Top Blade steaks reputation on new Portadown venue

A new steak restaurant has opened its second restaurant in Portadown, creating 25 jobs in the process.

Top Blade – which already boasts a branch in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter – opened on its new 50-seater venue on November 22.

The Mandeville Street premises has been completely reimagined by the team behind the hit Belfast venue which first opened its doors in 2019.

Top Blade’s owner are now eyeing further restaurants across Ireland in 2023.

Aaron Taggart, director of Top Blade said the restaurant jumped at the chance to take on the Co Armagh venue.

“When this opportunity was presented to us it immediately felt like the right thing to do, we were excited by the concept and felt that it was a brand that we could roll out.

“We’re delighted that in less than 18 months we are seeing this dream become a reality. We’re confident that the busy town of Portadown is the perfect spot for our second restaurant and we are looking forward to serving up many tasty steaks to our Portadown customers.

“The response in the run up to our opening has been phenomenal, I hope that this is just the beginning of many Top Blade restaurants across both the north and south of Ireland, in fact we are already on the lookout for our third location which we intend to open in 2023.”

Manager Kenny Parker said: “Our Belfast restaurant regularly serves up over 1,000 steaks every week, we’re hopeful that Portadown will create the same excitement and buzz and will bring the people of Portadown a new dining experience that will delight all the senses.

“We are very proud of our delicious menu, all our food is sourced locally, and we stock the widest range of steaks available here in Northern Ireland, but Top Blade is also more than that – we’re sure that what we’ve created will add  that little bit of Top Blade magic that keeps our Belfast customers returning time and time again.”