A much loved Liverpool restaurant is set to close its doors after almost a decade in business.
The Hub Alehouse and Kitchen, on Hanover Street, has been one of the most popular restaurants in the city centre since opening in February 2011.
However, today the ECHO can report that the restaurant will shut for the last time on Sunday, June 2.
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The news comes after the Liverpool-based restaurant group that previously owned the venue - Bistro Qui? - went into administration and put three of its restaurants on the market including The Hub and The Refinery in Liverpool.
Bistro Qui was founded in 2003 and ran a total of seven sites including Chica Peruvian Kitchen, Button Street Smokehouse and The Hub - all of which are now closed or due to close.
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Mission Mars, a Manchester based firm which operators Rudy’s Neapolitan Pizza, has acquired the leasehold of Hub Alehouse & Kitchen for £750,000 and are said to be transforming the venue into a new restaurant and bar called Albert's Schenke.
Albert's Schenke will be a bier halle from the team behind Manchester’s Albert’s Schloss, a Bier Palace & Cook Haus, inspired by Bavaria and Bohemia.
Tom O’Malley, senior business agent at Christie & Co which handled the sale, said: "We’re delighted to have brokered an agreement with Mission Mars and we’re confident that the business will prove to be a successful addition to their growing portfolio.
"This deal stands as testament to the demand for high quality bars and restaurants in key city centres throughout the North West, as well as to the appetite of both regional and national purchasers."
