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From Basque Country to Italy – go on culinary adventures with TNQ

From Basque Country to Italy – go on culinary adventures with TNQ

MOST small eateries would die for the customer loyalty of the Northern Quarter’s eponymous TNQ Restaurant and Bar on High Street. It’s of a piece with its chef, Anthony Fielden, who has been running the ...

28 June 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Summer Beer – Things are hotting up for battle of the brewing cities

Summer Beer – Things are hotting up for battle of the brewing cities

YES, we all fancy a beer as the temperatures soar through the celestial roof. The colder the better. And then another. Still here at ToM we are hoping for a cooling off come the weekend, ...

28 June 2018

Foodie Friday and Viva! Vegan set fair for sunny Stockport

Foodie Friday and Viva! Vegan set fair for sunny Stockport

THERE should be a celebratory mood at the latest Foodie Friday around Stockport Market Square (Friday, June 29). The organisers have been nominated for the second time for Best Pop Up Event or Project in ...

28 June 2018

Celebrate Social Sunday at Hispi in Aid of Hospitality Action

Celebrate Social Sunday at Hispi in Aid of Hospitality Action

ON Sunday July 1 Gary Usher and the team at Didsbury bistro Hispi will be celebrating Social Sunday, in conjunction with Hospitality Action and The Social Company, to raise funds to support those who have ...

28 June 2018

New night – when Bunny meets Jon Bon on a burger bun

New night – when Bunny meets Jon Bon on a burger bun

AND there was us thinking that Bunny Jackson’s wouldn’t stray from its musical back story of the 80 year old bluesman with one leg, one eye no teeth and a harmonica, who the bar’s owner ...

28 June 2018

Flower power – win prizes by locating The Anthologist’s hidden bouquets

Flower power – win prizes by locating The Anthologist’s hidden bouquets

EVERY new arrival has to have a twist to its tale. A nose bleed from the highest view in Manchester? Vegan wallpaper? A Catalan with added Pep? The Anthologist is saying it with flowers. The ...

27 June 2018

MANCHESTER FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2018 AWARDS CONTENDERS

MANCHESTER FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2018 AWARDS CONTENDERS

THE Manchester Food and Drink Festival has revealed the shortlists for the prestigious Manchester Food and Drink Awards 2018 – and it may be the most exciting line-up in the Festival's 21 year history. The ...

27 June 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Manchester Beer Week official ale available in over 60 Co-op stores

Manchester Beer Week official ale available in over 60 Co-op stores

THE official beer of Manchester Beer Week, a limited edition, cross-Pennine collaboration between Manchester’s JW Lees and Northern Monk from Leeds, is now available (June 22) in more than 60 Co-op stores across the region. ...

22 June 2018 by Neil Sowerby

FESTA ITALIANA ANNOUNCES FULL PROGRAMME FOR JULY’S FREE FESTIVAL

FESTA ITALIANA ANNOUNCES FULL PROGRAMME FOR JULY’S FREE FESTIVAL

YOU too can be Italian for a whole weekend (July 13-15) when Festa Italiana Manchester returns to Cathedral Gardens bigger and better than last year’s triumphant debut event, whcih attracted more than 26,000 visitors. Don’t ...

21 June 2018

Pot Kettle Black to open coffee and brunch spot in Spinningfields

Pot Kettle Black to open coffee and brunch spot in Spinningfields

ALWAYS good to see a genuine indie contender move into Spinningfields and they don’t come much more impressive than Pot Kettle Black, winner of the 2016 Manchester Food and Drink Awards Best Coffee/Tea Shop. That ...

21 June 2018

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