US coffee brand Blank Street, which made its debut in the UK in 2022, is lining up a further opening in Manchester.
The company, which operates 42 sites in the UK, plans to open in the former Philpotts unit on the corner of Portland Street/Oxford Street, in the city.
Blank Street already operates three sites in Manchester, in Piccadilly Gardens, the Trafford Centre and King Street.
Earlier this year, the brand, which currently operates circa 50 sites in New York City plus outposts in Boston and Washington DC, opened its second site in Edinburgh, on the corner of Princes Street and Hanover Street.
It came after the business made its debut in Scotland, with an opening at 5 India Buildings, in Edinburgh’s Old Town. Blank Street has also lined up a site in Glasgow, on the former Black & Lizars site at 42 Gordon Street.
Last year, Issam Freiha, who co-founded Blank Street Coffee in New York in 2020 with Vinay Menda, said the UK market was a driving force of the company’s overall growth strategy.
