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Olive oil masterclass at Iberica Spinningfields

Olive oil masterclass at Iberica Spinningfields

IBERICA are proud of their olive oils and so this should be. January saw them spotlighting Pago Baldios' impressive oils; now on Thursday, April 7 they are holding a another tasting – of oils from ...

3 April 2016

Royal Mills is new monthly home for Castlefield Market

Royal Mills is new monthly home for Castlefield Market

CASTLEFIELD Market is back this Saturday (April 2) in new premises – under the glass atrium of the iconic Royal Mills, Ancoats. After quitting Campfield last August it has been seeking a replacement venue for ...

31 March 2016

10 veggie choices at Manchester’s finest mainstream restaurants

10 veggie choices at Manchester’s finest mainstream restaurants

YOU don’t have to confine yourself to the traditional homespun Veggie Ghetto to enjoy some gorgeous meat-free food. It’s amazing what you can order across some of Manchester’s finest restaurants. Here are 10 suggestions… 1 ...

29 March 2016 by Neil Sowerby

GRUB SPRING FoOD FAIR AT SADLER’S YARD PLUS NEW RUNAWAY DATE

GRUB SPRING FoOD FAIR  AT SADLER’S YARD PLUS NEW RUNAWAY DATE

GRUB have launched a new monthly, city-centre feast, kicking off with the Grub Spring Food Fair this Saturday, April 2, 12pm-8pm. This free entry event will take place within the newly opened Sadler’s Yard at ...

29 March 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Real Junk Food Project Fuels Simon Buckley's Not Quite Light Weekend

Real Junk Food Project Fuels Simon Buckley's Not Quite Light Weekend

IT has been illuminating to see Simon Buckley, one of Manchester’s best photographers, return from Southern exile with a fresh and restless eye for the city he loves. The result of his pre-dawn raids with ...

28 March 2016 by Neil Sowerby

The Brink – bringing the best local beers to a Bridge Street basement

The Brink – bringing the best local beers to a Bridge Street basement

MANCHESTER city centre has a new underground watering hole well worth visiting. No. we don’t mean Be At One, national chain takeover of the dungeon-like former Circle Club behind the Barton Arcade. TOM’s much keener ...

28 March 2016 by Neil Sowerby

When’s your beef? Solita Steakhouse set to open on July 1

When’s your beef? Solita Steakhouse set to open on July 1

SOLITA have confirmed a July 1 opening for their New York Inspired Steakhouse in the lovely Barton Arcade. What seemed a radical departure for Franco Sotgiu’s dirty food empire starts to look like a natural ...

23 March 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Remember to set your clocks before this weekend's Manchester Gin Festival!

Remember to set your clocks before this weekend's Manchester Gin Festival!

MORE than 100 of the world’s finest craft distillations are up for tasting at this weekend’s Manchester Gin Festival at Victoria Baths. The event has long been sold out, so pray for a friend with ...

23 March 2016

Elektrik/Volta boys set to recharge the reborn Palace Hotel

Elektrik/Volta boys set to recharge the reborn Palace Hotel

THAT glorious Oxford Road ‘sleeping giant’ The Palace Hotel is shaking off the cobwebs big time in one of the most astonishing reinventions even for Manchester. As part of its multi-million pound refurb it has ...

21 March 2016

Gary Usher hits £50,000 crowdfunding target to launch Hispi in Chorlton

Gary Usher hits £50,000 crowdfunding target to launch Hispi in Chorlton

YOU’VE got to hand it to social media motormouth Gary Usher – he knows how to milk a crowd. The swift success of the Sticky Walnut chef/patron’s latest crowdfunding push means Chorlton at last is ...

21 March 2016 by Neil Sowerby

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