CHRISTMAS is time of giving and once again in the build-up the city’s restaurants are banding together to help both the homeless on the streets and the hungry in deprived communities via, respectively, StreetSmart and ...
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Bye Bye Bluu, hi to Foundry Project – self-styled ‘happiest place in Manchester’
WHAT price happiness? Another all day drinking and dining experience in the Northern Quarter? Foundry Project will open in place of Thomas Street stalwart Bluu on November 23 with a predictable menu ranging from smashed ...
Say ho ho ho to Zippy – countdown to the Christmas Markets
THE Christmas Lights switch-on (Nov 3) heralded the imminent arrival of the festive Markets, which we know bring a warm Gluhwein glow to so many of our readers (a Grinch writes). We can almost hear ...
Giggs and Neville’s Urbis Rabbit goes under
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 ...
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 ...