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The hot tickets for MFDF’s Dining Dome – don’t miss out

The hot tickets for MFDF’s Dining Dome – don’t miss out

TICKETS are selling fast for Manchester Food and Drink Festival 2019’s headline events at its new hub in Cathedral Gardens – a series of one-off dinners and collabs that showcase the city’s terrific chefs. None ...

26 May 2019 by Neil Sowerby

Tom Kerridge’s Pub in the Park where grub meets pop

Tom Kerridge’s Pub in the Park where grub meets pop

PUB In The Park has become quite a rollercoaster event for Tom Kerridge. He first launched the food meets music festival back in 2017 in Marlow, Bucks, home to his two Michelin-starred gastropub, the Hand ...

26 May 2019 by Neil Sowerby

Tasting Notes from Beastro's Richard Brown and James Taylor

Tasting Notes from Beastro's Richard Brown and James Taylor

Richard and James sat down (with at least one bottle of red) to answer our questions in the form of a heated discussion on their favourite spots to wine, dine and experience exceptional hospitality in ...

26 May 2019 by Neil Sowerby

COLOURFUL KING STREET FESTIVAL TO REIGN AGAIN ON JUNE 1 and 2

COLOURFUL KING STREET FESTIVAL TO REIGN AGAIN ON JUNE 1 and 2

THE King Street Festival, one of the most popular fixtures in the city’s social calendar, returns on Saturday and Sunday June 1 and 2. Expect the usual heady weekend mix of food and drink, live ...

26 May 2019

Happy birthday to Runaway (no longer raising the roof!)

Happy birthday to Runaway (no longer raising the roof!)

RUNAWAY success is a cliche but you have to hand it to the brewery of that name, this weekend (May 25 and 26) celebrating their fifth birthday at their taproom in Dantzic Street. Mark Welsby ...

23 May 2019 by Neil Sowerby

PLANS CONFIRMED FOR SECOND EL GATO NEGRO RESTAURANT  

PLANS CONFIRMED FOR SECOND EL GATO NEGRO RESTAURANT  

EL Gato Negro, such a huge success in Manchester, is to open a second branch in Liverpool later this summer. The restaurant will be based in Exchange Flags at the heart of the city, occupying ...

23 May 2019

Hatch announces first batch of retailers for its June expansion

Hatch announces first batch of retailers for its June expansion

HATCH, the award-winning indie food and craft haven off Oxford Road, has announced a new retail line-up for Phase 2 of their expansion, which will see the site under the Mancunian Way treble in size ...

22 May 2019

Sushi Daily, Europe’s largest sushi chain, opens in Debenhams

Sushi Daily, Europe’s largest sushi chain, opens in Debenhams

RAW fish is in the frontline to reinvent struggling Debenhams. But any fears that the arrival of Europe’s largest sushi chain in the Market Street store will scare off traditional customers have been allayed – ...

22 May 2019

Hotpot remind you of The Stone Roses? ‘Ate Days A Week’ may be a hit with you

Hotpot remind you of The Stone Roses? ‘Ate Days A Week’ may be a hit with you

WELL, we’ve only just got over the pop-powered Great British Menu adventures of Adam Reid, which featured The French’s chef being driven round ‘iconic’ Manc music locations by Peter Hook with Bez in the back. ...

22 May 2019 by Neil Sowerby

Góbéfest – wash down your chimney cakes with palinka

Góbéfest – wash down your chimney cakes with palinka

HOW a year flies past and it’s that moment again to publicise a Transylvanian festival without descending into all those ‘fangs for making it, count’ cliches. So welcome to Góbéfest, returning to Albert Square for ...

22 May 2019 by Neil Sowerby

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