MAY just got merrier. The first of that month marks the arrival in Manchester city centre of Kala, sixth restaurant in Gary Usher’s Elite Bistros group. Not another ‘eagerly awaited’, you say? Well, ToM has ...
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Marigot Bay Bar and Café is moving – and a rum do to come
ALTRINCHAM is losing its rum-fuelled Caribbean hot spot – for the moment at least. Marigot Bay Bar & Café in King’s Court is to shut its doors despite a successful first year of operating. Owner ...
Casino chef of the year Grant now tackles Bake Off: The Professionals
WE’RE not sure if Exose Grant Lopo-Ndinga will be taking a blow torch to any toppings in Bake Off: The Professionals, which returns to Channel Four next Tuesday (April 30). He’s pretty handy with one. ...
Groundbreaking veggie restaurant 1847 shuts
IRONICALLY significant casualties of the upsurge in plant-based lifestyles are the specialist veggie/vegan restaurants. There’s no longer a need to seek them out when everywhere from the supermarket chill cabinets to high end fine dining ...
Poetry meets food at a Creameries supper club
A BESPOKE menu reflecting the visceral themes of a confessional poet sounds a hard act to pull off but that’s the task chef Mary-Ellen McTague has set herself for a one-off supper club at The ...
GRUB FOOD FAIR LAUNCHES MONTHLY AT ISLINGTON MILL
KICKING off on April 27, GRUB which currently runs a hugely popular street food market three days a week in Manchester city centre, will be bringing its award winning formula to Islington Mill in Salford ...
Munich meets Manchester in Albert Schloss’s home produced Pils
WE’VE always thought it carbon footprint excessive all those consignments of Czech Pils crossing the Continent to refill the big copper tanks at some of the city’s coolest bars. Now Albert’s Schloss, purveyor of Pilsener ...
Roc & Rye bar in Spring Gardens shuts
THE life expectancy of city centre bars seems to be getting shorter. Latest in a spate of closures is Roc & Rye on Spring Gardens, which opened less than two years ago as a cocktail ...
Black pudding on a burger? Honestly, it works and the beer's tasty too
SOMETIMES fate smiles on a venture. Opening a rooftop bar in Manchester is usually an invitation for the heavens to open. Runaway’s pop-up taproom atop the new Honest Burgers in Manchester House launched in a ...
First look at Blue Eyed Panda, Ancoats
THE Blue Eyed Panda is a stealthy beast. This new Chinese restaurant spawned by the Ancoats Panda takeaway folk has opened a few blocks away from the bright lights of Cutting Room Square. Inside it ...