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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

LIFE BEERS: Silk Sheets

LIFE BEERS: Silk Sheets

Guinness Draught Can // 440ml // Co-op / everywhere // £4.89 4 packI've been going through a Guinness phase. It started in February of this year when I went to a cousin's wedding in Ireland. ...

18 December 2015 by David Bailey

Electrik turn up the voltage with new winter menu

Electrik turn up the voltage with new winter menu

Things are heating up in Chorlton as Electrik, the quirky sibling of award-winning eaterie Volta in West Didsbury, release a new winter menu.Better known for its craft beers, quality DJ sets and throwing a good ...

18 December 2015 by Lucy Lovell

Old hand Salvi's heads the Italian invasion of the Corn Exchange

Old hand Salvi's heads the Italian invasion of the Corn Exchange

TYPICAL. You wait ages for one Italian restaurant to come along and then two hit the ground running – at the Corn Exchange. Taste of Manchester joined the throng on Wednesday (Dec 16) celebrating the ...

17 December 2015

It’s the final countdown – Friday Food Fight NYE at Great Northern

It’s the final countdown – Friday Food Fight NYE at Great Northern

SEE out 2015 with the last ever Friday Food Night – starting on a Thursday! Because that is New Year’s Eve. Still the party goes on in the Great Northern Warehouse with a packed agenda ...

16 December 2015 by Neil Sowerby

Pig out on New Year’s Eve at the Bangers & Bacon Chefs Table

Pig out on New Year’s Eve at the Bangers & Bacon Chefs Table

END the year as you started it is a TOM maxim. That’s why we are tempted to take on board one more tasting menu to see 2015 out. OK, December 31 dining usually consists of ...

16 December 2015 by Neil Sowerby

The 12 books of Christmas – treat the obsessive foodie in your life

The 12 books of Christmas – treat the obsessive foodie in your life

GALLIMAUFRY is one of my favourite words. Originally it was a kind of stew; then transmogrified (another fave) into meaning a jumble or medley, which is appropriate for my eclectic selection of food books to ...

14 December 2015 by Neil Sowerby

The Spanish are on top of their game at Iberica with a special menu

The Spanish are on top of their game at Iberica with a special menu

GAME season is a particular delight here at Taste of Manchester. It summons up memories of Robert Owen Brown serving up an old school whole grouse with bread sauce and game chips… or perhaps an ...

14 December 2015 by Neil Sowerby

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