Explore Street Food Delights at Manchester Airport’s Terminal 2

Great Northern Market in the airport’s new, £1.3bn Terminal 2 features six street food style kitchens alongside cookies and donuts from Gooey. The kitchens are all set around a central dining area, meaning groups of people can order from different places and still eat together.

First options include;

• Nashville Hot House, serving buttermilk chicken and other Southern favourites
• Black Iron Grill, serving smash burgers and loaded fries
• Kouzina, with Greek and Mediterranean inspired street eats
• La Casita, offering a variety of Mexican dishes
• Palms Café, serving pan-Asian dishes
• Napoli Street Pizza.
• Gooey, a Manchester favourite serving coffees, cookies and donuts.

Richard Jackson, Retail Director at Manchester Airport, said:

“We’re so excited to be launching Great Northern Market and can’t wait to share it with our passengers. A lot of work has gone into this idea and we’re delighted with the final product – there’s something on offer to suit all tastes.

“This is the first unit of its kind in a UK airport, but we know market halls are really popular and we want to ensure the offerings in our brand-new Terminal 2 keep up with modern tastes, providing a range of dining experiences from more casual eateries like this one, through to high-end à la carte options.”

Great Northern Market will be operated by Airport Retail Enterprises UK (ARE), a specialist airport food & beverage operator with experience in running eateries in Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, and Edinburgh airports. It is its first market hall operation and taps into the growing popularity of food courts offering a range of street eats from across the globe.

John and Hayley Butts, Directors at Airport Retail Enterprises, added: “We are thrilled to be finally opening our doors and bringing this exciting new street food style concept to Manchester Airport. Great Northern Market will provide all the benefits of a market hall environment – variety, quality, value, and a lively, social atmosphere – on a scale not previously seen in UK airports.”

Manchester Airport is nearing the end of its decade-long programme to reshape Terminal 2 into the ultra-modern, beating heart of the airport. An extension, which increased the terminal’s footprint by 150%, opened in 2021; the original terminal building was then closed and has been given a complete overhaul to bring it up to the same aesthetic and functional standards as the extension.

More than three-quarters of the airport’s passengers are now using the new T2 facilities. The final touches to the new-look Terminal 2 are expected to be complete in time for the summer.