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Salvi’s Pizzeria Napoletana – surely the best topped dough in town?

Salvi’s Pizzeria Napoletana – surely the best topped dough in town?

SALVI’S is a bijou local empire of all things Italian with a restaurant/deli/mozzarella bar in the Corn Exchange and a cosy cafe called Cucina in John Dalton Street. Owners Maurizio and Claire Cecco have also ...

21 November 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Dishoom – a dreamlike taste of old India from the Mumbai magpies

Dishoom – a dreamlike taste of old India from the Mumbai magpies

NEWCOMER Dishoom has a dreamlike quality like nowhere else in Manchester. Greeted by incense in a wood panelled foyer straight out of Raj Bombay central casting… shooed off hospitably into a drizzly Manc afternoon, warmed ...

21 November 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Street food and craft beer help Frost Fair circus celebration herald Christmas

Street food and craft beer help Frost Fair circus celebration herald Christmas

TO kick off December, The Frost Fair returns to the Whitworth, this year celebrating 250 years of circus in the UK where it originated. The two-day programme (Sat Dec 1 and Sun Dec 2) of ...

20 November 2018

Aiden Byrne resurrects Manchester House – we say yeah!

Aiden Byrne resurrects Manchester House – we say yeah!

IT’S a bit like Brexit really. Without the second referendum. Aiden Byrne fans (and ToM counts itself among them) never really wanted this terrifically talented chef to leave Manchester House for Spinningfields rival 20 Stories. ...

20 November 2018 by Neil Sowerby

URBAN NARNIA – A delightfully different kind of Xmas magic

URBAN NARNIA – A delightfully different kind of Xmas magic

SEEKING an alternative to the same-again city centre Christmas Markets? We’ve hatched a plan for you. Or rather Hatch have. The Food, drink and retail oasis down Oxford Road under the Mancunian Way has conjured ...

16 November 2018

Cloudwater go cask conditioned and launch a festival

Cloudwater go cask conditioned and launch a festival

BUSY times at Cloudwater Brew Co. Not only did they scoop ‘Best Brewery’ and ‘Best Tap’ at the Manchester Beer Week Awards they have also relaunched cask conditioned beer alongside their multi-ward winning keg offering ...

16 November 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Honey Trap, Bab and an edgy Berlin vibe heading for the Northern Quarter

Honey Trap, Bab and an edgy Berlin vibe heading for the Northern Quarter

NOW the Honey Trap has been sprung with a launch date announced (Thursday December 6) we wonder how far behind will be the late-night bars’s kebab-happy twin BAB? We like the sound of this ‘quality ...

14 November 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Cheers to all the winners in the Manchester Beer Week Awards

Cheers to all the winners in the Manchester Beer Week Awards

MANCHESTER Beer Week’s MBW 2018 Awards have been announced. Voted for by the discerning ale-drinking public (twice as many as last year) they were presented at a ceremony in the Marble Arch up on Rochdale ...

14 November 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Meet and dine with Marco Pierre White at his English Chophouse

Meet and dine with Marco Pierre White at his English Chophouse

LEGENDARY restaurateur Marco Pierre White is visiting his Manchester restaurant, Mr White’s English Chophouse, at Velvet Hotel on Monday, November 26 to host an exclusive dinner party. Guests will be welcomed with a glass of ...

14 November 2018

We’ve got our Mojo back and it comes with free chicken wings

We’ve got our Mojo back and it comes with free chicken wings

MOJO Manchester has reopened with a new look bar and updated cocktail menu. So the legendary rock’n’roll vibe has vanished? No way. You don’t drop such a winning formula (drinks, service and soundtrack) after two ...

14 November 2018 by Neil Sowerby

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