WHAT a 2018 it was for Lily’s in Ashton-under-Lyne, crowned by winning ‘Vegetarian Offering of the Year’ in the Manchester Food and Drink Awards. Now they begin 2019 with a move just up the road ...
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Ciaooo, baby! Yet another contender for best Neapolitan Pizza in Manchester
HE 00 flour dust has barely settled on 2018 before ToM is called upon to rate another topped dough crust. Late November we visited expanding Tre Ciccio in Altrincham, whose chef Luigi Marino has just ...
Whatever happened to the Class of ’15? How ‘street’ gained permanent cred
FIVE out of six isn’t bad going for pop-ups becoming permanencies. That’s the tally three and a half years on from The Kitchens Leftbank experiment launched by Spinningfields developers Allied London. Time moves so quickly ...
Didsbury Gin tackle Dragons’ Den in search of spirited investment
FANS of Didsbury Gin pour yourself a stiff G&T and settle down in front of the telly at 8pm on Sunday, January 13, as our plucky artisan distillers enter the Dragon’s Den. Well, it is ...
Plant-based pioneer Matt Nutter quits Allotment on Lloyd Street
VEGANUARY in Manchester is mourning a major casualty. Matt Nutter, the chef who put plant-based fine dining on the map in these parts has quit his restaurant Allotment on Lloyd Street for personal reasons. He ...
Ernst van Zyl puts down some roots at the Glazebury
PERIPATETIC chef Ernst van Zyl has secured a new base, The Glazebury pub in Warrington with an aim to create a fine dining destination. Ernst has a track record of balancing gastropub expectations with forays ...
It's Alpine meltdown at The Creameries' Cheesy Sundays
OOZY Ogleshield might sound like a disreputable public school type but instead it’s a ToM cheese fave. Given time off from chiselling away at the coalface of the Manchester food and drink scene, our idea ...
El Gato’s Simon Shaw goes eastern Med for his new city centre venture
TASTE of Manchester did wonder why El Gato Nego chef/patron Simon Shaw put off a catch up dinner at his freshly-minted second project, Canto in Ancoats, because he was “going to be in Lebanon all ...
Fire-ravaged Ivy reopens after just 24 hours with the promise of a party
PHOENIX rising from the ashes is perhaps a little strong since the spectacular blaze at The Ivy was confined to one section of the Roof Garden. Still it’s rather amazing that the most glamorous recent ...
Add the Jungle Jazz Cafe to your Ancoats play list
BURGERS are the accompaniment to the jazz soundtrack at an exotic new arrival at the city end of Oldham Road – the Jungle Jazz Cafe. Their names are a homage to 20th century musical great, ...