecosystem than a single venue. Think coffee roastery meets arthouse, martini bar meets music hall, florist meets canteen.
After a year of design, build and restoration, the project opens officially on Friday 31 October with a two-night Halloween weekender – a launch that will introduce the city to a maze of spaces spread across two adjoining ‘platforms’.
Platform 1 will house the daytime half of the operation: a bakery, in-house coffee roastery, florist, wine store and the newly-formed Canteen Collective – a cluster of seven independent kitchens. The lineup includes Vanda, a family-run Parisian-Ukrainian bakery; Panthra Hot Taco, a new-wave taqueria; Juicy, a burger joint; and Yo Dutchie, a Dutch-Japanese collaboration doing loaded fries and yakitori skewers. There’s also a Korean and ramen kitchen from the team behind Unagi, with more to follow.
By contrast, Platform 2 is built for the night: home to the Grand Departures bar – complete with 40 taps, a specialist martini programme (including seven espresso martini styles), and a live music and performance space that doubles as an arthouse stage. The design keeps much of the old brickwork exposed, blending industrial remnants with reclaimed materials, vintage signage, and cinematic lighting that flickers across the arches.
Tangerine’s opening weekend will double as its Halloween launch festival, with live music, DJs, performances and exclusive food collabs from the Canteen Collective. Entry is free via advance sign-up – but with only 300 covers spread across its arches, it’s likely to fill fast.
