IT'S a febrile restaurant scene. Just when The Ivy and Dishoom are announcing their winter arrival, with nigh on 700 covers between them, Manchester has lost another adventurous fine dining restaurant. The Rabbit (formerly Rabbit ...
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Mega restaurant bar complex The Ivy to open in late November
THE Ivy Spinningfields has been creeping up on us so long but now the timber-framed dining complex finally has an opening date of Tuesday, November 27. With space for for 535 covers over four floors ...
Indian comfort kings Dishoom name opening dates for Manchester Hall
DISHOOM have named their opening date in Manchester Hall – Thursday, December 6 with a soft launch from November 25. Perfect to generate some Christmas cheer Bombay style. Two bespoke cocktails have been created to ...
Manchester Coffee Festival back at Victoria Warehouse
CAFFEINE heads, it’s your weekend to be full of beans. Cup North’s Manchester Coffee Festival is expected to pack out the Victoria Warehouse (Nov 3-4). Now in its fourth year, it looks bigger and better ...
Five dishes to make you swoon for Dishoom, coming soon
SO Dishoom are about to name their opening date for their Manchester branch – and the dish they have created for their debut. Work is well on track to convert a gorgeous space in Manchester ...
How One Mile Bakery Hale is delivering an eco lesson (and proper artisan bread)
ONE Mile Bakery Hale does why it says on the bread tin. This recently-launched micro-bakery – based in a domestic kitchen in a busy family home – delivers handmade bread, soups and preserves by bike ...
Time for hair of the dog? Try Yappy hour at the Anthologist
OK, so the Howl’oween at Hatch on October 31 is a one-off (we hope it’s a howling success), but it is symptomatic of how dog-friendly Manchester’s modern food and drink scene is. Take new St ...
First look at the Peter Street Kitchen in the Radisson Blu Edwardian
STARTING with the positives, what a superb job the Radisson has done, transforming its main restaurant space to accommodate their new Peter Street Kitchen concept. Ah, but that final word, inexorably linked with ‘rolling out’ ...
Mexican Day of the Dead? Let Wahaca’s Thomasina cook your last supper!
AT this ghoulish time of the year it doesn’t have to be Halloween. The Mexican Day of the Dead has its own spicy identity and Caramaba! Wahaca in the Corn Exchange is always quick to ...
Why Halloween’s going to the dogs – some of this year’s tastiest tricks and treats
SINCE Taste of Manchester’s focus is on food and drink we won’t be charting the plethora of Halloween kooky events – film screenings, zombie gatherings and the like. Just a few appropriate ‘gut reactions’! Not ...