WHAT better way to launch your summer beer menu than with a three day tropical party. Maybe Cottonopolis calling it their Tropadelica Weekender is just asking for the heavens to open up, but hey, a ...
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Craft brewers unite for Hops Not Hate bomb appeal fundraiser at Beer Nouveau
MANCHESTER’s close-knit brewing fraternity are coming together to raise cash for the families fund established in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing. It’s small beer compared with the One Love Concert but is further ...
Randall & Aubin's Ed Baines heads celeb chef roster at new Eat and Drink Festival
YOU’VE got to hand it to newly arrived Randall & Aubin, now open, – they certainly keep a high profile. Co-founder/chef Ed Baines has been spearheading the restaurant’s arrival in Manchester and he’s also one ...
Unholy crab ale? Seafood and ice cream in the mix for MCR Beer Week
SIX of Manchester’s finest independent food and drinks producers are teaming up with breweries to create a series of exclusive beers for this year’s Manchester Beer Week. The initiative is designed to shine a light ...
Stockport Beer and Cider Festival this weekend (June1-3)
A THIRSTY weekend ahead in Stockport with more than 200 beers, ciders and perries lined up for the town’s annual CAMRA-organised Beer and Cider Festival (June 1-3), held as usual at the Edgeley Park football ...
Vote vegan! Matthew Nutter for The Wonder Inn… and plant-based food fests sprout
IT’S not only the Labour Party on the rise. Another passionate cause going from strength to strength is Veganism. And if one local chef can lay claim to be its vote winner it’s Matthew Nutter. ...
Viva the Revolución – have a rum old time at this Saturday’s Festival
MANCHESTER’S first ever Rum Festival is sold out, so in the build-up to the big day, Saturday, June 3, it’s worth schmoozing any bibulous buddies for a spare hot ticket. It all kicks off with ...
Anglo-French Brasserie Randall & Aubin is now open on Bridge Street
IT seems to have been a work in progress for so long but Randall & Aubin’s meticulous approach has finally paid off with this specialist seafood restaurant – with plenty of rotisserie meats on offer ...
Hispi chef Gary Usher storms to £200,000 Kickstarter target for latest venture
LIKE young Mr Twist, Gary Usher asked for more – and he’s got it. Not content with opening his third bistro, Hispi in Didsbury (our review) he went down the Kickstarter route again in pursuit ...
Vote for the Republic as the Beatnikz brewery launches on Red Bank
RED Bank may sound like some nationalised financial institution in Jeremy Corbyn’s dreams. In fact, it’s a radical food and drink stronghold up the hill in the Green Quarter. Sharing the arches with RedBankCo cafe ...