TOUCH wood we are not going to jinx the splendid new outdoor area, The Terrace, at Store Street Exchange but this extraordinarily hot spell shows no sign of abating. Located on the ground floor just ...
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Ancoats latest: Squid Ink to shut but its loss is Mana’s gain
IT’S always sad to see an independent restaurant close and stylish Squid Ink on Great Ancoats was certainly that. Just two years in existence, it will cook its final service on Saturday June 23. The ...
Cork of the North to open a second branch – in Heaton Moor
WELL, it certainly makes a change from another craft beer bar launching. Welcome then to the imminent arrival of “the biggest and best wine shop and wine bar that Manchester and Cheshire has ever seen.” ...
Dream link-up between Cloudwater and Where The Light Gets In
ASKED to name our region’s most cutting edge craft brewery and its restaurant equivalent odds are ToM would go for Cloudwater and Stockport’s Where The Light Gets In. So imagine our excitement that the duo ...
Book now: Reserve Wine & Food Festival 2018
TRUST Reserve to serve up an event that goes way beyond your average wine tasting. No strangers to the region’s best street food traders thanks to their residency at Altrincham Market House and Mackie Mayor, ...
HATCH'S EXCLUSIVE FREE GIG WITH MIKE GARRY AND THE CASSIA STRING QUARTET
HATCH’S eclectic entertainment programme continues with a free show by Manchester poet Mike Garry and the Cassia String Quartet on Thursday, June 14. The unlikely pairing, whose recording of ‘Ode To Saint Anthony’ was a ...
Not just Kala – Gary Usher is now plotting a city centre hotel
THE King of Crowdfunders Gary Usher, fresh from raising his 24 hour target of £50,000 in just 60 minutes towards launching Pinion in Prescot, is already expanding his plans for arriving in city centre Manchester. ...
Raising the bar with a new snack menu at Randall & Aubin
MANCHESTER’S best kept secret? ToM loves bigging up a gem that’s under the radar. Which brings us to Randall & Aubin, celebrating the first anniversary of its arrival in the city. Randall & Aubin? Hardly ...
‘BAB ABOUT TOWN’ visits Gusto Didsbury
The Mission: To enjoy a meal – any meal – out of the home with a toddler. The more fabulous the meal the better, but toddler hassle-reducing factors at the restaurant are also key. It’s ...
Jay Rayner and Jasmine Hemsley head a brilliant MFDF 2018 line-up
NOW the countdown really begins to the 21st annual Manchester Food and Drink Festival (September 27-October 8) with the first announcements of its star-studded programme.At the centre of 12 glorious days celebrating the city’s magnificent ...