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Fancy a Mexican quickie? Enter the Taco Smackdown Challenge

Fancy a Mexican quickie? Enter the Taco Smackdown Challenge

HERE at ToM we are just getting over National Pie Week and all its calorific casualties when a new opportunity for overload has dropped into our in-tray. “Think you're a faster taco smasher than everyone ...

16 March 2018

Video: Brickworks party launches Just Eat Digital Pop-Ups

Video: Brickworks party launches Just Eat Digital Pop-Ups

THE newly unearthed Brickworks, an unforgettable basement events space beneath the Barton Arcade, played host to an intimate supper club to mark the arrival of Just Eat Digital Pop-Ups. Matty White’s video record of an ...

16 March 2018

Northern restaurant and bar scene powers ahead of London

Northern restaurant and bar scene powers ahead of London

IT’S good to report a massive regional success story on the eve of Northern Restaurant & Bar, the UK’s largest hospitality trade show outside London (March 20 and 21). The NRB’s new survey in conjunction ...

16 March 2018

Eight Manchester breweries compete in battle to become England’s best brewing city

Eight Manchester breweries compete in battle to become England’s best brewing city

EIGHT top Manchester breweries are taking part in a competition to find England’s best brewing city. The event, organised by Manchester Beer Week (June 29 to July 8), will see two teams from the city ...

15 March 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Tasting notes by globally acclaimed artist Stanley Chow

Tasting notes by globally acclaimed artist Stanley Chow

My favourite place to eat out in Manchester is… Tai Pan. I’ve been coming to this restaurant for over 20 years now… My parents used to bring me here most Sunday afternoons for dim sum ...

15 March 2018

CORD TO BE NYQ – COCKTAIL BAR AND INTIMATE CELLAR MUSIC VIBE

CORD TO BE NYQ – COCKTAIL BAR AND INTIMATE CELLAR MUSIC VIBE

IT seems to have becoming a trend, rescuing and revamping tired Northern Quarter pioneer venues. First the Bay Horse, a beautifully transformed space and some seriously good pub food; then news of Odd across Thomas ...

14 March 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Marco Pierre White to open a Chophouse on Canal Street

Marco Pierre White to open a Chophouse on Canal Street

A FOURTH Chophouse is about to be born in Manchester. The proud father? One Marco Pierre White. Perhaps a more surrogate parent than the hands-on team behind our homegrown trio (no relation) of Thomas’s, Sam’s ...

14 March 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Tapas kings Porta to open a new bar off Chapel Street, Salford

Tapas kings Porta to open a new bar off Chapel Street, Salford

IS there a hint of a new Spanish invasion in the air? And we don’t mean, Armada on the starboard side. Just further additions in the pipeline to a city and region well endowed with ...

9 March 2018

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

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