I’D like to say that this Taste of Manchester scribe made his debut call on Northern Quarter indie bookstore Chapter One to set down the opening lines of his long-anticipated literary masterpiece in one of ...
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Hangingditch present their favourite wines in the Cathedral
TICKETS are selling fast for the hangingditch Wine Fair at Manchester Cathedral on Friday, November 20. Now in its eighth year, this showcase for the neighbouring wine merchant has become a victim of its own ...
Countdown to IndyManBeerCon – the craft ale summit
IT’s the only October beer fest that really counts for the craft beer fraternity – and the programme for this year’s Indy Man Beer Con, starting next Thursday, October 8, at Victoria Baths has aroused ...
OTTOLENGHI’S NOPI TALK AND DEMO AT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE
THE chef that launched a million dinner parties featuring sumac and pomegranate molasses via his books and Guardian Saturday columns is coming to Manchester’s Royal Exchange to promote his latest volume. On Monday, September 28 ...
The journey of a pint: From grain to glass with The Dockyard IPA
It’s 6.30 am and Katie Cradduck, manager of The Dockyard, has gallantly climbed a ladder to the to the top of a mash tun to peer at the beer brewing inside. We’re at the brewery ...
Million pound Quill restaurant names head chef
THE perils of Googling a new restaurant. Quill on King Street is still in the pending tray, but there are already reviews on TripAdvisor. How does that get through? Well, there happens to be a ...
Quarter of a century up for Dimitri’s, Deansgate’s little corner of Greece
BARELY a day goes by without a new restaurant or bar opening its doors – and that’s just the Corn Exchange! Yet amid all this frantic, helter skelter avalanche of hospitality we must remember to ...
Comptoir Libanais bringing the spice of Lebanon to The Avenue
UPMARKET chain Comptoir Libanais is launching its first restaurant outside London at The Avenue on Spinningfields in early November. Comptoir Libanais, which means ‘Lebanese counter’ will offer ‘casual all day dining in a relaxed, authentic ...
The new frontier – Cutting Room and Rudy’s pizza lead the Ancoats charge
By Neil Sowerby THE Northern Quarter’s a bit like Chardonnay. Once everyone loved the fruity charmer, then ABC (anything but Chardonnay) kicked in and the alienated tipplers turned to Sauvignon or a spot of PIcpoul. ...
2015 Manchester Food and Drink Awards – the winners
IT has been an unprecedented year of new arrivals on the Manchester food and drink scene and the most high profile of these, Hawksmoor, scooped Newcomer of the Year at the 2015 Manchester Food and ...