CHORLTON snubbed in favour of Didsbury Village. It has that “do you want to step outside?” provocation about it. Chef Gary Usher is fighting his corner by insisting his Kickstarter-funded third bistro venture, Hispi, is ...
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Alchemist brings its cocktail magic to its new Alderley Edge venture
THE Alchemist Bar and Restaurant chain continues its quest for world domination by taking over the current Grill on the Edge site in Alderley Edge. Grill on the Edge will close its doors immediately after ...
Church Inn Mobberley crowned National Pub of the Year
THE Church Inn, Mobberley has been named National Pub of the Year in the Pub and Bar Awards 2016. The popular village inn was presented with the prize by Observer food critic Jay Rayner at ...
Groundbreaking ale launch gives us a thirst for Manchester Beer Week
THE countdown to Manchester Beer Week is hotting up. The official festival beer was launched on Thursday, May 26, at the JW Lees-owned Rain Bar on Great Bridgewater Street. It’s a one-off collaboration between Lees, ...
Salvi’s to launch Osteria – Italian neighbourhood restaurant for Norden
NORDEN goes all Neapolitan as Salvi’s turns the Norden Arms into an Osteria. A Rochdale suburb that has pinned its culinary hopes on Andrew Nutter’s up the hill now can look forward to some exceptional ...
Northern food folk’s Ethiopia trek to raise funds for Action Against Hunger
THIS October a team of chefs, restaurateurs and hospitality industry experts from across the north of England will embark on a tough trek through the Simien Mountains of Ethiopia (pictured above), in a bid to ...
RESURGENT KING STREET TO HOST MAY BANK HOLIDAY FESTIVAL
KING Street has been shaking off its torpor with a retail resurgence and, more high profile, the arrival of top-end restaurant/bars El Gato Negro (above) and Quill. Now it is putting is putting itself in ...
Gasworks Brewbar to bring fresh hoppiness to thirsty First Street
YOU can’t have a Dockyard without a waterfront, so the third pub from Steve Pilling following The Dockyards at Salford Quays and Spinningfields Leftbank is to be called The Gasworks Brewbar – because it is ...
RIBS WITH A PUNCH AT GRUB’s LATEST FOOD FAIR AT RUNAWAY
GRUB’s latest Food Fair at Runaway Brewery on Saturday, May 21 offers a typically eclectic mix of street food – from Andy Low ’N’ Slow (legendary BBQ from Birmingham, pictured above), On The Goa (authentic ...
Food of champions from two Spanish masters at Iberica
THE day before Seville again showed how unbeatable the Spanish are at football two master chefs from that country joined forces in Manchester to demonstrate its culinary supremacy. We, who were lucky enough to be ...