MATTHEW Taylor, newly appointee head chef at Manchester Art Gallery’s Gallery Café, has moved swiftly to extend the all-day menu to include summery bakes, seasonal salads and fresh, light meals. Good news – the toasties ...
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Sink or swim for seafood specialists Randall & Aubin as Bridge St site goes up for sale?
WE sincerely hope Randall & Aubin overcomes its current troubles, having apparently been put up for sale. The city sorely needs to keep a restaurant that sources and treats fish so seriously. If it does ...
Kids eat free at Store Street – and breastfeeding mums get a free drink at Lunya
WHO says the Manchester city centre food and drink scene is not geared towards families? Both Store Street Exchange and Lunya are doing their bit this summer. The former, inside the Hilton by Doubletree hotel ...
From Reggae Yoga to New Street Food Traders – Why Hatch is Buzzing
HATCH continues to be a hive of activity and we don’t just mean with their own Bee in The City arrival. A trio of new food operators refreshes the courtyard of this exciting container-housed pop-up ...
Full Fat at Fairfield Social – craft beer and craft clay for a fantastic cause
TASTE of Manchester isn’t really a portal to promote jewellery making… or pottery (unless we are eating out of it). But in support of Full Fat we are making an exception. It’s a one-day food, ...
Welcoming Sunset by Australasia – a bar that brings on a warm glow already
THE sun set on Grand Pacific as the terrace bar for Australasia when the name was transferred to Living Ventures’ transformation of the old Room site up on Spring Gardens. Now Spinningfields’ cutest outdoor haven ...
First look at Nam – Viet specialities and amazing sounds
NAM, it sounds like another Vietnamese roll-out. Think Pho, national soup but also the name of a chain (a ToM fast food fave as it happens). Not the case here in this low-level arrival in ...
Altrincham artisan baker in line to be crowned Britain’s best
CRUMBS! In the final shortlist to be crowned national Baker of the Year. Quite an achievement on a scene full of dedicated artisan dough masters. So congratulations to Aidan Monks, owner of micro bakery Lovingly ...
Cloudwater open new taproom at the brewery
CLOUD? Water? Not things we associate with the rain-free Summer of ’18. Drinking, yes, and when it’s this hot sometimes even bland, cold fizzy beer will do. Not something you associate with Cloudwater, second best ...
TAMPOPO’S EAST STREET TO BRING FAST, FRESH PAN ASIAN STREET FOOD TO PICCADILLY GARDENS
TAMPOPO is opening East Street, on Piccadilly Gardens on Wednesday, August 1, bringing an ‘on the go’ version of their Far Eastern street food cuisine to the heart of Manchester city centre. The former ‘Rice’ ...