Nick ' s Bistro Nick ' s Bistro ( formerly Just Nick ' s , The Joinery and Turners Joinery ) is a bar situated within an arch of the viaduct in Viaduct Street . History and events . Nick ' s Bistro is situated in Viaduct Street , at the south end of Coronation Street near the Corner Shop and The Kabin . It is situated underneath a railway line . In 1967 , Episode 667 ( 8th May 1967 ) , a goods train derailed and crashed through the Viaduct and crashed into Coronation Street trapping a number of residents . In 1997 , Episode 4278 ( 8th October 1997 ) , after kidnapping Mike Baldwin , Don Brennan intended to kill him . As Mike escaped and hobbled across the cobbles , Don sped his Jaguar up the street attempting to run down Mike , but missed and smashed into the Viaduct wall , causing the car to explode and killing Don . In 2004 , Episode 5899 ( 24th November 2004 ) , after her reign of terror , Maya Sharma ( Mad Maya ) had kidnapped Sunita Alahan and Dev Alahan and trapped the pair in the Corner Shop . She set it alight but the pair escaped just in time before the shop exploded over the Street , knocking the residents to their feet . When Maya witnessed Sunita being rescued by Charlie Stubbs , she sped up the Street but missed and crashed into the empty Turners Joinery . Residents watched on in horror , as Maya hadn ' t in fact died and she rose her head . Seconds later a lorry crashed into the rear of her car , hospitalising her . In late 2010 , Episode 7484 ( 6th December 2010 ) - Episode 7488 ( 10th December 2010 ) to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of " Coronation Street " , a week of episodes showed an unexpected gas leak at newly opened bar The Joinery . This caused the bar to explode . The explosion destroyed the overhead Viaduct which caused a passing tram to crash through the Viaduct and smash into the Corner Shop trapping Sunita Alahan , Molly Dobbs her three month old baby Jack . The rear end of the tram swung around and crushed The Kabin trapping Rita Sullivan . As a result of the incident , the following people lost their lives : Charlotte Hoyle was also attacked on this day by John Stape , although died as a result of her life support being turned off . The Joinery went under renovations and was re - opened in early 2011 and went under the name of Nick ' s Bistro . In 2014 during his war with estranged wife Leanne Tilsley , Nick changed the name of the bar to " Just Nick ' s " . Later that year , due to a lack of staff , Steph Britton employed Andy Carver and told Nick Tilsley that if he got fired , she ' d leave in protest . Nick later asked Leanne if she would return to work at the bistro , which she agreed on the conditions that she could be manageress , the premises would be refurbished and the name reverted back to its original title . In January 2016 , Jamie Bowman and his mate Lee robbed the bistro at night . They also intended to frighten waitress , Steph Britton , who Jamie believed had sent her brother Luke and boyfriend Andy Carver after him to get him fired from his job . They believed that Steph was in the premises but once they entered the bistro they encountered Carla Connor , not Steph . They attempted to rob the till but due to a power cut the business had been closed since noon and there was no money for them to steal . Instead they swiped Carla ' s handbag and ran outside to their car . Carla sprinted after them and tried to get her handbag off them , but Jamie started up the car and then drove off as she was attacking Lee . Carla was then pushed out of the moving vehicle , badly injuring her . Pat Phelan attempted to stop the robbers by standing in front of the car , but upon realising that he was putting himself in danger , Kevin Webster pushed him aside .