Franco Manca restaurant at 37 King Street in Manchester city centre, England, UK, with outdoor tables and red parasols.

Franco Manca restaurant at 37 King Street in Manchester city centre, England, UK, with outdoor tables and red parasols. Customers sit outside the pizza restaurant on the pedestrianised street, creating a lively hospitality scene framed by historic commercial buildings and more recent city-centre development. Franco Manca is known for sourdough pizza and forms part of the expanding casual dining offer in many British city centres. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Franco Manca, Manchester restaurants, pizza, sourdough, casual dining, eating out, hospitality, outdoor seating, King Street, city-centre leisure, restaurant chains, food and drink, tourism and changing retail streets. The bright red parasols, pavement dining and warm-weather activity provide a strong visual illustration of the increasingly important role of restaurants and bars in repurposing traditional shopping and office districts. The scene also reflects the post-retail shift towards food, leisure and social uses in central Manchester.