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Buy local! Ancoats Food Assembly up and running

Buy local! Ancoats Food Assembly up and running

NCOATS Food Assembly is finally on-stream, filling a genuine gap in this up and coming foodie quarter par excellence – a weekly source of quality fresh produce. From September 1 you can order produce from ...

31 August 2017 by Neil Sowerby

Manchester Thai Festival 2017 at Platt Fields

Manchester Thai Festival 2017 at Platt Fields

MANCHESTER’S annual Thai Festival is back bigger than ever at Platt Fields this weekend (September 2 and 3) with authentic delicacies on offer, live cooking demos, Thai produce, live music, traditional massage, eating competition, a ...

31 August 2017

Great Hall is whisky heaven all weekend

Great Hall is whisky heaven all weekend

THE Manchester Whisky Festival 2017 is back this Friday and Saturday, (September 1 and 2), in Manchester Town Hall’s spectacular Great Hall with the promise of fresh additions and even more drams for your buck. ...

31 August 2017

Épernay’s honey and apple-inspired cocktail star of Tatton Tequilafest

Épernay’s honey and apple-inspired cocktail star of Tatton Tequilafest

WHAT a bill – Grease, Back to The Future, Harry Potter and Tequila as the ‘Patrón The Summer’ cocktail tour adds spirited support to the open-air Luna Cinema in Tatton Park over the August Bank ...

25 August 2017

HISPI MEETS THE UNABOMBERS IN A SPECTACULAR ONE-OFF MFDF MAYFIELD BANQUET: BOOK NOW

HISPI MEETS THE UNABOMBERS IN A SPECTACULAR ONE-OFF MFDF MAYFIELD BANQUET: BOOK NOW

A UNIQUE food, drink and music collaboration between bistro entrepreneur Gary Usher of Hispi and DJ duo turned restaurateurs, Justin Crawford and Luke Cowdrey, will take place as part of the Manchester Food and Drink ...

24 August 2017 by Neil Sowerby

STORE STREET AND JW LEES RAISE A TOAST TO FOREVER MANCHESTER WITH CHARITABLE PARTNERSHIP

STORE STREET AND JW LEES RAISE A TOAST TO FOREVER MANCHESTER WITH CHARITABLE PARTNERSHIP

STORE Street, the revamped ground floor dining and drinking space at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, has announced a heartening charity initiative to tie in with its opening in late September. In collaboration with ...

24 August 2017

Greater Manchester Beer Awards Winners and why MFDF is big on beer

Greater Manchester Beer Awards Winners and why MFDF is big on beer

JUST a couple of months on from the end of Manchester Beer Week the citywide celebration of hop and malt has announced the winners of its inaugural Greater Manchester Beer Awards. Chosen by public vote ...

23 August 2017 by Neil Sowerby

B.EAT STREET SAYS AU REVOIR TO THE GREAT NORTHERN TO MAKE WAY FOR THE DEVELOPERS

B.EAT STREET SAYS AU REVOIR TO THE GREAT NORTHERN TO MAKE WAY FOR THE DEVELOPERS

‘SUDDENLY, it feels like summer – B.eat Street is back sunny side up’ is how back in April we heralded the return of the quirkiest food and booze pop-up in town. That was a couple ...

22 August 2017

BEERY CHEERS TO AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY AT COTTONOPOLIS

BEERY CHEERS TO AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY AT COTTONOPOLIS

THERE are so many parties in town this weekend celebrating August Bank Holiday and Pride, notably Refuge’s Come As You Are extravaganza, but ToM is casting longing eyes on the Tropadelica Summer Beer Festival Closing ...

22 August 2017

RUNAWAY LAUNCHES SUPPER CLUBS CURATED BY STREET FOOD TEAM GRUB

RUNAWAY  LAUNCHES SUPPER CLUBS CURATED BY STREET FOOD TEAM GRUB

FOODIE fixers GRUB are busy boys. Not content with curating the street eats at Mayfield depot – even hosting the British Street Food Awards there – they are now returning to their former chomping ground, ...

22 August 2017 by Neil Sowerby

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