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DISH OUT THE BREAKFAST CONGEE! IT’S THE FULL CHINESE AT THE HILTON

DISH OUT THE BREAKFAST CONGEE! IT’S THE FULL CHINESE AT THE HILTON

THE Hilton, Deansgate has launched a Chinese breakfast in its Podium restaurant, allowing guests to wake up to the delights of dim sum, Chinese red tea and congee, a kind of porridge. It was a ...

4 March 2015

TURTLE BAY TO OPEN SECOND MANCHESTER RESTAURANT – IN THE NORTHERN QUARTER

TURTLE BAY TO OPEN SECOND MANCHESTER RESTAURANT – IN THE NORTHERN QUARTER

TURTLE Bay have been bringing rum, reggae, jerk and good times to Manchester since opening in Oxford Street last May. Now, as first birthday here approaches, they’re celebrating by opening a second outlet in Oldham ...

4 March 2015

Aiden Byrne Joins Forces With Altrincham Market House For Food Celebration

Aiden Byrne Joins Forces With Altrincham Market House For Food Celebration

MANCHESTER House superchef Aiden Byrne is teaming up with Altrincham Market House to launch the Alt. Festival of Food & Drink (...& Music) over the weekend of March 27-29. Centred on the acclaimed food hall, ...

27 February 2015

Tickets For Indy Man Beer Con Go on Sale Monday June 1

Tickets For Indy Man Beer Con Go on Sale Monday June 1

IT’S getting a bit like Glastonbury – the ticket buying tension that surrounds Indy Man Beer Con, scheduled again for faraway October. At least we have a date to get on your marks for – ...

26 February 2015

Keystone Chase Kickstarter Cash And Launch May Festival In The Green Quarter

Keystone Chase Kickstarter Cash And Launch May Festival In The Green Quarter

DOES Manchester need another mini-festival.? Definitely when it looks as promising as The Shebeen, set for the Green Quarter on Saturday, May 2. The festival will be a multi venue event with each unique location ...

26 February 2015

Common to shut for major revamp, Beagle's all about a new menu

Common to shut for major revamp, Beagle's all about a new menu

CHANGES underway at the Jonny Heyes co-owned Common and Beagle bars. The first, a Northern Quarter institution for over a decade, is shutting its doors this March for a major transformation/expansion, while its Chorlton sibling ...

24 February 2015

Hawksmoor has landed – our verdict on how the 'ultimate steakhouse' is settling in

Hawksmoor has landed – our verdict on how the 'ultimate steakhouse' is settling in

By Neil Sowerby THE smart money has been on Hawksmoor to redefine steak for Manchester. If that provokes a backlash against these London arrivistes then those who choose to snub their newly opened restaurant in ...

20 February 2015

Saffron Room Opens In Choice's Old Berth At Castle Quay

Saffron Room Opens In Choice's Old Berth At Castle Quay

UPMARKET Indian Saffron Room is hoping to transfer some of the glamour associated with its Prestbury restaurant, a Cheshire Set favourite, to its new city centre branch in the former Choice premises at Castle Quay. ...

19 February 2015

SEASON’S EATINGS Stages its biggest Supper Club Yet at Kosmonaut

SEASON’S EATINGS Stages its biggest Supper Club Yet at Kosmonaut

ON Wednesday, February 25, Season’s Eatings will be taking over the kitchen of Kosmonaut for its biggest pop-up Supper Club to date, serving up a four-course winter-inspired menu. Featuring an eclectic mix of dishes such ...

19 February 2015

Kosmonaut takes off with its spirit-lifting experiments with barrel-aged cocktails

Kosmonaut takes off with its spirit-lifting experiments with barrel-aged cocktails

By Neil Sowerby BARREL aging cocktails is nothing new. Lots of pre-Prohibition mixed drinks got the oak treatment back in the day and in recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in America ...

18 February 2015

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