NORTHERN QUARTER buttermilk chicken specialists Yard & Coop have launched a £50,000 Kickstarter campaign to open a third outlet in Leeds following their successful expansion into Liverpool. An initial gamble has paid off for Yard ...
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Reserve’s Kate Goodman joins Oz, Tim and Susy for the essential Xmas wine fest
THREE Wine Men’s Cracking Christmas Wine Tasting has become something of a festive institution, a classy antidote to all the headache-inducing Gluhwein rites of passage. This year’s outing in The Exchange Hall, Manchester Central (Saturday ...
Aiden Byrne quits 20 Stories. Where next?
FURTHER shock waves around a febrile Manchester food scene as Aiden Byrne steps down from is post as chef/director at 20 Stories less than nine months after jumping ship at Manchester House to launch the ...
Manchester Restaurant and Bar Owners Battle over Turntables for Charity
THE owners of many of Manchester’s best loved bars and restaurants are coming together at NQ bar Tariff and Dale in an epic DJ battle in aid of Action Against Hunger. ‘Too Many Owners’ will ...
Smell the coffee – Grindsmith and Federal brew up fresh outlets
THE recent Cup North Manchester Coffee Festival was wired proof that our enthusiasm for the Bean shows no sign of abating. That’s why two of our best local coffee houses feel confident enough to expand ...
Hanging Ditch expands into Ancoats with Blossom Street Social
PHEW, what a relief. Just when we thought we were going a whole week without a new Ancoats arrival one drops in our mailbox – and it’s a belter. Blossom Street Social is an ambitious ...
Three classy concoctions to seek out at Cocktails In The City
IT’S hard to credit the upcoming Cocktails In The City held this time in New Century Hall, has now been running for six years, a period in which the Manchester cocktail scene has exploded with ...
Say Hola to Altrincham – fourth Evuna set for early 2019
WHAT a way to celebrate your 15th anniversary – open a fourth venue. Evuna have gained planning permission to open in Altrincham town centre in a site previously occupied by healthy eating restaurant EAT:kaizen. The ...
Mass bar closures in the Northern Quarter as MAD Ltd enters liquidation
THE casualties are mounting across the city’s food and drink scene. Already reeling from the demise of Manchester House and Artisan with The Rabbit set to follow, now the NQ based hospitality group Mark Andrew ...
StreetSmart and Foodinate – two ways our food and drink community aid those in need
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 ...