manteca restaurant

a nose-to-tail italian-inspired restaurant, focusing on whole-animal butchery, hand-rolled pastas, wood-fired breads, and our own in-house salumeria, with low-intervention and fine wines, as well as amari-focused cocktails. were part of a young and growing restaurant group, owned by david carter and chris leach, focused on building a strong, healthy, and happy company culture for our employees, where we invest in training to build core skills and career opportunities for our team. many of our senior managers started their journey with us as junior team members and have worked their way up into the positions they hold today. established as a four-month pop-up [10 heddon street] in the summer of 2019, this successful short-term residency paved the way for what was to become the first iteration of manteca. manteca soho opened in november 2019 on great marlborough street, as a two-year residency. throughout the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021, the restaurant opened as and when it was p...