THERE are so many openings in Manchester, it’s easy to miss the quiet closures. ToM always liked No 1 Watson Street, a pleasant craft beer bar with a good range, but it never felt an ...
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Royal Exchange at last to get a restaurant to match its dramatic setting
WHEN so many glorious Manchester spaces have been transformed into bars and restaurants and even our arts venues are paying more attention to their food and drink offering – witness Manchester Art Gallery hiring Mary ...
Adam Reid at The French cuts back its lunch operation
BACK in March we reported on a serious makeover of The French, consistent with chef Adam Reid’s determination to lighten the fine dining experience following the departure of Simon Rogan. With his name over the ...
Bab and Honey Trap – gourmet kebabs and a louche basement bar
GOURMET kebabs – ToM likes the sound of Bab, latest venture from the NQ’s Pen and Pencil folk. They are even throwing in a ‘Berlin-style’ basement dive bar called The Honey Trap below the 55-cover ...
First look: Flok sherry and wine bar
SHERRY’S a wine on the wane. In a world where insipid prosecco sales go through the roof that’s a shame. Sadly Spain’s unique fortified styles have an image problem. It’s meant that sales have halved ...
Five Manchester restaurants and the entire Usher stable in UK Top 100
THERE was much lamentation when Manchester’s most high profile fine dining establishments, Manchester House and Adam Reid at The French failed to make the UK Top 100 in the Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards 2017. ...
Who needs popcorn when you have this line-up at a cinema pop-up?
VICTORIA Baths is hosting another Village Screen pop-up cinema this weekend, showing Back to the Future on Friday, July 28 and Dirty Dancing on Saturday, July 29. There’s a stellar line-up of food traders involved, ...
OUT OF TOWN: major food and beer mecca in Clitheroe
THE Ribble Valley is ToM’s favourite foodie day out destination, usually to visit one of its great food pubs, the Freemasons at Wiswell, The Sssheton Arms at Downham, The White Swan at Fence or Nigel ...
New Brekkies and Oktoberfest – Albert’s Schloss just never stops!
WHERE to snatch that super healthy breakfast to charge your energies for the day? Teutonic party central Albert’s Schloss was never on that radar – until now. Suddenly with their new summer breakfast menu they’ve ...
Gourmet pie shop or ethical vegan pizza? The choice is yours in Chorlton
LORD of the Pies is one of the better puns in the food and drink game (up there with our own Beastro and Jason Doner Van) and the gourmet pies taste good, too – our ...