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Bid for promenade food and drink market for TT

Alex Blake
BBC News, Isle of Man
BBC Red and white barriers at the front of an open-air car park. There are terraced buildings in the background lining the Douglas Promenade, with the sea visible on the right. BBC
The Bottleneck Car Park sits at the southern end of Douglas Promenade

Plans have been put forward for a temporary promenade food and drink market to "liven up" an area of the Isle of Man's capital during the 2025 TT races.

Event Management Solutions has applied for permission to hold a marketplace at the Bottleneck Car Park at the southern end of the Douglas Promenade.

The site was previously home to the Bushy's Beer Tent for 20 years, which moved to the Villa Marina gardens in 2018.

If approved, the site would include a main covered bar area, food and drink vans showcasing local offerings, and portable toilets.

Operations Manager Andrew Saunders said the event management firm aimed to "create a lively environment" where people could try local Manx produce.

The entrance archway to Bushy's beer tent in 2012. There is a cartoon fox driving a motorbike painted on the left of the archway.
Local brewery Bushy's previously ran a beer tent at the site for 20 years

The company hopes to run the pop-up on the plot from 21 May until 8 June during the TT motorcycling festival.

Mr Saunders said it would be a "nice new environment to liven up that end of the promenade" where there had been "reduced footfall".

It would also give Manx companies an opportunity to showcase produce to both visitors and locals, he added.

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