Award-wining Italian restaurant named as first tenant of brand new Stockport food destination

The restaurant opens this spring

CGI images of what Weaver’s Square will look like (Image: Capital&Centric)

An award-winning Italian restaurant has been announced as the first tenant for Stockport’s brand-new food and drink destination. Work is currently taking place to complete Weaver’s Square on the banks of the River Mersey.

The project, which is part of the Weir Mill development will feature 10 new bars and a series of restaurants and cafe’s. Built on the site of a former cotton mill, the space will consist of four outdoor spaces on the massive 65,000 sq ft land.

Set to open in spring this year, developers have revealed the name of the first of a number of indie restaurants who will be calling the square home. Based in Poynton, the Social Trattoria is an award-winning Italian restaurant that is best known for its small plates, pizzas and traditional pasta.

Tom Wilmot, joint managing director at Capital&Centric said: “Landing Social Osteria is a big deal for Weir Mill. An award-winning team with proper indie credentials choosing to set up here shows where this neighbourhood is heading.

“Picture finishing work, grabbing an aperitivo on the river, tucking into pasta, before heading up to your apartment. That’s the kind of place we’re creating.

“With Social Osteria now signed up, and with more set to be announced soon, we’re starting to see it all coming together. Weir Mill’s set to be Stockport’s new destination for food and drink.”

The mill will be opened in spring this year (Image: Capital&Centric)

Will Okill, co-founder of Social Osteria said: “You can’t help falling in love with this building, and that’s what happened when I walked into Weir Mill.

“It was stripped back to its bare bones, but the atmosphere was already there, you could feel the character. And then the outdoor space overlooking the river sealed it. As soon as I saw it, I could picture what we’d create here.

“We’re all about taking traditional Italian cooking and making it fresh for today – everything from scratch and using locally-sourced ingredients wherever we can. Stockport’s indie food scene is booming, and we can’t wait to be part of it.”

Set beneath Stockport’s iconic viaduct, the £60m Weir Mill neighbourhood will be home to 253 rental apartments alongside buzzing indie cafés, bars and restaurants, plus green spaces and riverside hangouts throughout.