Local Indian street food specialists Pukht are bringing their delicious blend of global flavours to Macclesfield after taking up residency in the Bollington Brewery Tap.
Almost two years since they began delighting diners at Congleton Market Quarter, Pukht will commence serving their menu of ‘global favourites with an Indo-Pakistani twist’ at the brewery site on Parker Street from Thursday through to Sunday each week.
Menu highlights include gyros, tacos, burgers and burritos and customers in Congleton have been impressed with the quality of the food, speed of service and of course the generous portion sizes.
Bollington Brewery was first established by owner Lee Wainwright on Adlington Road in Bollington in 2005, opposite the company’s first pub, The Vale Inn. Over the past two decades they have grown to take on Macc’s Park Tavern and The Cask in Poynton, as well as opening new venues at The Fountain on Park Green and The Foundry in Congleton, where they first collaborated with Pukht.
In 2023 an opportunity arose to move the operation to the site of a former bakery at Brook Mill, where they have expanded production of their award-winning ales and, in autumn of last year, opened the taproom.
Lee, who runs the business together with wife Kirsten, is excited to be teaming up with Pukht once again in Macclesfield now that work on renovating the kitchen has been completed. “We’re extremely pleased to be growing our working relationship with Pukht,” he said. “We started working together at CMQ and we felt they were the right fit for the brewery both with their food and their like-minded culture.”
“Pukht introduced me to gyros and particularly their slow roasted lamb shawarma, which has become my go to Pukht dish, while Kirsten loves the butter halloumi club and fries.”
Pukht, the brainchild of Aisha and Nick Tilstone, started during lockdown when they catered for discerning diners around Cheshire. The brand grew a solid fanbase and traded at Hatch on Oxford Rd in Manchester, before establishing themselves at the heart of CMQ when it opened in 2023. As well as serving up food at the Tap, they plan to offer home deliveries in the local area in the coming months.
The Bollington Brewery Tap is open from 4pm to 11pm on Thursdays and Fridays, Noon until 11pm on Saturdays and Noon to 8pm on Sundays. Food is served from opening to each day, and until 9pm on Thursday, 9:30pm Friday, 10pm Saturday and 7pm Sunday. A community quiz is held in the taproom on the third Thursday of each month, raising money for local good causes.
