By Ruth Allan Whispers have been circulating around Manchester about a new place in the Northern Quarter. Somewhere you can get a table, and a glass of really good wine or cask ale any night ...
Reviews
Year of the Ram? Ramsbottom's Hearth of the Ram reviewed
By Neil Sowerby. YOU could quite easily, anytime before 7pm, pop into the pub formerly known as The Good Samaritan and snatch a sandwich or a steak and ale pie, a pint of Taylors Landlord ...
Out Of Town: Lunch at the Bells of Peover
By Neil Sowerby THE bells are ringing from St Oswalds sandstone tower as we arrive. Piercing the damp Cheshire air. The church dates back to 1269, while the pub called The Bells only arrived in ...
Neil Sowerby tackles a Sunday roast at Damson MediaCityUK
PLATED up Sunday roasts and MediaCityUK neither high on my list of Sabbath must-dos. Yet here we are traversing the Beebs gusty village green (or Piazza) past assorted parents, grandparents, tee-shirted play assistants helping ...
The Wharf huge pub success with the odd wobble
THE Wharf is a year old now and posh pub chain Brunning and Price are reaping the rewards of their extravagant transformation of the derelict Jacksons Wharf site, writes Neil Sowerby. At peak times this ...
Neil Sowerby goes on a gastronomic tour of Campania at Cicchetti
THE third instalment of the Giro dItalia at Cicchetti offers some of the best dishes yet on this monthly changing tour of Italian regional cuisine. Following the special Abruzzo and Sicily menus in June and ...
Cibo Summer Menu Our Gourmet Gondolier finds it molto bene
POLPO means both octopus (in Italian) and the Soho restaurant of that name whose tentacles have stretched far, writes Neil Sowerby. Russell Normans self-styled bacaro (gondoliers snack-stop), put cicchhetti (what they snack on there) on ...
Jumping for joy at the new NQ Evuna
VIVA Evuna. At last a new bar in the Northern Quarter thats not a New York style cavern or a sticky ribs/burger joint. And there isnt a cocktail in sight or even a bearded ...
Expanding Tea Cup Cathedral and Town Hall Coups and A new Menu
TEACUP have won contracts to provide catering in the refurbished Manchester Town Hall Extension and the Cathedral Visitor Centre for when the Cathedral reopens. They are also setting up a custom-built bakery in Greengate, Salford, ...
Artisan and Grand Pacific: Neil Sowerby's verdict
TWO parts of Tim Bacons Triple Spinningfield Whammy are up and running, writes Neil Sowerby. Artisan, described by a fellow critic as a battle cruiser of a restaurant/bar, and Grand Pacific, which is less grand ...