TWO weeks ago we bemoaned the closure of the city centre champagne bar Epernay. Now comes news that a more recent acquisition by Chris Payne of the VCP Taverns group has also shut up shop ...
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It's all kid's stuff at the Creameries' Goatober celebration
IT was always going to pip Veganuary for our affections, so welcome back to Goatober, national showcase for the culinary potential of kid meat. Once again it is organised by James Whetlor (above) of Cabrito ...
Ernst Van Zyl calls time on Stockport project Klok
SO crowdfunding isn’t always the crock of gold at the end of the rainbow. Four months after launching a Justgiving page to create Klok restaurant in the heart of Stockport peripatetic chef Ernst van Zyl ...
10 openings this autumn (and if it's a bit later don't blame us)
BY the time you read this YES will be open on Charles Street – an exciting new events space and home for fried chicken kings Firebird Hope – with the El Gato Negro project, Modern ...
Snack attack! Our guide to MFDF’s street food feast
ONE of the joys of Manchester Food and Drink Festival is treating the Albert Square hub as one great picnic opportunity. From September 27 to October 7, noon to 11pm every day there’s a terrific ...
Meet Fiona Beckett, set to share her amazing wine moments with MFDF
A CHANCE offer can change the course of anyone’s life, It’s just a case of seizing the opportunity. ‘Carpe diem’ as they say – or in the case of Fiona Beckett ‘Carpe vinum’. Now one ...
Place your Manchester Food and Drink Awards votes
YOU’VE got until midnight on Thursday, September 27 to vote for your favourites in the Manchester Food and Drink Awards 2018. It’s not an easy choice. When the shortlists were announced we suggested it might ...
It's crunch time – Apple Day at Platt Fields Park
APPLE Day, it’s hard to believe it’s a first for the city. So best get down to Platt Fields Park this Saturday to enjoy the most apple-rated bunch of activities in the UK. It’s a ...
Masterchef star Simon Wood to launch casual eaterie Woodkraft
YOU’VE got to admire the chutzpah of Simon Wood, a borne winner (and not just of Masterchef 2015). Still staggering from a £4,000 bill for damage caused by raiders trying to batter their way into ...
Oktoberfest at the Albert Hall – dust off the designer lederhosen
OKTOBER always comes early at the Albert Hall. So once again that specific month-centric beer bacchanalia takes place in September (Fri 14 and Sat 15). Last year Oktoberfest sold out with some 2,000 beer lovers ...