FOR two special evenings in April (Wed 4 and Thu 5), Real Junk Food Manchester will welcome Masterchef The Professionals breakthrough star Matt Campbell. For this latest chef 'Real Junk Food Challenge' Matt will work ...
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Rabbit In The Moon to relaunch by the end of March
WHO knew? The Bunny’s been in hibernation but it’s back soon. Michael O’Hare’s ‘Space Age Asian’ restaurant atop Urbis, The Rabbit In The Moon, will reopen on Thursday, March 29 with the self-styled Metal Hair ...
Fancy a Mexican quickie? Enter the Taco Smackdown Challenge
HERE at ToM we are just getting over National Pie Week and all its calorific casualties when a new opportunity for overload has dropped into our in-tray. “Think you're a faster taco smasher than everyone ...
Video: Brickworks party launches Just Eat Digital Pop-Ups
THE newly unearthed Brickworks, an unforgettable basement events space beneath the Barton Arcade, played host to an intimate supper club to mark the arrival of Just Eat Digital Pop-Ups. Matty White’s video record of an ...
Northern restaurant and bar scene powers ahead of London
IT’S good to report a massive regional success story on the eve of Northern Restaurant & Bar, the UK’s largest hospitality trade show outside London (March 20 and 21). The NRB’s new survey in conjunction ...
Eight Manchester breweries compete in battle to become England’s best brewing city
EIGHT top Manchester breweries are taking part in a competition to find England’s best brewing city. The event, organised by Manchester Beer Week (June 29 to July 8), will see two teams from the city ...
Tasting notes by globally acclaimed artist Stanley Chow
My favourite place to eat out in Manchester is… Tai Pan. I’ve been coming to this restaurant for over 20 years now… My parents used to bring me here most Sunday afternoons for dim sum ...
CORD TO BE NYQ – COCKTAIL BAR AND INTIMATE CELLAR MUSIC VIBE
IT seems to have becoming a trend, rescuing and revamping tired Northern Quarter pioneer venues. First the Bay Horse, a beautifully transformed space and some seriously good pub food; then news of Odd across Thomas ...
Marco Pierre White to open a Chophouse on Canal Street
A FOURTH Chophouse is about to be born in Manchester. The proud father? One Marco Pierre White. Perhaps a more surrogate parent than the hands-on team behind our homegrown trio (no relation) of Thomas’s, Sam’s ...
Tapas kings Porta to open a new bar off Chapel Street, Salford
IS there a hint of a new Spanish invasion in the air? And we don’t mean, Armada on the starboard side. Just further additions in the pipeline to a city and region well endowed with ...