My favourite place to eat out in Manchester is… Tai Pan. I’ve been coming to this restaurant for over 20 years now… My parents used to bring me here most Sunday afternoons for dim sum ...
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CORD TO BE NYQ – COCKTAIL BAR AND INTIMATE CELLAR MUSIC VIBE
IT seems to have becoming a trend, rescuing and revamping tired Northern Quarter pioneer venues. First the Bay Horse, a beautifully transformed space and some seriously good pub food; then news of Odd across Thomas ...
Marco Pierre White to open a Chophouse on Canal Street
A FOURTH Chophouse is about to be born in Manchester. The proud father? One Marco Pierre White. Perhaps a more surrogate parent than the hands-on team behind our homegrown trio (no relation) of Thomas’s, Sam’s ...
Tapas kings Porta to open a new bar off Chapel Street, Salford
IS there a hint of a new Spanish invasion in the air? And we don’t mean, Armada on the starboard side. Just further additions in the pipeline to a city and region well endowed with ...
Just Eat Pop-Ups launch new digital delivery service at underground venue Brickworks
THE newly unearthed Brickworks, an unforgettable basement venue beneath the Barton Arcade, is to play host to an intimate supper club to mark the launch of Just Eat Digital Pop-Ups. Just Eat is now delivering ...
Manc founder of one of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants joins NRB Debate
A FORMER waiter in Croma Pizzeria now co-founder of one of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants is a headline act at the upcoming Northern Restaurant Bar trade show in the city. Stockport’s Johnny Smith, whose ...
You booty! Andrew’s Wellington is a triumph at the River Restaurant
STRANGE that Admiral Nelson has neither a pair of boots nor a dish named after him. Apparently en route for Trafalgar this man of plain tastes ordered a shipboard consignment of suet and raisins, so ...
Lady Grey IPA looks a Runaway Success on International Women’s Day
THOSE publicity hounds Brewdog have scooped a ton of publicity around International Women’s Day by launching their self-styled ladies’ beer ‘Pink IPA’. Cue much social media furore. Much worthier of your attention, as we celebrate ...
Jail rehab charity The Clink to open Manchester city centre cafe
PRISONER rehabilitation charity The Clink is opening a new city centre café, staffed by offenders and homeless young people, in the iconic Grade II listed Canada House building on Chepstow Street. The Clink already runs ...
Manchester’s Best Food Pub Takes the Next Step…with Sandwiches
IT’S National Pie Week, so we go and sample quality sandwiches. What an awkward squad we are at Taste of Manchester, but when The Clarence promised they were elevating the humble butty we couldn’t resist ...