OUR definition of a great bar has never been the presence of fluffy woollen throws on every chair back, ’scandi-chic furnishings’ and omnipresent candlelight. All smacks of ‘hygge’, that hype tag of the moment. Still ...
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Affordable new lunch menu from Adam Reid at The French
TASTE of Manchester always considered The French’s plates as small but that was all part of a well-timed lengthy tasting menu. It never felt casual. Now the new post-Simon Rogan regime mustered by head chef ...
Swing cats! El Gato Negro celebrates the repeal of Prohibition in style
EL Gato Negro is to step back in time with an exclusive evening of social (and secret) drinking pleasure to toast Repeal Day on Monday, December 5. The day when Prohibition – a United States ...
Can’t be B.Eat? We’ve been tasting what’s new on the Street
SURELY, it’s like ditching the piercings and putting on a suit? Street food going permanent – selling out, comrades? Happily, expanded B.Eat Street, up on Deansgate Mews above the space where it confirmed its Guerrilla ...
The Botanist takes over Didsbury Wetherspoons site
SCHOOL Lane in Didsbury Village is refreshed as food and drink destination. Solita is well settled in a site where Cibo and before that La Tasca failed to hold the attention. Now it is sharing ...
Artisan’s Christmas Marketfest… and a giant Polar Bear at New Bailey
IT’S worth stepping down Bridge Street this festive season. This Sunday (Nov 27) the monthly market event at Artisan, Spinningfields, is a Christmas special with live music all day, more than 20 stalls and pop-ups ...
Barton Arcade’s Pot Kettle Black launch new cocktail menu
MAN (or woman) cannot survive by caffeine alone, so it’s good to see Pot Kettle Black serving alcohol in their beautiful Barton Arcade premises – the artisan coffee house run by the rugby lads, Jon ...
GRUB Food Fair at Alphabet Brewing Co – follow the arches!
THIS weekly food fair goes from strength to strength. This Saturday regular Latin American maestros Yakumama will be joined by Oh/Mei/Dumpling, The Gravy Train Poutine, The Ottö-Men mezze and patisserie purveyors ChouChoux. Accompanied, of course, ...
Mustard Teams Up With Moss Cider Community Project for Thanksgiving
SALE’S Big Apple inspired diner Mustard has created its own cider ‘windfall’l to help celebrate Thanksgiving and support Manchester based community project, Moss Cider.Throughout Thanksgiving and th e winter season it is transforming bottled Moss ...
Funnyman Hardeep Singh Kohli curries favour at The Gasworks
MATCHING beer with curry is no laughing matter for comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli. These two passions come together in a Scottish tap takeover of First Street’s new Brewhouse, Gasworks, on Tuesday, November 29. He has ...