WELL, we all know what tipple Didsbury Gin’s Mark Smallwood and Liam Manton toasted their Dragons’ Den triumph with. Craft gin fan and entrepreneur Jenny Campbell, saw something in the duo and offered the young ...
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Pincer movement! Holy Crab is landing in the Arndale South Side
IT’S not a red herring that Manchester has perennially lacked a proper fish diner. Livebait, Fish! came and went; maybe Randall & Aubin has filled the gap to some extent and the newly opened Hip ...
Beer matching dinner at Beatnikz Republic Bar – ales from Blackjack!
MAKE haste. There’s just a handful of tickets remain (as of January 10) for Beatnikz Republic Bar’s debut beer and food matching dinner in collaboration with Mama Sue’s and Blackjack Brewery. The former, who has ...
Putting you in the veggie picture – award-winning Lily’s new home
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 ...
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 ...