TRULY decadent liquid lunches are a thing of the past, we are constantly being told – that lost world of Fleet Street’s Lunchtime O’Booze and Mad Men’s Don Draper. So when Hawksmoor, whose bar can ...
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Oh Calçotada! Lunya chars the onions on a Sunday of fun Catalan fiesta
IT’S that time of year again when Spaniards char large spring onion cum leeks called Calçots. In Catalonia it’s an epic, folk costume clad ceremony (above) of brushwood, burning coals and Cava toasts. The Calçotada ...
Wine charity event supports International Women's Day
WEDNESDAY (March 8) is International Women’s Day and Manchester wine and beer importer Morgenrot have joined forces with South of France wine producer Hecht and Banner for a special fund-raising event at The Garage bar ...
Book now and make your Mother’s Day at The Lowry Hotel
SEEKING a very special gift for Mother’s Day? ToM says look no further than the five-star Lowry Hotel. Treat your mum to afternoon tea or dinner from a special menu on the big day (March ...
Chic Ivy offshoot set to roll out in Spinningfields urban oasis
ROLLING out the brand has a certain poignancy. Take two famous names whose allure has been diminished by ubiquity. Once upon a time there was only one Harry Ramsden’s, in Guiseley, a place of pilgrimage ...
Legendary 129-year-old Port on offer at glamorous grill house Fazenda
FAZENDA Rodizio Bar and Grill in Spinningfields has one of the city’s most impressive wine lists – testimony to the enthusiasm of director Tomas Maunier. Now they have pulled off a coup by listing a ...
£3m Pan-Asian Restaurant And Bar To Open In Manchester Hall
GOOD to have clarity finally about the centrepiece of Manchester Hall, that epic £7m conversion of the old Freemasons Hall on Bridge Street. Fable is its name, a £3m pan-Asian restaurant and bar from Joe ...
Sunshine on a plate – new Med eaterie Suri unveils its launch menu
EAGERLY awaited King Street Med and Middle Eastern restaurant Suri has revealed its new menu ahead of its official opening on Friday, March 10. ToM likes the look of its bold fusion of locally sourced ...
Robert Owen Brown creates Manc/Irish fusion menu for revamped O’Shea’s
WELCOME to the eggstra-ordinary O’Shea’s Egg. With a little tinkering (sic) from its creator Robert Owen Brown the celebrated Manchester Egg has been given a Celtic twist to grace the menu of the relaunched bar. ...
No longer remaining Incognito – Flok bar’s a welcome NQ newcomer
JUST when you thought they couldn’t cram another new bar into Stevenson Square news of a rather distinctive arrival, working title: Flok. Work is due to start soon on converting wacky gift emporium/cafe Incognito at ...