AS the hugely popular Festa Italiana gets underway (full preview) here’s our Fave Five treats to get you in the Dolce Vita mood at Manchester’s vibrant celebration of all things Italian. This family-friendly, fun-packed event ...
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Break out the bubbles at San Carlo’s lavish new Selfridges Trafford Centre bar
SAN Carlo gave us a sneak preview of their new Champagne Bar inside the Trafford Centre Selfridges just before it opened this week and it banished all thoughts of rehydrating merely with water during the ...
How these dandelion flowers won bartender Nathan a trip to the Big Apple
COCKTAIL bars? We stay loyal to Science and Industry, admire the work of Wood & Company, welcome the arrival of Superstition in the Northern Quarter but our entrenched favourite has to be Speak In Code ...
Amazing, eclectic line-up for Full Fat fund-raising party
AN important date for your diary – one of the city’s most worthwhile gatherings. Full Fat is back on Saturday, August 3, where the cream of Manchester’s food, drink and music scene join forces to ...
Dakota Manchester launches new Sunday Lunch menu
WE hadn’t notice the absence of a Sunday Lunch menu at Dakota Manchester. There’s been so much else going on at this luxury boutique hotel arrival. That’s now been rectified and there can’t be any ...
Would you adam and eve it? eden’s lavish all-day dining offering
WE have to report that eden, glam new arrival in The Printworks, pushes a lot of botanically inspired buttons as it unveils its all-day dining and drink menus ahead of its glitzy launch on Friday, ...
Half Price Breakfast is a summer sizzler at the Schloss
IF you’ve only experienced Albert’s Schloss as a decadent night-time Bohemian pleasure get out of bed early and think again. It also offers a rib-ticklingly hearty breakfast featuring eggs Benedict, steak and eggs, or in-house ...
Countdown to Festa Italiana – and naturally it starts with a party
NOW in its third year FESTA ITALIANA has confirmed its finest line-up yet across the three day, family-friendly celebration of all things Italian and foodie (Friday, July 26 to Sunday, July 28). The action starts ...
20 Stories partners with Peroni for a summer terrace takeover
WHAT is it about Italian brands and summer? The moment there’s a chance of sunny times al fresco they commandeer all our choice spaces. You know the gang – Aperol, Limoncello, Martini (a key drinks ...
Snapshots of Stretford Foodhall – game-changing ‘corner shop’
FOR the record it was B’Wildered, a 7.5% sour cherry and chocolate Imperial Stout from the Wild Beer Co. When ToM paid £4.50 for a half pint of this craft beer the realisation dawned: Stretford ...