FYG is a new café and deli on Tib Street, near where Love Saves the Day was in its heyday. It opened just before Christmas and offers lunches, breakfasts and afternoon teas – no dinners ...

11 January 2012

As a (relatively) long-time Levvy resident, its fair to say youre not exactly spoilt for choice when it comes to dining and drinking in the neighbourhood (much as I love Nawaab curry buffet - seriously ...

10 January 2012

24 Bar and Grill is housed under the Arora hotel on Portland Street. Popular with film and air crews, it’s a small hotel and restaurant. It’s also allegedly co-owned by Cliff Richard which adds a ...

9 December 2011

We were delighted to be invited to the Northern Quarters newest kid on the block Sixty Three Degrees, situated below the Light Apart-hotel. It also happened to be Le Beaujolais Nouveau and after sampling a ...

23 November 2011

THE giddy whirligig that is Spinningfields is quite exhausting. A Kentish oasthouse cum bar here, a festive ice rink there, a Tasmanian devil of a deli called Peppermint Bay soon to rub shoulders with good ...

22 November 2011

Jamie Faulkner Bluu Bar in the Northern Quarter has undergone a bit of transformation. Out went the restaurant and in came more seating and an extended bar. The new space has been utilised to good ...

3 August 2011

Neil Sowerby Tim Bacon’s empire seems to be the only show in town these days. The Alchemist, his quest for bar gold in Spinningfields, will shortly be joined by fusion venture, Australasia. And Grill on ...

26 April 2011

Deanna Thomas It’s not easy for an independently run Italian restaurant to shine amongst the competition around Albert Square in Manchester but Destinos certainly holds its own.It has a light, modern interior with linen tablecloths, ...

18 April 2011

Neil Sowerby February’s a particularly morose month. Why else would I suddenly check out the will I’d penned two decades ago? Still gathering dust at local solicitors Clog and Billycock? Yes... and I’m still worth ...

14 March 2011

Neil Sowerby Valentine’s night. Hearts pounding. Is it romance? Or is it the dread you’re merely coughing up for the candlelight? The smoochy soundtrack? Your food of lurve will be overpriced and sadly detumescent. This ...

22 February 2011