WE’VE never quite got the Abel Heywood as a contemporary take on the pub or as a boutique hotel. It has always felt like Hydes’ quest for NQ credibility in times of change for traditional ...
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National Margarita Day – now we’re all Mexicans together
HERE at ToM we were too doughed out to mark National Pizza Day (February 9) and a whole seven days of National Pie Week (March 4-10) sounds too filling an experience, but National Margarita Day ...
Former Randall & Aubin chef steps into Aiden Byrne's shoes at 20 Stories
RANDAll & Aubin launch chef Brian Hughson has been announced as the new head chef at 20 Stories restaurant. It’s the latest step in a 25 year culinary career that has taken in some serious ...
We are family! Cloudwater’s craft beer community festival is a world beater
IT definitely is a beer festival like no other. Which is what you would expect from Cloudwater, organisers of Friends & Family & Beer (March 1-2), the first of two groundbreaking spring hopfests at Upper ...
Book now: We Are Lager Festival at Upper Campfield Market
LAGER isn’t the one-dimensional drink we can be forgiven for thinking it is. Certainly Manchester’s upcoming We Are Lager festival is the perfect vehicle to heighten its beer world profile. It’s not just about double-hopped ...
Retro games bar NQ64 brings something new (and old) to the Northern Quarter
HERE at ToM Towers games mean dusting off the Monopoly Board or cheating at dominoes… and Super Mario is a pizzeria, innit? But we’re going to hide our ignorance and get down with the ageing ...
School for Scandal on First Street shuts after barely six months
WELL that was quick. First Street bar School for Scandal barely lasted till half term. ToM reviewed the bar in October, not long after it had moved into the former Laundrette site at 13 Jack ...
Thrill of the grill – book now for Lunya's ‘Calçotada’ festival
LIKE the first cuckoo, Lunya’s celebration of Catalan spring onion-leek cross the calcot has become a harbinger of spring and a glorious opportunity for drink-fuelled knees-up. This year its famous ‘Calçotada’ festival kicks off on ...
Why feel blue this February when Cheese Fest UK is back?
WITH 18 further venues across the land planned for 2019 the Cheese Fest UK is a rolling showcase for all things cheesy. Still it proved such a success in Manchester last year, attracting 8,000 punter, ...
HAPPY SUNDAYS AS EL GATO NEGRO GOES FOR BRUNCH, A ROAST AND A NIÑOS MENU
SUNDAY brunch with a difference is the new surprise offering from El Gato Negro Tapas. Why, they are even doing a roast. With a Spanish twist, as they say. In a first for the award-winning ...