NEW York never loses its cool allure, but ToM always greets the arrival of another Big Apple inspired bar with a suspicion of… not another Manhattan skyline on the wall and a cocktail to match. ...
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Sociable at the Social: GRUB Christmas Fair (DEC 14-15), NYE and Winter Beer Bonanza
IT has been quite some year for Grub Food Fair. Winner of Best Pop Up, Event of Project of the Year in the Manchester Food and Drink Awards, they’ve made a hugely successful transition to ...
Eat New York gets Big Apple vibe just right with the Reuben
TASTE of Manchester can’t recall a vegan option during a visit to Katz’s Deli on New York’s Lower East Side. Serving up pastrami sandwiches and hot dogs since 1888, they now apparently get through 5,000 ...
REFUGE CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS WITH A HIDDEN CORNER BAR AND A FEAST
FANCY a hidden away antidote to the Christmas Market crush? The courtyard behind The Refuge has been turned into the Winterway Bar with the addition of a colourful airstream van serving mulled wine and prosecco. ...
Afternoon tee and then a cheese bon bon – explore the full Range
GOLF, famously (and apocryphally) derided as a “good walk spoiled” by Mark Twain, is redefining itself indoors these days from the crazier than crazy nine holes at Junkyard Golf in First Street to the newly-opened ...
Beastro on board as CityMunch launches Food Waste Week in Manchester
TASTE of Manchester is delighted to see Beastro restored to their premises at Spinningfields Leftbank after a hiatus while a telly food challenge show was shot there. There’s a bright new look to the place ...
Confusion reigns – first look at Evelyn’s new menu
IT”S little over a year since Evelyn’s was in the spotlight at the 2016 Manchester Food and Drink Awards, shortlisted in four categories – Best Restaurant, Casual Restaurant, Newcomer and Chef of the Year. Not ...
Fodder film: Play it again Sam – Matt White runs the bad reviews past WTLGI chef
ALL of us at ToM are tickled by the ‘spoof restaurant tricks TripAdvisor’ story doing the social media rounds. A writer set up a professional looking website, created food images of an exotic menu using ...
Digest these crackers – 10 Food and Drink Books for Christmas
INDIAN, Spanish, vegan, natural wines, cheese, the keys to flavour in cooking – female writers dominate our selection of the best food and drink books of 2017. And not another dreary clean eating bible or ...
Our A to Bee of winter swarmers – but the beekeepers have the Braggot rights!
SATURDAY night. So ToM’s in a railway arch with whatever’s the collective name for a group of urban beekeepers. The bees themselves have the copyright on swarm. The reason we’ve descended on Runaway Brewery in ...