SAUNTERING through summery Spinningfields you may chance on a new coffee van on the block, going under the monicker of Couch, Grind, Coffee. It’s the pop-up face of Sale Sharks rugby union star David Seymour’s ...
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Victoria Baths Open Day with street food and afternoon tea with bubbly
PEOPLE’S Choice winners in the recent British Street Food Awards Northern Heat Dim Sum Su head up a strong trader presence at the Victoria Baths Foodie Open Day on Sunday, July 9. The Leftbank-based duo, ...
Ancoats Food Assembly and online farmer's market for city dwellers
ANCOATS continues its quiet march to being the city’s foodie quarter par excellence. Latest addition fills a genuine gap – a weekly source of quality fresh produce. Until now the only quality food outlet has ...
Manchester Food and Drink Awards 2017 – your vote counts
THERE’S still plenty of time to vote for your eating and drinking faves nominated for the coveted 2017 Manchester Food and Drink Awards, climax of the 20th Manchester Food and Drink Festival. You’ve got until ...
Meat, glorious meat as Zelman King Street pop-up makes its mark
I COULD swear a lobster waved at me from the holding tank as we entered. Off the hook perhaps for the next month as Zelman Meats’ pop-up is centre of attention at Burger & Lobster. ...
Don't miss a single drop as Manchester Beer Week comes to its climax
HANDS up, who has had their fill of hops and malts midway through this 10-day Manchester Beer Week (June 23-July2)? Thought not and there’s so much to look forward to this closing weekend – not ...
Honey, we brewed the beer. One more giant leap for beekind
BEES have never been more high profile in Manchester, symbolising the defiance of the city and also its proud creativity. What better way to toast these busy heroes than with a pint made from our ...
Squirrels take cover! Permanent Pennine base for star chef Robert Owen Brown
IT was a ‘Chef Livingstone, I presume’ moment. To get there we’d tackled England’s longest continual ascent – 968 feet of climbing in 5.5 miles without a dip. The B6138 up from Mytholmroyd was a ...
Welcome to Fress, NQ bar/restaurant with a difference
THIS is Jenn Hargreaves and Sam Morgan, the team behind Fress, a 'Modern Victorian style' bar restaurant due to open on Oldham Street this Friday (June 30). ToM dropped into the former newsagent’s at No ...
Well pasta their target as more than 26,000 folk flocked to Festa Italiana
LITTLE Italy? No way. Manchester’s first bespoke Italian Festival was Italy Writ Large, Rome, Milan and Napoli rolled into one, as more than 20,000 visitors packed into Cathedral Gardens over the three days of Festa ...