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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...