IT’S Sweet Home Alabama again as the All American Eatery of that name reopens its doors following last summer’s fire. To celebrate, Alabama’s has refreshed its menu under new head chef Charlie Hadley, who previously ...
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Who needs 20 Stories when you’ve got The Lume?
THE Lume? Us neither until we went down to this monumental dual hotel complex just across from the RNCM off Oxford Road to review its restaurant, The Laureate. It was rather impressive. Much delayed, the ...
Where to get your fill of the groundbreaking Manchester Union Lager
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 ...
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) ...