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Roc & Rye promises coffee and cocktails in a spectacular setting

Roc & Rye promises coffee and cocktails in a spectacular setting

SEAN Finnegan’s CV is a random roll call of cutting edge bars. From the legendary Mash & Air to Red’s True Barbecue and El Capo in Manchester via the likes of Platinum and Baby Blue ...

7 September 2016

Everybody must get steined! Albert's Schloss stages its own Oktoberfest

Everybody must get steined! Albert's Schloss stages its own Oktoberfest

THE above could be you – and it will earn you free beers at Albert Schloss’s upcoming version of the Oktoberfest Beer Festival. Dress up in your Dirndl or Lederhosen, any trad German dress will ...

6 September 2016 by Neil Sowerby

This is how we like sourcing – South Manchester Food Assembly and a pint!

This is how we like sourcing – South Manchester Food Assembly and a pint!

TASTE of Manchester is a big fan of food producers banding together, creating a viable alternative to the supermarket run. So it was a pleasure to attend the relaunch after a summer break of the ...

5 September 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Exciting Didsbury addition Hispi ‘taking bookings this week’

Exciting Didsbury addition Hispi ‘taking bookings this week’

THE arrival of Hispi in Didsbury is getting palpably closer with the announcement they are taking bookings later this week (beginning September 5). We also like the specimen dinner menu they have posted on Twitter ...

5 September 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Manchester House hosts exclusive Rémy Martin private member's club

Manchester House hosts exclusive Rémy Martin  private member's club

AND we thought Rémy Martin was just an iconic Cognac brand. Now ToM, which only resorts to brandy for the odd medical emergency, discovers it’s also a pop-up private member’s club that wows Soho once ...

5 September 2016

Spot the missing beard in the Hairy Bikers Bangers & Bacon Egg Battle

Spot the missing beard in the Hairy Bikers Bangers & Bacon Egg Battle

EGGSTRA-ORDINARY television or just the Hairy Bikers finding yet another vehicle for their brand of hirsute high jinks? Judge for yourself at 8pm on BBC2 2 tonight (Tuesday, September 6) as the pair drop in ...

5 September 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Swinton Chilli Fest – Some Like It Hot

Swinton Chilli Fest – Some Like It Hot

THE Makers Markets are pretty thick on the ground these days but only one has extra spice. Bring a bottle of chilled water – the Swinton Chilli Fest is on Saturday, September 17. Swinton Square ...

5 September 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Viet Shack help launch Simone’s healthy dessert bar in the Arndale Market

Viet Shack help launch Simone’s healthy dessert bar in the Arndale Market

IT’S a leap from spicy bánh mì and Vietnamese summer rolls to ‘guilt-free’ baking but that’s happening in the Arndale Market as award-winning streetfooders Viet Shack open a second site, Simone’s – The Healthy Baker. ...

5 September 2016

GET YOUR TICKETS FOR MFDF’S THIRD HIDDEN BANQUET – 'TV BY MILKJAM' AT OLD GRANADA STUDIOS

GET YOUR TICKETS  FOR MFDF’S THIRD HIDDEN BANQUET – 'TV BY MILKJAM' AT OLD GRANADA STUDIOS

THE third event to be announced in Manchester Food and Drink Festival’s Hidden Banquet series is on sale from 9am on Friday, September 2. Definitely one for the sweet-toothed, “TV” by MilkJam is taking place ...

2 September 2016 by Neil Sowerby

London Road To Host one off event 'Made Here'

London Road To Host one off event 'Made Here'

MADE HERE is one off event hosted by London Road, to introduce people to this iconic space before Allied London begins external and internal renovation works towards the end of 2016. London Road, which has ...

1 September 2016

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