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MANCHESTER FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2017 AWARDS SHORTLIST

MANCHESTER FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2017 AWARDS SHORTLIST

THE Manchester Food and Drink Festival has released the shortlists for its prestigious Manchester Food and Drink Awards, to be handed out at the end of this year’s festival, the 20th. The awards, which will ...

15 June 2017 by Neil Sowerby

RUM DEN THE LIARS CLUB REOPENS AFTER £250,000 POUND REFURB

RUM DEN THE LIARS CLUB REOPENS AFTER £250,000 POUND REFURB

LATE night den of debauchery The Liars Club is back after a much-needed refresher. Alongside the new look this self-styled Tiki Dive Bar and Caribbean Rum Shop has, of course, come up with a new ...

14 June 2017 by Neil Sowerby

Hispi and El Gato Negro in UK Top 100 Restaurants

Hispi and El Gato Negro in UK Top 100 Restaurants

SLIM pickings for Manchester in the Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards 2017. Still, congratulations to Hispi in Didsbury (No. 54) and the city centre’s El Gato Negro (No.78) our only contributions to the Top 100, ...

13 June 2017

Some of the best cocktails in Manchester ... in a salon

Some of the best cocktails in Manchester ... in a salon

The cocktail scene in Manchester has exploded in recent years, truly upping the standard of drinks on offer. And where else to find some of the best tipples in the city but a five storey ...

12 June 2017

Let the Italian sun shine in – Cicchetti’s ravishing regional summer menu

Let the Italian sun shine in – Cicchetti’s ravishing regional summer menu

AUTHENTIC is a word much abused. Seasonal, too. And Italian restaurants that pay true attention to regionality are few and far between. Glossy San Carlo Cicchetti has never stayed tied for long to its name, ...

7 June 2017 by Neil Sowerby

Hop to it and vote for your faves in the Greater Manchester Beer Awards

Hop to it and vote for your faves in the Greater Manchester Beer Awards

MANCHESTER Beer Week (June 23-July 2) is 10 days of bliss for the beer lover, taking this citywide celebration way beyond last year’s inaugural event. Hence the inevitable arrival of the Greater Manchester Beer Awards. ...

7 June 2017 by Neil Sowerby

Upcoming Festa Italiana – looks like a foodie-fantastic Italian job well done

Upcoming Festa Italiana – looks like a foodie-fantastic Italian job well done

WHAT better vehicle for an Italian festival launch than a classic Fiat? It’s parked in Cathedral Gardens, venue for Festa Italiana, Manchester’s first dedicated Italian Festival, scheduled for the weekend of June 23-25. A bunch ...

7 June 2017 by Neil Sowerby

FODDER FILMS EPISODE 1 IS HERE

FODDER FILMS EPISODE 1 IS HERE

Imagine going into a restaurant, sitting down with the owners or chefs and reading to them the worst possible reviews you can find. Well that's what Matt White is doing. And it's being filmed. Check ...

7 June 2017

Manchester restaurants offer free food to raise cash for blast victims

Manchester restaurants offer free food to raise cash for blast victims

FOR one day only two Manchester-based restaurants are offering food in exchange for cash donations for the families affected by the Manchester Arena bombing. Panama Hatty's and Featherblade Steak restaurants in Brown Street, Manchester will ...

6 June 2017

GRUB at Mayfield has lift-off – and don’t miss their Plant Powered Sunday

GRUB at Mayfield has lift-off – and don’t miss their Plant Powered Sunday

IT’S a big weekend ahead (June 9-11) for the Mayfield Depot, as it begins its journey to major regeneration, and for street food organisers GRUB, chosen to initiate the process with their weekly food fairs ...

4 June 2017 by Neil Sowerby

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