The former cinema has been taken over by the team behind Manchester’s Mackie Mayor and Altrincham Market House
Macclesfield’s oldest cinema reopens its doors today as a food hall from the team behind Manchester’s Mackie Mayor and Altrincham Market House.
The historic building has been transformed into a bustling canteen with nine kitchens and stalls and two bars surrounding a communal seating area.
Picturedrome Macclesfield is the third site from Market Operations, and features familiar faces from its Manchester and Altrincham venues.
Steak specialists Tender Cow, fish bar Fin and sourdough pizzeria Honest Crust are among the food traders, who’ll be stationed alongside bars from Reserve Wines and Blackjack Brewery, and a chocolate shop from Sam Joseph.
Chalked on a board inside the Chestergate building, a sign reads: “Picturedrome is the third spiritual sister in the Market Operations family.
“Home to over seven outstanding kitchens, a coffee shop, chocolatier, craft beer bar, and wine bar and merchant, Picturedrome is an attempt to enrich lives by providing high-quality, everyday food in a social setting – where families, friends, and strangers get together around shared tables and ‘break bread’.
“If we can win our way into Macclesfield hearts we hope we can return the favour and become the beating heart of this great and ‘proper’ town and find our part into its noble history.”
Built in 1911, the Picturedrome was originally used as a cinema and became a bingo hall in the 1970s, before being converted to offices in more recent years.
formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.