New Manchester bars and restaurants opening after lockdown We can't wait to visit some of these Updated Society is one of the sites that will be ready to open after lockdown in Manchester (Image: Supplied) There is so much to look forward to this year, if the vaccine roll-out and plummeting infection rates continue. Meeting up with friends and family again, returning to theatres and gig venues, and that first sip of a pint in the pub are all events that could very well return in the next few months. For bar and restaurant operators, the return to a degree of normality can't come soon enough.