All the latest news from Living Ventures http://www.livingventures.com/news/index Bacon's on the march again with the New World Bar Company. He's striding back into the city centre, more specifically into Spinningfields, with a bar called Alchemist. Click on the following link to view Manchester Confidential's article:  Fine Dining in Manchester? http://www.livingventures.com/news?news_id=34 Suburbia can be found on the main street in Hale, from the outside it looks like someone has set up house, far from it! This latest addition to Cheshire scene is a rare treat, a distance from normality. Suburbia prides itself on setting the standard not following and this is evident in the drinks menu and the staff who serve them. A cocktail list this imaginative and extensive has not been seen in these parts for many a year…. if ever – our favourite is the Family Jewels, a Champagne cocktail served in a trunk or try the Tiny Tini a modern presentation of the classic martini! http://www.livingventures.com/news?news_id=33 Minster celebrates training success 27th April 2009 By Sheryl Moore - Business Correspondent THE minister for culture, media and sport, Andy Burnham, is today visiting a Manchester restaurant to help celebrate the success of its management traini http://www.livingventures.com/news?news_id=32 The Hale Grill now features live music every evening. Book Online at www.blackhouse.uk.com http://www.livingventures.com/news?news_id=29 Enjoy a superb value lunchtime offer at all GUSTO restaurants - see www.gustorestaurants.uk.com for details http://www.livingventures.com/news?news_id=28 Dynamic restaurant and bar operator, Living Ventures, owners of Glasgow's Grill on The Corner and GUSTO restaurant and bar in Edinburgh were today (2nd June 2008) celebrating a major award win. The company have been awarded the CIS (Catering In Scotland) Excellence Award for Innovation in Training. The CIS Excellence Awards are positioned as the industry's ultimate accolade. Organised in association with the Federation of Chefs Scotland and judged by a board of renowned individuals from the Scottish hospitality industry, the awards are open to all types of established and emerging b http://www.livingventures.com/news?news_id=26 PRESS RELEASEWEDNESDAY 30TH APRIL 2008 GIVING IT 'GUSTO' IN KNUTSFORDIT'S ALL A MATTER OF TASTE LIVING VENTURES the restaurant and bar company who developed "The Living Room" and "BLACKHOUSE" brands is completing the next exciting phase in the company's future growth with Est Est Est in Knutsford opening as GUSTO ~ restaurant and bar at the end of May. The company has invested over £5 million in rebranding and refurbishing its existing Est Est Est restaurants into GUSTO ~ restaurant and bar (GUSTO – Latin/Italian for 'taste and enjoyment') over the last n http://www.livingventures.com/news?news_id=22 Local shops, restaurants and their guests are set to gather at the newly re-launched Gusto Restaurant & Bar, Alderley Edge (Formally Est Est Est) on Thursday 13th March to help raise money for Charity. With an evening of international fashion, style, good causes, delicious nibbles, live entertainment and a fantastic selection of raffle prizes with all proceeds going to the NSPCC. Gusto Restaurant & Bar Alderley, is to fully embrace that voguish feel of city living in its biggest fashion show yet; transformi http://www.livingventures.com/news?news_id=15 EST EST EST  UNDERGOES £1 MILLION REFURBISHMENTLIVING VENTURES the restaurant and bar company who developed “THE LIVING ROOM” and “BLACKHOUSE ”  has unveiled plans for the next exciting phase in the company's future growth. The company is to invest up to £10 MILLION in renaming, rebranding and refurbishing its existing EST EST EST restaurants into “GUSTO restaurant and bar” . Gusto (Latin for ‘taste' and Italian for ‘vigour') will replace all of Living Ventures' Ests by September next year. The change will mark the end of Est Est Est on the high street. Livi http://www.livingventures.com/news?news_id=11 Streetsmart really is putting the money where the mouth is! Top chefs from BLACKHOUSE Grill restaurants will be visiting the Booth Centre charity on Monday 17th December. The Chefs will demonstrate to Booth Centre kitchen staff, how food can go further with exceptional nutritional value. The food cooked on the day will provide meals for homeless people of Manchester that evening. The idea is to show how catering for a large number of people with simple ingredients can be made easy. The Booth Centre is one of the many charities that has benefited from donations made from Streetsmart http://www.livingventures.com/news?news_id=9 15th November 2007 DRINK AND BE DRIVEN THIS NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH LIVINGVENTURES RESTAURANTS! Living Ventures Restaurants are driving home the safety message this New Years Eve by offering all its customers of its non city centre locations a free lift home after the party celebrations. This year the designated driver will be redundant as all diners will be driven home free of charge! New Years Day is renowned for a shortage of taxis which makes it difficult to plan a celebration to remember. Trying to get home at the end of the night is the biggest problem for reveller http://www.livingventures.com/news?news_id=7 LIVING VENTURES the restaurant and bar company who developed “THE LIVING ROOM” brand has unveiled plans for the next exciting phase in the company's future growth.The company is to invest up to £10 MILLION in renaming, rebranding and refurbishing its existing EST EST EST restaurants into “GUSTO restaurant and bar” . Gusto (Latin for ‘taste' and Italian for ‘vigour') will replace all of Living Ventures' Ests by September next year. The change will mark the end of Est Est Est on the high street. One of the first units to undergo a major transformation is the Living Ventures Qua http://www.livingventures.com/news?news_id=13 GIVING IT GUSTO!LEADING RESTAURANT OPERATOR ANNOUNCES NEW CONCEPT IN "LIVING" LIVING VENTURES the dynamic restaurant and bar operator who developed "THE LIVING ROOM" and "BLACKHOUSE GRILL" bars and restaurants, has unveiled plans for the next exciting phase in the company's future growth. The company is to invest up to £10 MILLION in renaming, rebranding and refurbishing its existing ten EST EST EST restaurants into "GUSTO bar and restaurant" an exciting new concept. Inspired by the Latin and Italian meaning of "taste and enjoyment". GUSTO will embody refinement http://www.livingventures.com/news?news_id=8 11/12/07 LEADING RESTAURANT OPERATORCREATES 50 NEW JOBS ON THE WIRRALFOR NEW CONCEPT IN "LIVING" LIVING VENTURES the dynamic restaurant and bar operator who developed "THE LIVING ROOM" and "The BLACKHOUSE grill", has today unveiled plans for the next exciting phase in the company's future growth. The company is to invest up to £10 MILLION in renaming, rebranding and refurbishing its existing ten EST EST EST restaurants into "GUSTO bar and restaurant" an exciting new concept. Inspired by the Latin and Italian meaning of "taste and enjoyment" GUSTO will emb http://www.livingventures.com/news?news_id=10