INTERNATIONAL Italian chain Vapiano opens in the Corn Exchange on November 27 but already they are handing Manchester a taste of the herbs they use by giving them away across the city. From Tuesday, November ...
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Viva Italia! – sampling a sumptuous winter menu from San Carlo Cicchetti
CHESTNUTS, pumpkin, truffles – yes, it has to be Cicchetti celebrating the winter months with an eclectic small plate tour of Italy. An extensive preview of 10 dishes from the new menu, with prime ingredients ...
Countdown to the Christmas Markets – time to party on the streets of Manchester
DUST off your souvenir Glühwein cup (or more likely stump up the deposit dosh on a new one) and get down to Albert Square or the other Christmas market venues. TOM can almost smell the ...
GRUB Food Fair and Pilcrow Launch Party: New date confirmed for Sadler's Yard Launch
THE brand new public square Sadler's Yard has announced new dates for their launch weekend, after having to cancel due to the fire at CIS tower last month. Thursday December 4 sees the launch party ...
First look: Cottonopolis – A cotton rich taste of Japan in the NQ
HAND on heart, Taste of Manchester was underwhelmed at the prospect of a new Northern Quarter restaurant bar yoking together industrial chic original features with an all-day array of Japanese small plates. On the other ...
All together now, Beaglers: ‘We wish it could be Bonfire Night every day!’
EVEN after your bonfire has quit smouldering and the last firework has fizzled out you’ll still be able to get your fill of smokiness at popular Chorlton bar The Beagle. Until Sunday, November 29 they ...
Colourful Northern Quarter debut for Makers Markets this Sunday
MAKERS Markets, not content with operating monthly events across seven North West venues, have added an eighth. This Sunday (November 8) they are opening in the Northern Quarter with the added attraction of an appearance ...
Scottish ‘bedroom brewers’ move south to boost the Piccadilly Beer Mile
TALK about going the extra mile. Carbon Smith, an Edinburgh craft brewer that launched in a tenement flat two years go, is moving 200 miles to the south into a railway arch in Piccadilly. A ...
Umezushi join Hanging Ditch to celebrate International Sherry Week
TASTE of Manchester ought to be celebrating National Sausage Week or alternatively International Vegan Month; instead, we say cheers to International Sherry Week and this underrated wine’s greatest local champions,. Hangingditch. Once again they are ...
Obsession 2016 at Northcote welcomes a galaxy of global superstar chefs
THE booking lines are now open for Obsession 2016 at Northcote near Blackburn. Chef/proprietor and Great British Menu legend Nigel Haworth (pictured above) has been curating this annual gastronomic pilgrimage for 16 years now and ...