Manchester city centre favourite San Carlo given spectacular Halloween transformation to welcome in October

The front of San Carlo in Manchester city centre has been transformed into a pumpkin palace to welcome in October.

The popular Italian restaurant, on King Street, now has a huge pumpkin arch over its front doors, as well as an autumnal display of the orange fruits across its exterior window sills. The decorations also feature faux leaves and berries to really bring home the touch of autumn.

It's not the first time the haunt has gone large with its seasonal decorations; last December a huge Christmas cracker hung above its doorframe, above a large arch made up of of multi-coloured baubles.

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San Carlo is is regularly frequented by footballers and superstars alike - including Manchester City striker Erling Haaland, who divided opinions with his outfit choice when visiting the Italian restaurant earlier this year. Over the years, other visitors have included the likes of Rihanna, David Beckham, Russell Crowe and Michelle Keegan.

The famed Italian restaurant group San Carlo - which also owns the Cicchetti, Fumo and Bottega restaurants in the city centre as well as San Carlo Fiorentina in Hale - has extended its empire this year. In February, it swooped to buy celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo's Alderley Edge fine dining Italian restaurant Luciano.

Gino had only launched the restaurant in January last year, after taking over the former Piccolino site in the upmarket Cheshire village. Following a £3m transformation, the new site reopened to the public this August.

It now boasts jaw-dropping interiors and a stunning garden terrace dining room with a retractable roof at the front of the site, as well as a raft of new palm trees planted