Rudys Pizza Manchester Puts London on the Menu With Soho Restaurant | Eater London

"Opening this year at 80 Wardour Street, this Manchester-born pizzeria started in Ancoats in 2015 and has expanded to six sites across Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham and Sale. It’s known for a short, rigorously Neapolitan menu — a concise set of standards including marinara, margherita and the “ancozzese,” a white pizza with sausage and friarelli named for its birthplace — and is consistently cited as the best of its kind in its home city thanks to strict adherence to the traditions and artistry of Neapolitan pizza. During the pandemic the group introduced a “bake at home” pizza meal kit and later reopened some sites for takeaway; growth was accelerated after investor Mission Mars bought a stake in 2017, though founders Jim Morgan and Kate Wilson resigned directorships and no longer hold shares. Its first London restaurant will join a competitive Neapolitan scene and will replace the departing Wahaca at the site, with backers likely mindful of the pandemic-era closures that affected casual dining chains." - James Hansen