WE’RE glad to see The Pilcrow Pub fulfilling its remit to liven up the deadly quiet after-dark NOMA neighbourhood, while flying the flag for the world’s best craft beer. Now they have surpassed themselves for ...
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Fodder series 2 episode 2 - The Seafood Podcast
Why did Mancunians eat beaver's tail? What is The Hip Hop Chip Shop?And did you know you can get a buzz from necking oysters. All this and more is discovered in this episode of Fodder.
The Meat’s off! Northern Vegan Festival takes over Manchester Central
THE biggest vegan gathering in the North of England tales place in Manchester this Saturday (April 1). Evidence of the upsurge in this lifestyle choice is the Northern Vegan Festival’s main venue switch to Manchester ...
Bring on the hanging kebabs – a first look at the new Didsbury Botanist
WE rather like a horticultural theme in a bar. Maybe not to the extreme of Froheimar in Iceland, which serves you tomato-led dishes in the greenhouse where they were grown (below). ToM was thinking more ...
House of Peroni pop-up blends hi-tech art and glitzy cocktails
YOU’VE got to hand it to Peroni, they put on quite a show, which quite transcends the blandness of the original core product, the beer. For four days next week (Wed, April 5 to Sa, ...
We preview Beastro – carnivores get down with the vegans!
IT has been a long strange culinary career for Beastro chef Richard Brown, whose first restaurant experience was being hired at the age of 13 by Michelin-starred maverick Paul Kitching at his Altrincham restaurant, Juniper. ...
Aperitivo time at Salvi's – toasting the refreshing arrival of spring
TO celebrate the arrival of Spring, Salvi’s is about to launch ‘Aperitivo Time’ at their restaurants. It’s a chance to experience Italy's traditional ritual of relaxing with friends and unwinding over a drink, complemented with ...
Requiem for Damson, Heaton Moor pioneer heading down the casual route
ON a day when the ramifications of Brexit shove all else aside a poignant piece of local restaurant news has crept under the radar – a closure. No, not the veteran city centre Chinese, the ...
Brooklyn and Fever-Tree head the prestige sponsors for MFDF 2017
VISITORS to this year’s Manchester Food and Drink Festival (MFDF) will be able to toast its 20th anniversary with a pint or two of Brooklyn Brewery’s finest or chill with a G&T in the Fever-Tree ...
April special food offers from The Lowry Hotel
SPRING is always an inspiration for chefs and few celebrate it better than Andrew Green at The Lowry Hotel’s River Restaurant. It helps when you’ve built up such an impressive range of regional suppliers (above) ...