Cooked?Manchester restaurant health inspection downgrades and recoveries — August 24, 2026
Manchester restaurant inspection changes first received by Cooked during the week ending 2026-08-23: 15 downgrades, 5 recoverys. Official UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils records.
How to read this brief
15 downgrades · 5 recoverys
These are meaningful inspection records Cooked first received between 17 August 2026 and 23 August 2026. The authority may have performed an inspection earlier and published it later, so every restaurant below carries the inspection’s actual date.
An inspection is a dated official record, not a guarantee about every meal before or after it.
Ratings moved down 📉
80’s Street Food
Toulmin Block Stall 16, Bury Market, 1 Murray Road · Bury BL9 0BJ · Bury (BL9)
4 → 0 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 29 July 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
The Con Club
48 Greenwood Street, Altrincham · Trafford WA14 1RZ · Altrincham (WA14)
5 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 20 July 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
The Buttery Sandwich Bar & Deli
16 Union Street, Leigh · Wigan WN7 1AT · Wigan (WN7)
5 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 18 July 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
The New Chippery
20 Market Street, Wigan · Wigan WN1 1HX · Wigan (WN1)
4 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 17 July 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Happy House
78 Sharples Hall Street, Oldham · Oldham OL4 2QZ · Oldham (OL4)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 16 July 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Bedford Sports & Social Club
Apple Street, Leigh · Wigan WN7 2EQ · Wigan (WN7)
4 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 16 July 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
The Grill
59-61 Featherstall Road North, Oldham · Oldham OL9 6QB · Oldham (OL9)
4 → 0 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 13 July 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
New World Chippy
283 Dumers Lane, Radcliffe, Greater Manchester · Bury M26 2GN · Bury (M26)
4 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 29 July 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Wrap it in NW limited
392 Lloyd House, Third Avenue, Trafford Park, Manchester · Trafford M17 1JE · Trafford (M17)
5 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 24 July 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Caffe Nero
9-11 Shaws Road, Altrincham, Cheshire · Trafford WA14 1QU · Altrincham (WA14)
4 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 20 July 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Flowers Takeaway
175 Crescent Road, Bolton · Bolton BL3 2JS · Bolton (BL3)
3 → 1 (mid → cooked) · inspection dated 17 July 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
The Gerrard Arms
615 Bolton Road, Aspull, Wigan · Wigan WN2 1PZ · Wigan (WN2)
5 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 17 July 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Irlam Steel Recreation And Social Club
Irlam Steel Recreation And Soc, Liverpool Road, Irlam · Salford M44 6AJ · Salford (M44)
5 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 16 July 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
The Canadian Charcoal Pit
The Canadian Charcoal Pit, 335 Stockport Road, Denton, Tameside · Tameside M34 6AZ · Tameside (M34)
3 → 2 (mid → cooked) · inspection dated 14 July 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Play 2 Diggle
Warth Mill, Huddersfield Road, Diggle, Oldham · Oldham OL3 5PJ · Oldham (OL3)
4 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 13 July 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Ratings recovered 📈
Irwells Bistro
Bury Road, Radcliffe, Greater Manchester · Bury M26 2WX · Bury (M26)
1 → 4 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 21 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Whitefield Golf Club
Higher Lane, Whitefield, Manchester · Bury M45 7EZ · Bury (M45)
1 → 5 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 18 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Happy Seasons Chinese Takeaway
329 Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester · Bury M45 7SE · Bury (M45)
1 → 5 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 17 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Street Guys
171 Station Road, Swinton · Salford M27 6BU · Salford (M27)
2 → 4 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 13 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Noir
Village Inn, Third Avenue, Trafford Park, Manchester · Trafford M17 1DQ · Trafford (M17)
1 → 5 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 12 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Neighborhood and local-area movement 🗺️
These are places with at least two qualifying changes in the reporting period—not a claim that every restaurant in the area moved the same way.
Altrincham (WA14)
2 changes: 2 setbacks and 0 improvements
0 closures · 2 downgrades · 0 reopenings · 0 recoveries
Wigan (WN7)
2 changes: 2 setbacks and 0 improvements
0 closures · 2 downgrades · 0 reopenings · 0 recoveries
Bury (M26)
2 changes: 1 setback and 1 improvement
0 closures · 1 downgrade · 0 reopenings · 1 recovery
Trafford (M17)
2 changes: 1 setback and 1 improvement
0 closures · 1 downgrade · 0 reopenings · 1 recovery
Wigan (WN1)
2 changes: 1 setback and 1 improvement
0 closures · 1 downgrade · 0 reopenings · 1 recovery
Affected chains and same-name locations 📍
Only name groups with at least three operating Manchester locations and a qualifying change this period appear here. Counts describe each group’s current citywide record at publication; shared names do not always prove shared ownership.
Caffe Nero
20 clean · 1 mid · 1 cooked across 22 rated locations, plus 1 not rated.
1 qualifying change this period · 23 operating locations tracked
Happy house
5 clean · 1 mid · 1 cooked across 7 rated locations.
1 qualifying change this period · 7 operating locations tracked
The Canadian Charcoal Pit
1 clean · 0 mid · 1 cooked across 2 rated locations, plus 1 not rated.
1 qualifying change this period · 3 operating locations tracked
Frurt
4 clean · 0 mid · 0 cooked across 4 rated locations, plus 1 not rated.
1 qualifying change this period · 5 operating locations tracked
How Manchester’s rating works
the FSA rates 0–5 (higher is better): clean = 4 or 5, mid = 3, cooked = 2 or below.
Greater Manchester runs the national Food Hygiene Rating Scheme: one number from 0 to 5, where higher is better. A 5 is very good, a 3 is generally satisfactory, and a 0 means urgent improvement is necessary. The rating blends three things the inspector judges on the day — hygienic food handling, the state of the building and equipment, and confidence in how the place is managed. The ten Greater Manchester councils each run their own inspection teams against the same national scale. The FSA publishes the rating and the date it was given, but not the specific problems found.
Corrections and updates
No corrections recorded. The facts above are the frozen publication snapshot; restaurant links show the current record.
Source: UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils. Cooked preserves the authority’s grade and adds clean / mid / cooked only as a comparison layer. Read the methodology → · Browse explainers and stories →