THE San Carlo Quarter is becoming a reality! Already the celebrity haunt flagship restaurant is an arancini throw from baby brother Cicchetti, nesting elegantly inside House of Fraser. Now they are joined in a culinary ...
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What's in a name? Palace to Principal, Room to Grand Pacific
TIME to call iconic Manchester spaces by different names. It’s a bit like when they rename football stadia with sponsor’s names and the fans still call them by the original ones. ToM doesn’t think that ...
Bouncing Czech – have a wall-to-wall ball at Solita’s take on a Prague beer hall
FUNNY how we’re Brexiting and still can’t stop looking to Europe for culinary inspiration. Take the NQ bar formerly known as Montpellier’s. The last time ToM crossed its threshold it was to tackle some croque ...
EL GATO NEGRO LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL SHERRY WEEK
THE launch of International Sherry Week (November 7-13) has to be celebrated in the appropriate setting and where better than El Gato Negro. The Spanish restaurant and bar on King Street – Best Newcomer in ...
A Communist era-inspired Polish milk bar on its way – whatever next?
WE love this picture, showing fervent Polish fans glued to the telly during Euro 2016, where their team did better than us, losing to eventual winners Portugal in a quarter-final penalty shoot-out. It was taken ...
Ramen masters bring authentic noodle dishes to Piccadilly Gardens
SOME London trends take longer to transpose to Manchester than others. Just as the best Ramen bone stocks take an eternity – but it’s worth it. That’s why ToM offers a belated welcome to Shoryu ...
Gintastic – Harvey Nicks Negroni fest plus return of the Gin Society
WHEN the clocks go back Taste of Manchester tends to put the Fever-Tree back in the fridge and adopt a more autumnal take on gin. Yes, you guessed, it’s Negroni time. Never tasted this emphatic ...
STELLAR CHEF LINE-UP FOR ART AND WINE MASTERPIECE DINNER TO AID ACTION AGAINST HUNGER
FOR the first time in Manchester, humanitarian charity Action Against Hunger is organising an exclusive Michelin starred dining event, The Art and Wine Masterpiece Dinner, with the aim of raising more than £30,000 to help ...
City’s Hottest New Restaurants Sign up for StreetSmart homeless campaign
THE national StreetSmart campaign launches on Tuesday November 1 with Manchester’s restaurants once again pledging their generous commitment to helping the homeless. And it’s great to see high profile newcomers such as El Gato Negro ...
Adam's the apple of our eye as he triumphs in the Great British Menu
CONGRATULATIONS to Adam Reid for winning his way through to cook at the Great British Menu’s Great Britons Banquet at The Palace of Westminster. But he left it late. His ‘Golden Empire’ dessert overcame its ...