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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

Guerrilla eats chewing up Ancoats this autumn

Guerrilla eats chewing up Ancoats this autumn

JUST when you thought it was safe to go back to tablecloths and silver cutlery, Guerrilla Eats have taken to the streets again. Well, the Fairbairn Building in Ancoats actually. A rotating selection of city’s ...

18 September 2014

Xolo – Black Dog Ballroom Baldly Goes All Mexican

Xolo – Black Dog Ballroom Baldly Goes All Mexican

MEXICAN day of the Dead? Caramba! Taste of Manchester will down a shot or three any time as a toast to Los Muertes. That’s’s why we’ll be heading down to Xolo, a Mexican themed tequila ...

18 September 2014

Solita Didsbury - Getting in the way for a sneak preview!

Solita Didsbury - Getting in the way for a sneak preview!

By Neil Sowerby WHAT’S the Sardinian for “skin of the teeth” or “seat of the pants”? The thought struck me as I leaned on the bar at the latest incarnation of Solita, in Didsbury, and ...

17 September 2014

Billecart-Salmon Champagne Dinner at Manchester House

Billecart-Salmon Champagne Dinner at Manchester House

MANCHESTER House, multi-nominated in this year’s Manchester Food and Drink Awards, is joining forces with on of Champagne’s legendary names the day after the awards ceremony. They are hosting a Billecart-Salmon Champagne Dinner in the ...

12 September 2014

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