LITTLE Italy? No way. Manchester’s first bespoke Italian Festival was Italy Writ Large, Rome, Milan and Napoli rolled into one, as more than 20,000 visitors packed into Cathedral Gardens over the three days of Festa ...
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What's on the menu at Manchester International Festival
AMID all its boundary pushing premieres and parades the MANCHESTER International Festival has never neglected food and this year’s 18 day extravaganza (June 29-July 16) is no different. Even better, after often importing street food ...
Albert Square Chop House victorious at Business Awards
CONGRATULATIONS to the Albert Square Chop House for walking away with Hospitality Venue of 2017 at the annual Downtown City of Manchester Business Awards. A comparative minnow, Roger Ward’s ‘baby’ Chop House (after Sam’s and ...
It's official – Manchester is the cask beer swigging capital of the UK
MANCHESTER has emerged as the cask beer capital of Britain, following a major new study into the beer sold in the city’s pubs and bars. The Manchester Beer Audit 2017 has found 411 different cask ...
‘UNBREAKABLE MANCHESTER’ T-SHIRTS, new look Liars Club, Crazy Pedro's heads west
THE folk behind Crazy Pedro's, The Liars Club and Cane & Grain are busy, busy at the moment. Not just relaunching The Liars after a £250,000 refurb with a new cocktail menu and announcing a ...
Spinning it around – snapshots of summer in the city’s hottest quarter
SPINNINGFIELDS in its early days was all blustery canyons between office blocks, a drab parade of chain eateries along the river the main food and drink offering. Credit to developers Allied London, they turned it ...
Countdown to Manchester Beer Week – 10 days of blissful hoppiness
COULDN’T organise a piss-up in a brewery? Doesn’t apply to Manchester Beer Week, who have persuaded a dozen of our finest to open their doors in a spectacular start to 10 days (June 23-July 2) ...
Carnivore alert. Five week steak pop-up in Burger & Lobster
THERE’S a lot of meat on our plate in the town centre these days. From the one trick pony (no, it doesn’t sell horse steaks, just the one beef cut) that is Featherblade, through the ...
Expect the Impossible – and gins colder than the Arctic ice cap at glam new bar
A MOLECULAR cocktail laboratory, cryogenic drinks freezer AND kangaroo tacos all in one fun bundle. Sounds Impossible? Well, that’s just what it is – the bizarre new venture of that name in the old Bar ...
A toast (or should that be toastie?) to the Art Gallery for hiring Mary-Ellen
MAYBE it was our own fault in wrecking the non-stick surface but our Breville toastie maker was long ago consigned to the the back of the store cupboard at ToM Towers, caked with burnt cheese ...