LUKE Cowdrey and Justin Crawford’s food and bar empire is basking in the spotlight, thanks to the continued success and evolution of Volta in West Didsbury and The Refuge in Manchester. It’s good to see ...
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Beardless Beer Week celebrating women brewers at the Crown and Kettle
IT’S one of the great stereotypes – beards and beer. Gather a gaggle of brewers and a mass of facial hair is guaranteed. That’s not the case at the upcoming Beardless Beer Week (November 24-30) ...
Streetsmart – help the homeless this Christmas when you eat out
SOME of Manchester’s top restaurants are banding together throughout November and December as part of the annual StreetSmart campaign to raise funds to help the homeless. StreetSmart works by participating restaurants adding £1 to all ...
Marvellous Maray meets Noones to raise cash for Action Against Hunger
FRESH from its high profile Masterpiece Dinner at The Whitworth, Action Against Hunger is back in the region for another appetising fund-raiser. Maray x Noone & Son on Thursday, November 9, is a collaboration between ...
Have yourself a merry vegan Christmas party with Jackie and Charlotte
WEDNESDAY, November 1, is World Vegan Day, a plant-based antidote to Halloween without the fake (or any kind of) blood. Widespread celebrations will only confirm what a year it has been locally for vegans, culminating ...
Book now for birch sap! New Year Norse invasion of Harvey Nichols
WHEN ToM hasn’t even ordered its 2018 desk diary an email drops, heralding the first great dining arrival of the New Year. OK, Norse at Harvey Nichols Second Floor Bar and Brasserie (Friday, February 2) ...
Manchester Coffee Festival back at the Victoria Warehouse
CAFFEINE overload? Manchester Coffee Festival this weekend (November 4 and 5) promises to be the biggest celebration of coffee in the North. Formerly Cup North, the festival will pack Victoria Warehouse. with independent coffee shops, ...
A Champagne toast to Perrier-Jouët’s ‘rewilding’ Garden of Wonder in Refuge
FORGET that puny happy hour Prosecco. ToM likes nothing better that interacting with Champagne in a beautiful setting. So when revered house Perrier-Jouët asked us to give our opinion of their newest cuvee Blanc de ...
Alston Bar & Beef, Cask & Kiln – promising new arrivals
TWO very different openings on Friday, October 27 – Alston Bar & Beef in the city centre Corn Exchange and Cask & Kiln in Chorlton. Both have an ampersand in common but otherwise are chalk ...
Say Cheese! San Carlo Joins Forces with Grana Padano to Launch Unique Menu
THERE’S no doubt who’s the big cheese around San Carlo throughout November. The iconic Italian restaurant in King Street West has teamed up with Grana Padano, one of Italy’s most celebrated cheese producers to create ...