THOSE of you thought Mayo Day was a celebration of salad dressing, think again. With Manchester’s Irish Festival in full swing your priority is not forging business links with the Irish county of that name, ...
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Foodie line-up for Manchester International Festival
IT’S a big welcome back for Manchester International Festival (June 29-July 16). Against the vast derelict backdrop of the Mayfield Depot new artistic director John McGrath launched a programme as eclectic and stimulating as any ...
Breakfast while you bowl American style at Dog Bowl
BOWLING bar and restaurant, Dog Bowl have launched an American inspired breakfast set to rival the Full English. Just don’t count the calories and cholesterol! Created to satisfy demand from early-rising bowling fans, the new ...
Liars Club trio to breathe new life into the Bay Horse
ONE of the Northern Quarter’s pioneer bars is getting a much-needed makeover. The Bay Horse, creation of the symmetrically monickered business partners Yvonne Goldsmith-Rybka and Nicky Rybka Goldsmith over a decade ago is in new ...
Why we’re mad about Hawksmoor’s Three Martini Lunch
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 ...
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 ...