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Despite everything, a popular Italian pop-up restaurant has found its permanent headquarters where it all started in 2018. Grano took over the former site of the Glitch exhibition at the Old Market.
Led by the Piedmontese chef, Alberto Noriega said he was excited but very happy to do it again. “I’ve visited a lot of sites and despite everything, I’ve figured out the position where I can start well,” he told BristolLive.
The pop-up kitchen was first presented at Glitch in 2018, where the team stayed for two years. Since then, he held the kitchens of The Boardroom, Number Fifty, To The Moon and a brief stint at the Bristol Old Vic. The chef said he was making an investment in everything he had in this new venture for Grano after taking the time to finance a permanent apartment for the restaurant outside the city center.
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The Old Market food scene is evolving. Previously, the middle was the main hub for restaurants, but hot spots like Chido Wey and Tomo No Ramen have sprung up recently.
Alberto continued: “I hope that by moving there, maybe other people will open new restaurants in the same domain, and other people will start eating at Old Market. Right now, Old Market is firmly on the map for that, so I’d like to give a contribution to that and be a component of that community. I hope it will grow in the coming years. “
The restaurant space on Old Market Street will have a 36-seat dining policy with another 14 seats at the bar, offering soft snacks to accompany your drinks for non-full meals. The menu will be decidedly Italian but not rooted in northwestern Italy where Alberto grew up.
“My mother is from southern Italy and my father is Spanish. I was born and raised in northern Italy, so mixing kitchens has never been a problem for me.
“I don’t need to limit myself to just one region, I just need to check so that other people feel like they’re dining in an Italian restaurant in Italy and not the UK. I need to focus on creating the most productive food imaginable and bringing into effect all the smart facets of Italian cuisine from all regions from north to south without falling into the trap of Italian stereotypes.
“Many Italian restaurants in the UK offer a variety of dishes that don’t exist in Italy. This frustrates us Italians who are moving to the UK. They are appropriating everything that does not exist in Italy, which is clever. “His game, but we don’t need to do that. We just need to create what is smart in Italy.
Grano will concentrate on serving undeniable and completely new pasta dishes, such as tortellini and ravioli, as well as meat and vegetable main dishes. More than one part of the menu will be vegetarian to reflect Italy’s love of vegetables and use very few ingredients in the most productive way imaginable. road.
“The menu will be incredibly limited. Don’t expect to see more than 12 to 15 dishes on the entire menu, as we don’t like having a hundred features and food waste. The smaller the menu, the fresher the produce and we need to stick to the culture we’ve had since day one.
After opening, the dining venue will experiment with local flavors and consider weekend brunch service, but stay true to Italian roots. Italian cuisine is very traditional, but Alberto said he was aware of not being too consistent in his offering.
The café domain will be open Monday through Saturday mornings and will offer coffee cakes. Lunch and dinner session times are to be confirmed.
Grano also partners with Foodstuff, which delivers food from the city’s independents with no emissions. The Grano team aims to open before Christmas Day this year.
48-49, Old Market Street, Bristol
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