THIS Saturday (Aug 31) and Sunday (Sep 1) Westfest 2019, Manchester’s liveliest celebration of indie neighbourliness, takes over Burton Road. There’s a remarkable roster of food, drink music and activities on offer from West Didsbury ...
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Simon Rimmer star of Stockport’s first Food & Drink Festival
AS we count down to the North West’s major culinary celebration of the year, Manchester Food and Drink Festival (Sep 26-Oct 7) it’s good to welcome further proof of the culinary vibrancy of the region ...
Manchester Gin to open mega city centre restaurant bar and distillery
A GIn distillery with its own restaurant and bar – we like the sound of that. Three Little Words, a new venture from Manchester Gin will launch on Sunday, September 15 in six Grade II ...
Star blogger Freda serves up lavish Indian tasting menu at Harvey Nicks
SOMETIMES, an image drives you mad to actually taste the dish. Let’s call it an Instagrammatic urge. Award-winning, entrepreneurial bloggers like Freda Shafi have it down to a tee. Still, as they say, the proof ...
Starry line-up for this weekend’s Bolton Food and Drink Festival
THERE’S a certain reassuring familiarity about Bolton Food and Drink Festival as it occupies the August Bank Holiday Weekend (August 23-26). You’ve seen them on telly and probably at previous demos across 13 previous years ...
Roofff – turning a car park into a panoramic foodie fun spot
MANCHESTER does love a panoramic rooftop bar/restaurant. Step forward the latest vertiginous candidate that says it in one word – Roofff. It’s a project by Buzz Ventures to to transform the 10th floor of Q-Park ...
Masterchef Simon’s ginspiration… and a Hacienda flavoured tipple
HOW we enjoyed National Rum Day (August 16) at ToM, tots of the sugar-based nectar all round. Now it’s back to gin reality – the public still can’t get enough of the juniper-based spirit. Yet ...
Dim the lights, dim the sum – it’s mega movie mealtime!
AMERICAN Pie meets Dim Sum at Tattu this Bank Holiday Monday (August 26) as the strange love affair between food and film continues to bond in the city. The contemporary Chinese restaurant in Spinningfields is ...
Manchester Pride 2019 – our big guide to brunches, cocktails and cakes
BRUNCH, the bottomless the better, seems to be the refuelling point of choice during the high jinks of Pride Weekend (August 23-26). You’ve been up late partying or never even got to bed, so a ...
COLLABORATIVE VEG AND HERB ‘PATCH’ LAUNCHES AT ANGEL SQUARE
GET green-fingered this Autumn as NOMA invite you to take part in new project, Patch – a neighbourhood kitchen garden where you can get involved in growing, nurturing and making things for free. With weekly ...