Manchester deli announces closure days after slamming hospitality crisis a 's*** show'

A cafe and deli in West Didsbury has announced it is to close this weekend - just a week after the high profile departure of Green's restaurant just around the corner. A Taste of Honey will serve up its signature cakes, tripledecker sandwiches and coffees for the final time on Saturday, January 13.

Owner Penny Lynch announced the sad news on the cafe's official instagram page on Wednesday. It was greeted with a deluge of comments saying how much regulars will miss the venue.

Only last week Penny had told the M.E.N. how she had been left crying over the news that chef Simon Rimmer's restaurant Green's was forced to close over a 35 per cent rent increase and rising costs and called the current hospitality crisis 'a s*** show'. It follows the news that West Didsbury retailer Moth is also to close at the end of the month.

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Penny previously told the MEN just how hard it is across hospitality right now, amid a raft of high profile closures in the region.

The news of A Taste of Honey's closure was announced on Instagram. Owner Penny wrote: "Dearest Friends and Family of West Didsbury, here is our final love letter to you all. After nearly 6 years including a global pandemic, we are hanging up our kickers and A Taste of Honey is off on a new adventure.

"We close the doors on Sat 13th Jan and it will be our final hurrah before we exit the Building. It's been an absolute honour to work in this wonderful community and see all your faces each day.

"From heartbreaks, hangovers, love stories and drunken tales we have loved every single minute here. In the great words of Bill Hicks it's been a ride!!! Please come and say goodbye to us this