City centre restaurant Grinch has closed its doors after 22 years in Manchester.

The food spot, at 5-7 Chapel Walks just off Cross Street, is yet another restaurant to blame the long running tram works which have led to long road closures and cut off the end of Chapel Walks from the main road and from view.

In a statement online, Grinch - owned by the Mud Crab Industries group, which also operates 6/Cut in Monton and Mud Crab in Didsbury - said "the Trams works (sic) have won, an area destroyed, others have closed and so must we".

Bosses added: "Is it goodbye or just au revoir? Only time will tell. For now - we thank you for your custom and your friendship."

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Mud Crab Industries also owned Kitchenette deli, at 60 Oxford Street, which closed in February 2015.#

The changing view from Cross Street to Chapel Walks between 2012 and 2015