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TASTING NOTES FROM CATH POTTER AND DICK WITHECOMBE, AKA CIDER BUZZ MCR

TASTING NOTES FROM CATH POTTER AND DICK WITHECOMBE, AKA CIDER BUZZ MCR

Our favourite place to eat out in Manchester is… GRUB, underneath the arches near Piccadilly Station. Relaxed informality with a superb variety of quality street food vendors, from the queen of fermented Korean flavours Geordie ...

21 October 2019

Our spookily good foodie guide to Halloween in Manchester

Our spookily good foodie guide to Halloween in Manchester

WE already feel so spooked out by the host of Halloween activities we might just stay home on October 31, gouge out a pumpkin or two, indulge in the odd Satanic rite. What would we ...

21 October 2019 by Neil Sowerby

FOUNDATION TO OPEN THIRD COFFEE VENUE IN CENTRAL MANCHESTER

FOUNDATION TO OPEN THIRD COFFEE VENUE IN CENTRAL MANCHESTER

COFFEE and creativity are definite bedfellows, so it have been no surprise that the Foundation Coffee Houses benefit from being an extension of design business No Chintz. After success with the Lever Street NQ original ...

21 October 2019

Worsley’s Greyhound pub reborn as Coal & Cotton with its own distillery

Worsley’s Greyhound pub reborn as Coal & Cotton with its own distillery

GIN and a nod to the industrial past – now this mantra for wannabe bar success is spreading beyond the city centre to deepest Worsley and the new owners of Worsley’s Greyhound pub are going ...

20 October 2019

Book now for New Market Dairy's ‘Cheese and Wine Friday’ in Altrincham

Book now for New Market Dairy's ‘Cheese and Wine Friday’ in Altrincham

BLESSED are the cheesemakers (with a nod to Life Of Brian). Multi award-winning Martin Gott, creator of the Lake District’s iconic St James cheese (above) has landed in Altrincham. He has set up a shop ...

18 October 2019 by Neil Sowerby

Chilli B brings a Taste of Thailand to the Mackie Mayor

Chilli B brings a Taste of Thailand to the Mackie Mayor

CHILLI B, by May Wakefield, is set to open inside the former Smithfield Market building, Mackie Mayor on Tuesday, October 22, taking over the Baohouse stall. This authentic Thai will offer a regularly changing menu ...

18 October 2019

YO! rugby dudes – propsticks give big blokes a handle on sushi

YO! rugby dudes – propsticks give big blokes a handle on sushi

OCCASIONALLY one of those desperate PR stunts chains indulge in takes our fancy – especially when it hooks itself on topicality. So let’s all scrum down for Propsticks, giant eating tools from YO! Ww wondered ...

18 October 2019 by Neil Sowerby

Boojie hot dogs and amaro the flavour of Speak in Code team’s new NQ bar

Boojie hot dogs and amaro the flavour of Speak in Code team’s new NQ bar

LET’S just say it has been quite a year for Nathan Larking and his cutting edge vegan cocktail lounge Speak In Code. Among the landmark moments – being shortlisted for Bar of the Year in ...

18 October 2019 by Neil Sowerby

Your face on a personalised pint of Guinness? Go with the flow at Waxy O’Connor’s

Your face on a personalised pint of Guinness? Go with the flow at Waxy O’Connor’s

A UNIQUE part of the major refurb at Waxy O’Connor’s is the trial run of the Ripple Maker with Guinness. The Printworks’ own little corner of Ireland is the only pub in the UK to ...

18 October 2019

The Cubanos revolution returns as FINCA pop up at Northern Monk

The Cubanos revolution returns as FINCA pop up at Northern Monk

A YEAR’S a long time in dining out. It’s not much more than 12 months ago that Cuban street food maestros FINCA were making an impression at Artisan. Then their Cubanos sandwich focused pop-up at ...

17 October 2019 by Neil Sowerby

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