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 ...
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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 ...
Call us the Old-Fashioned type at Dishoom – even when booze-free
WHEN is an Old Fashioned ‘new fashioned’? Look no further than Dishoom, whose cocktail list refuses to play second fiddle to its Indian comfort food modelled on the Irani cafes of old Mumbai (or Bombay ...
LET THE SUN SHINE! CITY’S ITALIAN FESTIVAL IS BACK FOR ITS THIRD ANNUAL EXTRAVAGANZA
AT last a splash of sunshine – confirmation that Festa Italiana Manchester will be back for its third year of dishing up the dolce vita in Cathedral Gardens. Not that we ever doubted its return ...
Launching on February 13, Evuna’s tentacles extend to Altrincham
ALTRINCHAM, already blessed with thriving foodie scene, welcomes a new arrival this Wednesday (February 13) – the latest branch of Spanish indie stalwart Evuna. Their new venue is in the former Yorkshire bank at 84-86 ...
10 Valentine's treats to have a real passion for
FREE Prosecco or Pornstar Martinis with your sharing Chateaubriand? Yes, Valentine’s Night (Thursday February 14) is nearly upon us. The cynics here at ToM say true love was never won by complimentary heart-shaped dough balls ...
The Full Indian – Mowgli’s Nisha MBE bangs the gong
OUR most memorable Indian breakfast took place outside a lakeside cottage in deepest Kerala. Across the murky pond from our loungers the staff were steaming idlis and assembling various chutneys and dals on the resort’s ...