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A most extraordinary arrival – Simon Martin’s Mana

A most extraordinary arrival – Simon Martin’s Mana

HERE at ToM we are putting way our pennies to afford the £95 tasting menu at Mana, which officially opened on Wednesday, October 17. More affluent foodies have booked in for weeks to come. We ...

18 October 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Frogs and monkeys help Cottonopolis to conquer in UK’s premier cocktail awards

Frogs and monkeys help Cottonopolis to conquer in UK’s premier cocktail awards

COTTONOPOLIS has always been a cut above many of its NQ counterparts. Nationwide recognition has followed with it scooping two gongs at the Imbibe UK 'Drink's List of the Year' Awards. Against some serious metropolitan ...

18 October 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Bistrotheque and London House collective looks an exciting addition to the scene

Bistrotheque and London House collective looks an exciting addition to the scene

EXCITING food news accompanying the revamp of London Warehouse on Ducie Street. Due to open spring 2019, the new project will combine apart-hoteliers Native, leaders in boutique fitness BLOK and groundbreaking London restaurateurs Bistroteque. The ...

18 October 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Tapas kings Porta confirm late November opening for Salford venue

Tapas kings Porta confirm late November opening for Salford venue

THERE haven’t been many food and drink lures to take us down Chapel Street beyond the inner ring road. Maybe for some excellent rustic Italian food at Vero Moderno at Vimto Gardens or for a ...

17 October 2018 by Neil Sowerby

EVUNA RESTAURANT GROUP CELEBRATES MILESTONE BIRTHDAY WITH TWO TASTING EVENTS

EVUNA RESTAURANT GROUP CELEBRATES MILESTONE BIRTHDAY WITH TWO TASTING EVENTS

AMAZINGLY it’s 15 years since Evuna opened its doors on Deansgate to sell bespoke Spanish wines in those days when the city centre wasn’t choc a bloc with tapas joints. The Dowler family’s atmospheric ‘wine ...

17 October 2018

Eat New York providing fodder for the revamped Chorlton Green Brasserie

Eat New York providing fodder for the revamped Chorlton Green Brasserie

IT’S good to see Chorlton Green Brasserie coming back on stream after a facelift; even better they have enlisted Eat New York to bring their salt beef bagels and pastrami reuben magic to Beech Road. ...

17 October 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Just £10 a dish – Robert Owen Brown’s Glorious Game Larder Offer for Autumn/Winter

Just £10 a dish – Robert Owen Brown’s Glorious Game Larder Offer for Autumn/Winter

THE log fire is crackling in the Hinchliffe Arms, nestled in the wooded glen called Cragg Vale. There’s always a hearty Pennine welcome here, but the autumn and winter are perhaps the special seasons to ...

15 October 2018 by Neil Sowerby

And you thought the Village could get lush? Welcome to Kampus Garden

And you thought the Village could get lush? Welcome to Kampus Garden

ANOTHER week, another urban hub springing up. Days after the Green Quarter bizarrely featured as one of the UK’s coolest places to live and, more deservedly, Hatch on Oxford Road won Best Pop-up, Event or ...

15 October 2018 by Neil Sowerby

National awards for ambitious Italian newcomers Tre Ciccio and A’Vucciria

National awards for ambitious Italian newcomers Tre Ciccio and A’Vucciria

CONGRATS to two North West Italian restaurants for scooping national awards. Altrincham-based Tre Ciccio’s Luigi Marino won National Pizza Chef of the Year at Casual Dining magazine’s National Pizza Awards 2018, while A’Vucciria in Rawtenstall ...

14 October 2018

VIVE La Belge! Robert & Victor’s delicious route ‘back to basics’

VIVE La Belge! Robert & Victor’s delicious route ‘back to basics’

BANISH the dreaded Brexit from the agenda for a moment by tucking into the best that Belgium can offer us foodwise. That’s certainly ToM’s intention as welcome Robert & Victor to Manchester city centre. Belgian ...

13 October 2018 by Neil Sowerby

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