LIKE the first cuckoo of spring, the dreaded words ‘Michelin for Manchester’ are being tweeted again, as I write. For Mike Ingall of Allied London that elusive star seems to matter more than for many ...
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GRUB go Greek and Filipino for their follow-up Runaway Food Fair
GRUB’s latest Food Fair collaboration with Runaway brewery is this Saturday (April 16). The Green Quarter-based pop-up food and drink entrepreneurs have organised a tasty line-up to be washed down with Mark Welsby’s top notch ...
Cutting Room take over Coldplay breakthrough venue Cafe Cuba
THE music bar that gave Coldplay their big break is going back to its roots after being taken over by the Cutting Room folk as a sideline from revitalising the Ancoats scene. After its refurb, ...
Independents' Day – Battle of the Chorlton wine stores this Friday
THAT enterprising wine guru Andy Leathley is hosting a unique coming together of local specialist shops this Friday (April 15). Independents’ Day: Battle of the Chorlton wine merchants will take place in the premises of ...
Brass well spent! Dukes 92‘s spectacular new look to mark 25th anniversary
CASTLEFIELD’S pioneering canalside bar, Dukes ’92 has reopened after a magnificent £1m makeover and a menu overhaul to match. The result is quite stunning – fittings and platefuls. The much needed makeover is courtesy of ...
Solita snap up Paul Heathcote restaurants in Preston
WATCH out, Preston – the Big Manc has landed. ‘Dirty food purveyors‘ Solita have expanded their ‘South of Little Italy’ empire yet further by acquiring Heathcote’s Brasserie and the adjacent Olive Press there. Merged, the ...
Cloudwater and JW Lees join forces to brew Manc Beer Week’s official ale
IT’S the unlikeliest of marriages, but it signals the hop-driven ambition of this summer’s inaugural Manchester Beer Week. The area’s oldest family brewer, JW Lees (1828) is set to collaborate with the city’s new wave ...
Crumbs! Teacup Cakery springs up at Leftbank Gardens
OUR Teacup runneth over. Not content with serving some of the best tea and cakes in the Northern Quarter and in their Manchester Museum cafe, Teacup Kitchen have now popped up at The Gardens at ...
Whisky Festival announced with further spirit-lifters on the way
THERE’s a festival for every form of booze in Manchester these days. Beer and gin have dominated recent merry events, but whisky is fighting back. Appropriately enough, The Whiskey Jar on Tariff Street in the ...
Crazy Pedro’s issue the duck – their latest quackers pizza special
ONE of TOM’s favourite moments of the past 12 months was when the Crazy Pedro posse at the Manchester Food and Drink Awards Gala Dinner ordered a delivery of their own takeaway pizzas. This last ...