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Get your festive skates on to WINTER GATHERING at the iconic London Road

Get your festive skates on to WINTER GATHERING at the iconic London Road

LIKE most folk, Taste of Manchester enjoys Christmas Markets time, but there’s only so much Glühwein, Bratwurst and wooden novelty items we can handle, so we are delighted to welcome a homegrown newcomer to the ...

21 October 2016 by Neil Sowerby

GOLDEN balls! Now it’s Adam Reid’s Great Manc Menu as Rogan jumps ship

GOLDEN balls! Now it’s Adam Reid’s Great Manc Menu as Rogan jumps ship

ADAM Reid has got a lot on his plate at the moment. We await his performance in the national finals of the Great British Menu (October 24-October 28), at stake a chance to cook at ...

21 October 2016 by Neil Sowerby

FOREVER MANCHESTER ANNOUNCES THIRD SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN PARTY

FOREVER MANCHESTER ANNOUNCES THIRD SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN PARTY

Forever Manchester and Mirror Ball organisers have today announced the fourth Halloween Spooktacular Ball will take place at a secret location in central Manchester on Saturday 29 October.The party, organised by celebrity coiffure Andrew Trott ...

14 October 2016

Turning over a new Leaf – cult tea bar comes to Portland Street

Turning over a new Leaf – cult tea bar comes to Portland Street

TASTE of Manchester has been delighted with our select culinary imports from Liverpool. OK, Mexican wrestling homage Lucha Libre didn’t last long in the Great Northern Warehouse, but Lunya and Mowgli have both become essential ...

12 October 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Gale blows into Whitefield opposite chocolate king Slattery

Gale blows into Whitefield opposite chocolate king Slattery

SO there was Prestwich happy to be the new Heatons or Monton when suddenly Whitefield is the new Prestwich. Something is definitely stirring foodwise in the suburbs. The new hype around Bury New Road, this ...

11 October 2016 by Neil Sowerby

300 capacity beer hall planned for Northern Quarter

300 capacity beer hall planned for Northern Quarter

ALBERT’S Schloss named Manchester Bar of the Year after a phenomenal first year. Who’d have though beer halls were so bankable? And now, damn you Brexiters, a rival European-style pils-pouring rival is on the way ...

11 October 2016 by Neil Sowerby

2016 MANCHESTER FOOD AND DRINK AWARDS – THE WINNERS

2016 MANCHESTER FOOD AND DRINK AWARDS – THE WINNERS

CONGRATULATIONS to Hawksmoor (team picture above) for scooping Restaurant of the Year at the 2016 Manchester Food and Drink Awards just 12 months after being named Best Newcomer. This year’s winner in that category (and ...

10 October 2016

Crafty purchases? Makers Market is back at Chorlton-cum-Hardy 

Crafty purchases? Makers Market is back at Chorlton-cum-Hardy 

HEAD down to Oswald School and the Chorlton Library on Saturday, October 16 to welcome back another Chorlton Makers Market – the largest to date with 85 exciting stalls! There’s also a special guest appearance ...

10 October 2016

First Street starts filling up and Liquor Store is the latest arrival

First Street starts filling up and Liquor Store is the latest arrival

FIRST Street, basically the support act for Manchester’s excellent art hub HOME (there’s no place like etc...), is looking increasingly like a curate’s egg, the jury’s out and there ain’t no stopping it now. Which ...

10 October 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Taste on Two – the spirit was with us at Harvey Nichols’ fun food event

Taste on Two – the spirit was with us at Harvey Nichols’ fun food event

TASTE of Manchester isn’t one for Christmas hampers but knows the Harvey Nichols version is the creme de la creme. Venturing down to the upmarket Exchange Square store’s annual suppliers’ tasting, Taste on Two on ...

10 October 2016

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