The new arrivals are Asian-inspired restaurant, The Social Distortion, vintage clothes shop, Chinese Laundry, boutique fitness centre, TC60 and American-style smokehouse, The Smoke Room. The additions to the Fruit Market community mean Humber Street in the heart of the waterfront quarter is fully occupied for the first time since the regeneration of the area began. Experimental Asian cuisine eatery, The Social Distortion, became the first of the new businesses to open its doors.
“We want to give a big shout-out to the new Social Distortion team and everyone who has come to support us since opening.” After closing its long-established store in Savile Street in Hull city centre last December, Chinese Laundry has now re-emerged in the Fruit Market. Chinese Laundry founder Alfie Appleton said: “Moving to Humber Street and joining such a great bunch of independents marks a new chapter for us.