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Coronation Street icon announces Manchester restaurant closure
A Manchester restaurant owned by a Coronation Street star has announced its closure.
Jennie McAlpine, who is known for playing Fiz Brown in Coronation Street, has announced today that her Manchester restaurant will close.
The official Instagram page for Annies Manchester posted the news to the social media platform with a statement.
It said: 'Annies closure. It's with a heavy heart that we've had to close the doors to Annies this week.
'We want to thank the amazing people, staff and customers who've been part of our Annies journey.
'Our whole team will miss all of our wonderful customers, who we have come to call friends. Thank you for the support you've given to us all over these years.
'With love and thanks, Chris and Jennie'.
Fans of the restaurant rushed to the comment section of Annies Instagram post to share their sadness after hearing of the news.
One commented: 'sorry to hear,always enjoyed my visits to Annie's x Good luck in the future x', adding a sad face emoji.
Another commented: 'So sad to hear this. My visits to Manchester won't be the same', acing sad face emojis.
This person said: 'So sorry to hear about this! Me and my family loved our time when we went here!'
One customer shared their experience: 'I'm so sorry to hear this. I've visited Annie's many times and it's always been such a lovely experience'.
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The restaurant opened in 2012 with Jennie and her partner Chris Farr having 'talked about it (opening a restaurant together) for ages', she said at the time.
At the time, Jennie, from Bury, added: 'He's always been involved as a restaurant manager and for the last two years we've been working on this.'
She also explained why the pair had decided to call the restaurant Annies: 'We called it Annie's because of the location in St Ann's Square but I think also it's fitting because it's got the sort of feel to it like your Auntie Annie's house with comfortable sofas and a relaxed atmosphere.'
