LESS than a month to go until Indy Man Beer Con pours its heart out at Victoria Baths. All that lovely beer in that iconic heritage setting. Taste of Manchester’s thirst for the event (October ...
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Spanish Tapas Trail heads a host of Iberian treats at Manchester Food and Drink Festival
SOME clever hombre at Taste of Manchester labelled the cluster of Spanish restaurants around Deansgate the ‘Magnifico Seven’ and the monicker seems to have stuck. Take a bow Evuna, El Rincon, Tapeo, La Bandera, Iberico, ...
French’s Adam Reid flies the flag for Manchester in this week’s Great British Menu
MAKE a date in your telly diary for Monday (September 12). That’s the start of the weeklong North West heats of BBC 2’s Great British Menu when a trio of local chefs battle it out ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...