Their Levenshulme regulars know it’s “CHEE-bus” and they also know that there is much more than pizza to what Giorgio and Marco are doing. “Some people pronounce it, SIGH-bus, some KEY-bus - it's a talking point.” When the Hennigans decided to close their club M19, they offered it to the pair for a proper restaurant. Giorgio talks fondly of his landlord, laughing about his stories of getting a demo tape from Oasis but declining their request for a gig at The Palace. He also owns The Union and Hennigan's Bar as well as the now-defunct Palace nightclub. The progression to Cibus Ristorante - and how to pronounce itįred’s owner Lawrence Hennigan is known as “the king of Levenshulme”. Levenshulme welcomed this local gem with open arms. Our reviewer called Cibus "as good as Rudy's or Honest Crust - and cheaper" and many more sang its praises. We shook hands with Lawrence Hennigan on the pop-up and said, let's give it a go.”īut Cibus pizza quickly built a great reputation. Our first mixer was a bucket and we did it by hand. “We started very humbly,” says Giorgio, “We didn't even have the money to buy a mixer. It wasn’t long before they cooked up plans for a relaxed pizza pop up. The pair met while working at Salvi's five years ago and when Giorgio left to concentrate on “a family-style life” outside the city. A popular pop up at Fred's Ale Houseīut Giorgio credits Marco for the pizzas at Cibus. After wearing many different hospitality hats around London learning lessons along the way, and a stint working in Barbados, he landed in the similarly desirable playboy patch of Levenshulme, Manchester. In 1997 he started working for Giorgio Locatelli in what went on to be an award-winning fine dining team. Giorgio was born in the Venetian countryside but left Italy 24 years ago for London.
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