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Celeb veggie chef Jay heads Cottonopolis Vegan Kitchen Takeover

Celeb veggie chef Jay heads Cottonopolis Vegan Kitchen Takeover

GLOBETROTTING celeb chef Jay Morjaria guests at the latest Cottonopolis Vegan Kitchen takeover on Monday, April 30. Morjaria is founder and exec chef of Sutra Kitchen, a meat-free cooking school in London. A regular on ...

24 April 2018

GRUB’s back at Mayfield Depot base from May Bank Holiday onwards

GRUB’s back at Mayfield Depot base from May Bank Holiday onwards

WE’ve grown to love the Fairfield Social Club, winter haven for GRUB on Temperance Street. It tickles us that they are even hosting weddings in the cavernous space dominated by its craft bar that signals ...

24 April 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Sour sensations – niche beer style's five-day fest at Ply and Kosmonaut

Sour sensations – niche beer style's five-day fest at Ply and Kosmonaut

WE all know the kind of Chardonnay or Sauvignon lover who’s a ‘strictly dry white drinker’, disregarding their commercial wine of choice might well be stuffed with loads of residual sugar. Flinty and minerally, it ...

24 April 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Getting the taste for Dishoom – heading for Manchester Hall

Getting the taste for Dishoom – heading for Manchester Hall

WHILE down in London recently ToM had the chance to check out Dishoom, the highly regarded affordable London restaurant group, modelled on the Irani cafes of Mumbai, which is set to open a venue in ...

23 April 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Matt Campbell chef (1989-2018) – a tribute

Matt Campbell chef (1989-2018) – a tribute

THE tragic death of Masterchef: The Professionals star Matt Campbell, who collapsed some four miles from the end of the London Marathon, has shocked the food world. Just 18 days before, as guest chef at ...

23 April 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Cheese Club's first event is at ÖL Nano Brewery & Bar

Cheese Club's first event is at ÖL Nano Brewery & Bar

A NEW cheese club is hosting its first pop-up at ÖL Nano Brewery & Bar in Oxford Road’s Hatch project on Tuesday, April 24. Guests of Cheese Club MCR will be given the option of ...

20 April 2018

A chunky pizza, bacon and chips burger – it can only be Solita

A chunky pizza, bacon and chips burger – it can only be Solita

WE thought Solita had settled down. The attention-seeking, artery-hardening mega burgers that left us gasping for breath we now take for granted – or perhaps we’re all more vegan and have moved on from meat-led ...

20 April 2018

Marble's fruitful collaboration to brew a beer for a valuable cause

Marble's fruitful collaboration to brew a beer for a valuable cause

AN awful lot of fruit peeling went into Marble’s latest project – a 3.8 per cent Berliner Weisse style beer, due for its first pour at their iconic Marble Arch pub, Rochdale Road on Friday, ...

20 April 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Bring your own records to play at the NQ's award-winning Bay Horse

Bring your own records to play at the NQ's award-winning Bay Horse

NOT only voted Best Pub in Greater Manchester but also a muso-friendly zone – that’s the Northern Quarter’s Bay Horse Tavern. Saturday, April 21 is Record Store Day 2018 and the quirkily revamped Thomas Street ...

18 April 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Thomas Dakin Gin plans distillery, bar and academy in city centre

Thomas Dakin Gin plans distillery, bar and academy in city centre

IF ever there was confirmation that Mother’s Ruin is now our most respectable tipple of choice it’s G&J Greenall’s plans for a new distillery in Manchester city centre. The Warrington-based company behind Ophir, Bloom, Greenall’s ...

18 April 2018 by Neil Sowerby

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