AND you thought the pub was a dying institution. Maybe not – in the right hands. Hot on the heels of Steve Pilling and Angus Pride giving Didsbury’s moribund Dog and Partridge a stylish shot ...
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Don't miss starry two day Hanging Ditch Wine Fair at Manchester Cathedral
THERE are still tickets available for Hanging Ditch’s expanded Wine Fair (Friday and Saturday, October 27 and 28), celebrating a decade as one of the UK’s most enterprising wine merchants. The annual fair is held ...
Big welcome to Siop Shop – permanent home for donut meisters Blawd
IT’S not just the Mackie Mayor and the new look Bay Horse giving fresh impetus to the Northern Quarter food and drink scene. Blawd Co are hardly newcomers, having been the in-house baker for Common ...
Party on as GRUB relaunch at their new HQ Fairfield Social Club
GRUB, winner of Best Pop Up, Event or Project of the Year in the 2017 Manchester Food and Drink Awards, is launching at its exciting new venue this weekend. Expect a big party at the ...
A work of art – four Wild Beers and a matching Mary-Ellen McTague menu
WILD Beer does what it says on the label, brewing creatively beyond the pale, so Manchester Art Gallery sounds a perfect spot to taste a range of the Somerset brewery’sales, paired with food from Gallery ...
Abandon stingrays! New £1m restaurant bar forced to re-stock its fish tank
A TWITTER storm of protest has forced the owner of a new city centre bar/restaurant to decide against filling the venue’s 118,000 litre wraparound fish tank with stingrays. Phil Healey, who launches his 1761 restaurant ...
So what did we learn from the 2017 Manchester Food and Drink Awards?
Taste of Manchester Editor Neil Sowerby welcomes the wind of change in our food and drink habits. NOW the dust has settled it’s time to take stock of the 2017 Manchester Food and Drink Awards, ...
A welcome handshake for Masons, Manchester Hall's flagship restaurant
HE secretive citadel of the Freemasons is flinging open its doors to food lovers from this week. Masons, destination restaurant/bar of the new Manchester Hall convention and events centre, is soft launching its Modern British ...
First look at the Mackie Mayor and there’s an instant wow! factor
THE waiting and the teasing are over. We can all now finally feast our eyes on the inside of the Mackie Mayor and, if the whole 500 cover operation under the great glass dome is ...
We've lost our sense of wonder as Shudehill's indie Inn calls it a day
IN a week which has seen mega project Manchester Hall open its doors for an encouraging soft launch of its restaurant, The Masons, there has been a trickle of minnows announcing they're closing. First Caffe ...