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Taste top 5 January Dining Offers

Taste top 5 January Dining Offers

While many people hibernate during the winter months, canny diners know that January can be the best time to eat out, with restaurants offering impressive discounts to lure customers out of their post festive holiday ...

8 January 2016

LIFE BEERS: Cut the Custard

LIFE BEERS: Cut the Custard

MAGIC ROCK CUSTARD PIE / 6.7% ABV / £5.80 a pint / CommonI love Magic Rock, there I said it. I love how they make so many good beers. I love how I often walk ...

8 January 2016 by David Bailey

The River Restaurant at The Lowry set to blast away January blues

 The River Restaurant at The Lowry set to blast away January blues

It's official. According to our extensive research (Google + Wikipedia) January is the most depressing month of the year. All those resolutions - giving up drinking, giving up sugar, and giving up chocolate often result ...

6 January 2016

Warm up with Winter Feasts at Harvey Nichols

Warm up with Winter Feasts at Harvey Nichols

Harvey Nichols welcomes back the limited edition Winter Feasts dining menu this January. Set to put a smile on customers’ faces during the dreariest months of the year, the exclusive offer includes three courses and ...

4 January 2016

Naz, culinary king of Ramsbottom, heads back to his native Maldives

Naz, culinary king of Ramsbottom, heads back to his native Maldives

SWAPPING the stress of running award-winning kitchens for a quieter life in one of the earth’s great tropical paradises may seem a no-brainer. Still returning to his Maldives homeland is bound to be a culture ...

3 January 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Marble that’s a bit Marmite, the revamped NQ bar – plus a hoptastic new brewer

Marble that’s a bit Marmite, the revamped NQ bar – plus a hoptastic new brewer

MARBLE opened all their presents early this Christmas, unveiling an impressive new head brewer and reopening a revamped 57 Thomas Street bar even before Santa arrived, as usual carrying sacks of hops. These will no ...

3 January 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Gin Journey Manchester is a refreshing tonic for the New Year

Gin Journey Manchester is a refreshing tonic for the New Year

GIN was the toast of the tippling world in 2015 and its popularity shows no sign of trickling away. To keep your spirits high until the third Manchester Gin Festival at Victoria Baths in late ...

30 December 2015

Win a meal for two at glamorous Spanish restaurant Iberica

Win a meal for two at glamorous Spanish restaurant Iberica

FEELING those January blues? Taste of Manchester has the perfect antidote – a meal for two at one of the outstanding newcomers to the Manchester food scene. We have a voucher worth £80 to spend ...

30 December 2015

What’s on the Manc menu for 2016? We preview a food-filled year ahead

What’s on the Manc menu for 2016? We preview a food-filled year ahead

WILL 2016 be time to take a breather after the hectic food and drink antics of 2015? Don't bet on it. Expect more stepping on the gas. So much so that the completed Corn Exchange ...

29 December 2015 by Neil Sowerby

Cheers to the CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival – and citywide Manchester Beer Week planned

Cheers to the CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival – and citywide Manchester Beer Week planned

IT seems an age since the delicious IndyManBeerCon in October but things are looking up on the communal ale front. First the Beer and Cider Festival returns in January for its third year, now with ...

28 December 2015 by Neil Sowerby

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