YES, I’ve go a Lion-Bee on my lapel and I’m licking my lips at the golden nectar that redefines lager in the city, standing at the bar of the Manchester Union Lager brewery in Great ...
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Hatch kicks off 2019 with a fresh batch of street food traders
RINGING the changes is a key vibe at Hatch, the street food and craft urban hub on Oxford Road, so the start of 2019 sees new food traders coming on board and, in the case ...
Porter, pickled eggs and barrels – it’s Manchester Beer & Cider Festival
WE headlined our preview of CAMRA’s Manchester Beer and Cider Festival (Thursday-Saturday, January 24-26) ‘Rolling out the barrel big time…’ All because of a retro revival of interest in wood to keep beer, which goes ...
Blue Caribou Canteen are bringing their telly hit poutine to the Arndale
‘ALWAYS the bridesmaid’ is Graham Gartside-Bernier’s phlegmatic response to not winning investment from BBC 2’s My Million Pound Menu. After all he and his life partner Vincent Bernier have been shorltisted for Best Street Food ...
Singing the praises of Gaucho’s Gospel Brunch and Sunday Roast
IT’s not quite our idea of hell but bottomless brunches do make us feel queasily excessive. Among the classier examples is Gaucho’s Electro Brunch each Saturday, where for £45.95 a head between 11am and 4pm ...
First look at The Counter House, Cutting Room Square
REMEMBER the old acting adage? – ‘Never work with children or animals. With restaurant and bars it applies to living foliage as a decorative backdrop. Better synthetic than wilting. So Kai, the new Turkish restaurant ...
Grafene restaurant and bar to close
THE first major restaurant casualty of 2019 is Grafene, which will offer its final service on Saturday, January 26, two and a half years after it opened in the former Brasserie Blanc site, wedged awkwardly ...
Weekend-long GRUB ExtraVEGANza covers all the plant-based bases
JUST when you thought you’d exhausted the plant-based opportunities afforded by Veganuary along comes one of its real showcases. We’re not saying you’ll be converted by the latest incarnation of GRUB ExtraVEGANza (Friday-Sunday, January 25-27) ...
Veganuary – 10 surprising restaurants offering plant-based delights
VEGANUARY, of course, is not just for January. Once you get the taste for plant-based treats you may choose to adopt that culinary lifestyle all year round or at least incorporate vegan dishes in a ...
Rolling out the barrel big time for Manchester Beer and Cider Festival
THE Society for the Preservation of Beers from the Wood (SPBW) sounds the kind of fogeyish organisation that might attract budding Rees-Moggs, but it’s a valid niche beer lovers’ pressure group that predates the Campaign ...