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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Eight sustainable fish dishes fresh from Manchester’s Arndale Market
EASTER means fish. And you thought it was all about Chocolate Eggs and Hot Cross Buns? No, the religious tradition remains that you choose seafood over meat on Good Friday, which is good news for ...
New Botanist for Knutsford but is the Oast House living on borrowed time?
FLOURISHING times for the New World Trading Company, scooping two awards – Best Employer and Best Managed Pub Company – at The Publican Awards 2016. Oh, and they’ve also rummaged through their toybox of rustic ...
2016 Northern Restaurant Bar Show Top 50 is a hit parade of our top operators
IT’S the roll call of hospitality honour – the annual Northern Restaurant Bar Show Top 50 and the just announced 2016 list offers proof indeed of the vibrant resurgence of quality food and drink across ...
Altrincham Market shortlisted for BBC radio food awards
ALTRINCHAM Market’s latest plaudit is to be named as a finalist in BBC Radio 4’s Food and Farming Awards. In the Best Food Market category it’s up against St Dogmael’s Local Producers Market, Pembrokeshire and ...
All things artisan as The Makers Market makes a weekend of it in Spinningfields
SPINNINGFIELDS welcomes The Makers Market back for its second weekend of 2016, on Saturday and Sunday, March 19-20. Showcasing an array of award-winning makers, from highly acclaimed food and drink suppliers to arts, crafts and ...
Alderley Edge’s Yu joins elite band of UK Chinese restaurants
THE new Yu in Alderley Edge has been voted one of the best Chinese restaurants in the UK – the only one outside London to earn a coveted three-tier Pagoda listing in theThe Legacy of ...
Dish of the week: Mary-Ellen McTague’s Red Cabbage Gazpacho
THE news that Mary Ellen McTague had abandoned plans to launch a successor to her acclaimed Aumbry restaurant in the former Roadhouse on Newton Street saddened those of us who are fans of her finely-honed ...