A NEW Northern Quarter venture does exactly what it says on the tin. No that many tins are the basis of Cocktail, Beer, Ramen + Bun – more like long seethed bone broth and bottle ...
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Piccolino Caffe Grande back after fire with big plans for the spring
PICCOLINO Caffe Grande is open again (Nov 22) seven weeks after a minor fire triggered substantial water damage, then after Christmas it will spend £400,000 to create a new look basement event and dining space ...
Let the Lowry Hotel’s River Restaurant treat you in style this festive season
THERE’S still a week left to enjoy the amazing November deals from the River Restaurant at the Lowry Hotel, but with the countdown to Christmas well and truly under way this is the time to ...
Teepees, igloos and shacks – our guide to the city’s outdoor winter warmers
20 STORIES’ Talisker Winter Terrace, complete with its snow globes,and WOOD on First Street’s returning pop-up Woodshack are the latest seasonal outdoor alternatives to the Christmas Markets, very much to be welcomed. Here are our ...
The Ivy has crept up on us – after its lush launch can it live up to the hype?
THE big question regarding the Ivy Spinningfields – will the food be as stunning as the fit-out? The various Ivy Collection brand offshoots of the once unique Covent garden celeb haunt have garnered their fair ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...