Restaurant plan for pyramid

STOCKPORT'S landmark towering pyramid - which has stood empty for more than five years is poised to become a top Indian restaurant and banqueting hall.

- PAUL BRITTON

The owner of award-winning restaurant chain Royal Nawaab, famous for its food in Levenshulme for years, has confirmed talks over a deal with the owners of the structure are progressing.

Mahboob Hussain told the M.E.N. the company want the novel building as 'it's next home in the North West' talks are said to be at an 'advanced stage! Royal Nawaab currently has two restaurants in London, one based in the Hover Building in Ealing and another in Ilford, east London.

The Nawaab restaurant and banqueting hall on Stockport Road in Levenshulme - a hotspot for Asian cuisine since it opened on the site of a former cinema in 2003 - closed earlier this year and is now Merzee.