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Just Eat Pop-Ups launch new digital delivery service at underground venue Brickworks

Just Eat Pop-Ups launch new digital delivery service at underground venue Brickworks

THE newly unearthed Brickworks, an unforgettable basement venue beneath the Barton Arcade, is to play host to an intimate supper club to mark the launch of Just Eat Digital Pop-Ups. Just Eat is now delivering ...

9 March 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Manc founder of one of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants joins NRB Debate

Manc founder of one of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants joins NRB Debate

A FORMER waiter in Croma Pizzeria now co-founder of one of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants is a headline act at the upcoming Northern Restaurant Bar trade show in the city. Stockport’s Johnny Smith, whose ...

8 March 2018 by Neil Sowerby

You booty! Andrew’s Wellington is a triumph at the River Restaurant

You booty! Andrew’s Wellington is a triumph at the River Restaurant

STRANGE that Admiral Nelson has neither a pair of boots nor a dish named after him. Apparently en route for Trafalgar this man of plain tastes ordered a shipboard consignment of suet and raisins, so ...

8 March 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Lady Grey IPA looks a Runaway Success on International Women’s Day

Lady Grey IPA looks a Runaway Success on International Women’s Day

THOSE publicity hounds Brewdog have scooped a ton of publicity around International Women’s Day by launching their self-styled ladies’ beer ‘Pink IPA’. Cue much social media furore. Much worthier of your attention, as we celebrate ...

8 March 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Jail rehab charity The Clink to open Manchester city centre cafe

Jail rehab charity The Clink to open Manchester city centre cafe

PRISONER rehabilitation charity The Clink is opening a new city centre café, staffed by offenders and homeless young people, in the iconic Grade II listed Canada House building on Chepstow Street. The Clink already runs ...

8 March 2018

Manchester’s Best Food Pub Takes the Next Step…with Sandwiches

 Manchester’s Best Food Pub Takes the Next Step…with Sandwiches

IT’S National Pie Week, so we go and sample quality sandwiches. What an awkward squad we are at Taste of Manchester, but when The Clarence promised they were elevating the humble butty we couldn’t resist ...

7 March 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Whisky blending sessions launch Pernod Ricard Loft space in the old Walkabout

Whisky blending sessions launch Pernod Ricard Loft space in the old Walkabout

YOUR own hands-on, personal, bespoke Scotch blend – what’s not like to about this ultimate dram you can now create on your Manchester doorstep? The Blend, the city’s new whisky school, has opened on the ...

5 March 2018 by Neil Sowerby

TASTING NOTES BY PETER AND ELAINE KINSELLA OF LUNYA

TASTING NOTES BY PETER AND ELAINE KINSELLA OF LUNYA

Our favourite all time place to eat out in Manchester is... Hawksmoor. It’s consistently good. Fantastic service and wonderful food served in grand surroundings. The only place in the city where a steak rivals the ...

5 March 2018

Win tickets to a unique underground banquet courtesy of Just Eat Pop-Ups and MFDF

Win tickets to a unique underground banquet courtesy of Just Eat Pop-Ups and MFDF

THE newly unearthed Brickworks, an unforgettable basement venue beneath the Barton Arcade, is to play host to an intimate supper club to mark the launch of Just Eat Digital Pop-Ups. Just Eat is now delivering ...

2 March 2018

Hot! Mana and Kala coming our way, while Allotment gets 'dirty' on Wednesdays

Hot! Mana and Kala coming our way, while Allotment gets 'dirty' on Wednesdays

THE old adage about having to move forward just to stand still is being applied big time across the fast-changing Manchester food and drink scene. Just a couple of weeks after we published a rundown ...

2 March 2018 by Neil Sowerby

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