THERE’s a festival for every form of booze in Manchester these days. Beer and gin have dominated recent merry events, but whisky is fighting back. Appropriately enough, The Whiskey Jar on Tariff Street in the ...
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Crazy Pedro’s issue the duck – their latest quackers pizza special
ONE of TOM’s favourite moments of the past 12 months was when the Crazy Pedro posse at the Manchester Food and Drink Awards Gala Dinner ordered a delivery of their own takeaway pizzas. This last ...
1847 group launches special ‘free from’ menu for National Vegetarian Week
THE UK’s only group of vegetarian restaurants, 1847 has announced their special ‘Free From’ menu to run May 16-22 to celebrate National Vegetarian Week. It will be available at their Manchester outlet at 58 Mosley ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...