by Carole Keating The Blue Pig, the latest outlet from the team behind Odd, Odder and Oddest, is a bohemian bar and restaurant on High Street. While many of the recent openings in the Northern ...
Reviews
Review: Love at last at Manchester's Australasia
by Neil Sowerby STRANGE you want to fall in love with the glamorous Antipodean big sister but lose your heart to Little Sis. I love an afternoon sitting in a corner of Grand Pacific ...
Review: The all new San Carlo Fiorentina in Hale Barns
By Neil Sowerby The San Carlo group have taken their hugely popular take on Italian cuisine to the suburbs revamping the old Players Restaurant at the Manchester Airport Marriott Hotel. Revamps a bit strong. ...
Monkfish Molee Curry: Tampopo launches deluxe new menu
Manchester-founded Asian food purveyor, Tampopo, has a revised menu with new, luxurious aspects to try. The menu keeps a focus on favourites but includes new dishes, hitting a slightly higher price point but coming in ...
High Volta: New West Didsbury bar and restaurant shines bright
Didsbury's new arrival, Volta, is heaving. We arrive at around 9pm and the bar's three deep already with people crammed into the booths around the sides. Candlelight bounces off an art-deco back wall, as sounds ...
Chilli out or the real deal? New Mexican, Lucha Libre, reviewed
by Neil Sowerby LUCHA Libre, in Spanish, means free wrestling a sport that once defined Peter Street on a Saturday night. Hard to believe how both sides of that thoroughfare of shame are now ...
Winter salve: Hibernate's homemade chiili and mulled wine in Spinningfields
Hibernate has a prime spot in the city centre, offering cosy drinks to the Spinningfields drinker. Amid the pedestrianised frenzy of Hardman Square in winter, it's a friendly spot - perfect for after work drinks, ...
Missing a trick: James Martin at Manchester 235
By Neil Sowerby IT would be harsh to judge James Martins restaurant in the 235 Casino for what it is not. Abandon all hype here. Its not trying to form a triumvirate of cutting edge ...
The one you can't ignore: Aiden Byrne's Manchester House reviewed
Neil Sowerby's verdict on Manchester House WHILE all eyes in Manchester were on our own food awards, on the same night the citys brightest new arrival was scoring a significant hit down in London. Aiden ...
Bar delight: Reserve by The Liquorists opens on King Street
By Neil Sowerby MANCHESTERS nomadic cocktail wizards Tom Sneesby and Jody Monteith aka The Liquorists have set up camp in the old All Saints premises at 52 King Street for three months building ...