SO Much about pizza chain Franco Manca is simply topping. On first encounter this newcomer to Manchester has this going for it – affordability, quality ingredients, a smart fit-out and a generous charity initiative. In ...
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Bombshell as acclaimed Umezushi announces it will close from October
WE are so looking forward to catching up with the team behind Umezushi at this year’s Manchester Food and Drink Awards (October 7). Once again the railway arch sushi masters are shortlisted for Premium & ...
Mamucium Steak Tuesdays benefit from touch of Frost
MANCHESTER city centre has many steak options. You can pick from the grass-fed, dry-aged roster at Hawksmoor, go Scottish with Alston or Argentine with Gaucho with the promise of wet-aged Uruguayan beef on the way ...
Let’s go klubbing in private with Prince Albert at the decadent Schloss
COME the autumn and Albert’s Schloss’s ‘Sally Bowles in her mother’s dressing up box’ tendency really takes flight. Deliciously, divinely decadent, darling, with just a dash of debauchery, eh? This year it manifests itself as ...
Burger off, Big Manc! Folk Cafe Bar takes over Solita Prestwich site
PRESTWICH Folk? No, we don’t mean the denizens of this upwardly mobile North Manchester suburb. Folk is the second bar of that name from Justin Parkinson, whose empire also includes a brace of Wine & ...
Camden Town Brewery ‘can swap’ in battle against food poverty
CAMDEN Town Brewery are official beer sponsors of the 2019 Manchester Food and Drink Festival, which kicks off this Thursday (September 26). You can taste their beer range at the Cathedral Gardens hub. The day ...
Book now for a Cider Dinner at The Marble Arch – it’s the apple of our eye
AUTUMN seems just the right mellow season to get in a ferment about true, natural cider. The recent Manchester Cider Week showed the depth of enthusiasm around. Now hot on it heels comes a glorious-sounding ...
Don’t miss the Montann English Wine Bar at Manchester Food and Drink Festival
ENGLISH wine is on a sensational upward curve after 2018 was hailed the ‘Vintage of the Century’, perfect conditions doubling the grape yield and creating unprecedented ripeness. Why, even Champagne houses are snapping up land ...
MFDF in Cathedral Gardens – our comprehensive guide to the Hub’s first week
MANCHESTER Food and Drink Festival is back from Thursday September 26 and a big thing to remember is its beating heart has swapped to a new location – leafy Cathedral Gardens between historic Chetham’s School ...
Five MFDF musts – Bistrotheque, Shaun Ryder’s Vegan Happy Sunday and quality booze tastings
THE 22nd Manchester Food and Drink Festival kicks off on Thursday, September 26. Ahead 10 days of exploring the city’s culinary riches, culminating in the coveted Food and Drink Awards in Monday, October 7 (still ...