The Railway Kitchen has closed its doors after nearly three years of trading in the village.
Brought to Alderley Edge by the team behind the Mughli Indian eateries, it was initially a collaboration with local chef David Gale as a pop-up restaurant and gin bar which would be open for 12 weeks.
The 40-seater Railway Kitchen was quite different from their Manchester and Knutsford establishments, taking inspiration from their Southern restaurants, such as their Soho based British coffee shop and wine bar, Damson & Co.
Speaking at the time of opening the 40-seater restaurant and gin bar, Haz Arshad told me "The idea is to be a little bit more creative and show people Indian food can be a lot more exciting than chicken tikka masala and nan bread.
"The food has delicate but robust flavours. Definitely not your vindaloo spices, but more subtle."
At the time of publication I have been unable to obtain a comment from the owners regarding their decision to close The Railway Kitchen & Bar.
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I’m guessing the scale of the venue was likely not enough to provide a realistic return for the owners who have several larger restaurant/bars.
But it wasn’t exactly lacking customers so maybe an owner manager could well have a much more viable opportunity- hopefully somebody will reopen as something similar.
As for an Indian, Thai or cheaper Chinese... we had both a Chinese at the Blue Lobster site and an Indian restaurant in the Railway’s premises. They clearly both closed maybe suggesting insufficient customer interest?
Any of the three Asian options mentioned would suit me - but the real question is are there enough people who want to fill any of them to make the business pay.
The reason the Alderley Rose closed down was because it was empty. And it was empty because it was rubbish. How nice it would be to have someone take over either the Blue Lobster or the Railway who knew what they were doing.
Just a useful shop would do.