First Dates is well underway, and every week fans have been delighted to see a host of new singletons looking for love during their blind dates.During each new episode, an array of daters meet up in a romantic restaurant and hope to strike up a connection as they enjoy some food together.The hit show also features a beloved cast who look after the daters, including maître d' Fred Sirieix, bar man Merlin Griffiths, and waiting staff Cici and Grant.While the staff don't actually work in the restaurant full-time, the series is actually filmed in a real life restaurant, not on a set.Here's everything you need to know about the First Dates restaurant, including who can go.Fans of the show will be pleased to find out that the First Dates venue is a real restaurant, located in Manchester.The new First Dates restaurant is called The Anthologist and can be found in St Peter's Square.For over seven years, the Channel 4 show was filmed at the Paternoster Chop House in London, but in 2021 filming moved up north.Originally, the show moved to The Refinery Spinningfields, which was also in Manchester.
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