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THE ALCHEMIST ON NEW YORK STREET CELEBRATES FOUR YEARS ON THE FOURTH OF JULY  

THE ALCHEMIST ON NEW YORK STREET CELEBRATES FOUR YEARS ON THE FOURTH OF JULY  

NEW York Street sounds just the spot to celebrate American Independence Day – and a star-spangled bar birthday, too. The Alchemist on that thoroughfare turns four on July 4 with an American themed bash from ...

30 June 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Bangers & Bacon's meaty triumph in Kitchens trader competition

Bangers & Bacon's meaty triumph in Kitchens trader competition

WHAT a summer it has been for the team behind Bangers & Bacon. May ended with their Spinningfields Left Bank diner invaded by the Hairy Bikers on location. Now June departs with the trio crowned ...

29 June 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Manchester House and El Gato Negro star at National Restaurant Awards

Manchester House and El Gato Negro star at National Restaurant Awards

THE Northern culinary powerhouse made a major mark on this year’s prestigious National Restaurant Awards, announced at a London dinner last night (June 27). Aiden Byrne’s Manchester House leapt into the Top 50 from 98th ...

28 June 2016 by Neil Sowerby

VIVE LE GRUB’S PEDAL POWERED PICNIC AT SADLER’S YARD THIS SATURDAY

VIVE LE GRUB’S PEDAL POWERED PICNIC AT SADLER’S YARD THIS SATURDAY

WHEN Taste of Manchester goes off on one of its country jaunts it keeps running into (not literally) rusting yellow bikes, legacy of the Tour de France’s Grand Depart annexation of our moorlands in 2014. ...

27 June 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Out of this world – Aiden Byrne goes in search of the stars at Bluedot

Out of this world – Aiden Byrne goes in search of the stars at Bluedot

AIDEN Byrne is joining the dots! Bluedot, the new festival of music, science and space exploration at Jodrell bank (July 22-24) wouldn’t be the complete without feeding the inner spaceman. So they’ve signed up Manchester’s ...

27 June 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Lancashire gastropub par excellence – Nutter’s Bird is off to a flier

Lancashire gastropub par excellence – Nutter’s Bird is off to a flier

ANDREW Nutter knows how to throw a good party, so no surprise that the outward-going chef arrived by helicopter at the celeb launch of his new pub venture, the Bird at Birtle. Taste of Manchester, ...

24 June 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Manchester Food and Drink Awards 2016 – The Shortlists

Manchester Food and Drink Awards 2016 – The Shortlists

HERE are the shortlists for the Manchester Food nd Drink Awards 2016. This year there are 15 major categories in total, including four new ones – Premium and Fine Dining Venue of the Year, Casual ...

20 June 2016

URBAN COOKHOUSE ‘SUMMER CAMP’ WITH POOL AND POOCHES

URBAN COOKHOUSE ‘SUMMER CAMP’ WITH POOL AND POOCHES

URBAN Cookhouse’s newly launched ‘Summer Camp’ has gone to the dogs – and we don’t mean the classic New York meaty treats that are one of its culinary calling cards. The Big Apple inspired independent ...

20 June 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Revel in a summer in the Rhone at TNQ

Revel in a summer in the Rhone at TNQ

THE monthly Gourmet Evenings at the Northern Quarter Restaurant Bar revel in their own culinary and geographical ambition and that’s certainly true of the latest, A Summer In The Rhone. It’s a five course dinner ...

19 June 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Magnificent seven street food traders announced for B.Eat St July 15 launch

Magnificent seven street food traders  announced for B.Eat St July 15 launch

JULY 15. Put it in your diary as the day that moribund Deansgate Mews is magicked into B.EAT Street – an alternative food, booze and art universe, complete with Godzilla murals and a seven metre ...

19 June 2016 by Neil Sowerby

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