ToM editor Neil Sowerby tries the Taste of Tofan, while Matt White captures the menu launch on video (and they do feed him)REMEMBER the now notorious BBC fly on the wall documentary, Restaurant Wars, which ...
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Cotton picking good as Pollen and Cask move in on Ancoats
BREAD and beer – hard to live without them. So residents of Cotton Field Wharf are counting their blessings today with the announcement that Manchester’s hottest artisan bakery Pollen and craft beer specialists Cask bar ...
Oxford Road’s indie container ‘mall’ Hatch starts to take shape
EN route to collect our Burns Night vegan haggis from On The Eighth Day on Oxford Road we couldn’t resist walking the extra few yards to investigate the progress of the new Hatch development under ...
Makers Market back in Chorlton with foodie goodies galore
OUR new Taste Top 20 Guide to Chorlton we unveiled last weekend spotlight the rapid changes going on in this popular suburb. It’s hard to keep up. Welcome back then, in a week when we ...
Vegan haggis… and where to get your Scotch fix for Burns Night
BURNS Night meets Veganuary and ToM is on the case. The first reassurance for plant-based Rabbie revellers is that whisky is 100 per cent vegan. And they can still have a good time while disregarding ...
Going vegan in style at Harvey Nicks Bar and Brasserie
VEGANS are in the house – dust off the aubergine and break open the tofu and soy sauce. But it doesn’t have to be a knee jerk drudge as increasing numbers of restaurants are demonstrating ...
We road test Lowry Hotel’s £15.95 for three courses – a 'parfait' winter tonic
TWO delightfully rich parfaits bookended one of the best January/February bargain deals around – three courses for £15.95 in the Lowry Hotel’s River Restaurant. The starter parfait featured chicken liver blitzed into smoothness, the oblong ...
An ale for every taste – Manchester Beer and Cider Festival
Manchester Beer and Cider Festival, the city's biggest biggest Campaign for Real Ale bash of the year finishing on Saturday, January 27. We'd suggest you get down there well before close of play, judging by ...
Grub Winter Beer Fest at the Fairfield Social Club
IF you fancy joining the fun at this weekend’s GRUB Winter Beer Fest (Jan 19-21) don’t dally. There are a handful of weekend tickets and a chunk of Sunday places remaining. Book here. We think ...
A first look at Grape to Grain and a glimpse of Ramsbottom’s foodie riches
WOULD that every Lancashire mill town had a small stretch of street accommodating a 1920s-retro ‘Vegan Restaurant and Cocktail Bar’, a cutting edge small batch coffee specialist, a bistro with obvious food guide ambitions and ...