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Pita Pit – healthy spot where veggies aren’t second class citizens

Pita Pit – healthy spot where veggies aren’t second class citizens

IN a world of fast food that can pile on the hidden, unhealthy extras it is refreshing to tap into an international chain whose motto is ‘Fresh Thinking and Healthy Eating'.Welcome to Pita Pit in ...

29 September 2014

Crazy Pedro’s Pizza Parlour Dances on its hat in Bridge Street

Crazy Pedro’s Pizza Parlour Dances on its hat in Bridge Street

FIRST there was Yolo, the Black Dog basement themed around the Mexican Day of the Dead. Now comes late night, part-time pizza purveyors Crazy Pedro. Any day soon Ross Mackenzie, involved in both, may be ...

24 September 2014

100 Great Beers Fest plus MFDF Street Food Session 2 line-up

100 Great Beers Fest plus MFDF Street Food Session 2 line-up

SHOW me the way to Amarillo. Taste of Manchester has decided to focus on just one contender in this year’s 100 Greatest Beers Fest at the Manchester Food and Drink Festival. For the final week ...

23 September 2014

Super sommelier Garry Clark steps in at Albert Square Chop House

Super sommelier Garry Clark steps in at Albert Square Chop House

IMPORTANT changes at Albert’s Chophouse. As Taste of Manchester exclusively revealed, head chef Paul Faulkner http://tasteofmanchester.com/chop-house-chef-to-open-in-heaton-moor/ is off to Heaton Moor to launch his own restaurant, Brassica, Stuart ‘Vally’ Valentine has stepped up to take ...

23 September 2014

Aumbry’s Mary-Ellen McTague Launches City Centre Pop-up

Aumbry’s Mary-Ellen McTague Launches City Centre Pop-up

MARY-ELLEN McTague, chef of the year in the Manchester Food and Drink Awards 2013, is running her first pop up, 4244 Edge Street. Initially it's for five weeks while her restaurant, Aumbry in Prestwich, undergoes ...

23 September 2014

Michelin snub for Manchester House And The French after scattering of AA rosettes

Michelin snub for Manchester House And The French after scattering of AA rosettes

SIMON Rogan at The French and Manchester House both missed out on a Michelin star in the 2015 listings. This after the former restaurant was awarded four AA rosettes and the latter three, raising hopes ...

23 September 2014

Over the croissant moon – a genuine French patisserie in Didsbury

Over the croissant moon – a genuine French patisserie in Didsbury

THE Moreau family are up for two gongs at the Manchester Food And Drink Awards. Their impeccably French eaterie 63 Degrees is up for Restaurant of the Year and dad Eric is up for Chef. ...

18 September 2014

Eat, Drink, Dance And be Merry – the MFDF menu to whet your appetite

Eat, Drink, Dance And be Merry – the MFDF menu to whet your appetite

WELCOME back to the Manchester Food and Drink Festival. This year’s motto: Eat, Drink, Dance. It could be an exhausting 12 days! Here’s a quick round-up, but for a full schedule download the brochure. The ...

18 September 2014

Wine Bar Adds Extra Wallop to Lapwing Lane

Wine Bar Adds Extra Wallop to Lapwing Lane

IF you thought wine bars went out with Sade and shoulder pads think again. Salut in Manchester city centre is an immediate hit, far divorced from the long-departed Eighties wine bar model and Spirited Wine’s ...

18 September 2014

A Truly 'Wicked' night at Damson Media City

A Truly 'Wicked' night at Damson Media City

HAVE a harmonious Halloween at Damson Media City, which is matching spooky show tunes from the hit show, Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz, with a three course meal for just £39.95 ...

18 September 2014

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