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£3m Pan-Asian Restaurant And Bar To Open In Manchester Hall

£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 ...

28 February 2017

Sunshine on a plate – new Med eaterie Suri unveils its launch menu

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 ...

28 February 2017 by Neil Sowerby

Robert Owen Brown creates Manc/Irish fusion menu for revamped O’Shea’s

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. ...

28 February 2017 by Neil Sowerby

No longer remaining Incognito – Flok bar’s a welcome NQ newcomer

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 ...

27 February 2017 by Neil Sowerby

The G-force! Chef Stephen Moore swaps Gotham for Grafene

The G-force! Chef Stephen Moore swaps Gotham for Grafene

IT’S all change at Grafene, the only restaurant ToM knows that is inspired by the world's first 2D material Graphene, first isolated at Manchester University. The front of house and administrative team has been significantly ...

26 February 2017 by Neil Sowerby

Rhys’s Remedy real ale raises cash for Shine Cancer Support

Rhys’s Remedy real ale raises cash for Shine Cancer Support

TASTE of Manchester raised a toast to a very special man at the launch of Rhys’s Remedy at the Albert Square Chop House. A tasty, dark session mild but more – a ‘Pint with a ...

26 February 2017 by Neil Sowerby

A Taste of James Martin’s French Adventure

A Taste of James Martin’s French Adventure

For those who have been following James Martin’s French Adventure on ITV, and for whom a trip to Burgundy or Lyon is slightly out of reach, a trip to his restaurant, inside the Manchester 235 ...

24 February 2017

HAPPY 20th ANNIVERSARY MFDF! FESTIVAL NAMES ITS 2017 DATES: SEPT 28 TO OCT 9

HAPPY 20th ANNIVERSARY MFDF! FESTIVAL NAMES ITS 2017 DATES: SEPT 28 TO OCT 9

ALBERT Square has hosted some momentous celebrations, so it seemed appropriate for Manchester Food and Drink Festival to mark its landmark 20th anniversary by gathering together on the site of its annual hub the biggest ...

23 February 2017 by Neil Sowerby

THE CLASS OF 2017 – 20 FACES CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF MFDF

THE CLASS OF 2017 – 20 FACES CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF MFDF

TO celebrate the 20th anniversary of Manchester Food and Drink Festival we set up a unique photoshoot in Albert Square, perennial hub of this hugely influential event. Assembling 20 key figures in the region’s food ...

23 February 2017 by Neil Sowerby

El Gato Negro celebrates an award-winning first year in some style

El Gato Negro celebrates an award-winning first year in some style

TIME flies and El Gato Negro has packed a lot into its first year in situ on King Street, its near decade at Ripponden on the Yorkshire moors overtaken by recent acclaim – City Restaurant ...

23 February 2017 by Neil Sowerby

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