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GRUB Food Fair and Pilcrow Launch Party: New date confirmed for Sadler's Yard Launch

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 ...

5 November 2015 by Lucy Lovell

First look: Cottonopolis – A cotton rich taste of Japan in the NQ

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 ...

5 November 2015

All together now, Beaglers: ‘We wish it could be Bonfire Night every day!’

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 ...

5 November 2015 by Neil Sowerby

Colourful Northern Quarter debut for Makers Markets this Sunday

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 ...

5 November 2015 by Neil Sowerby

Scottish ‘bedroom brewers’ move south to boost the Piccadilly Beer Mile

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 ...

5 November 2015 by Neil Sowerby

Umezushi join Hanging Ditch to celebrate International Sherry Week

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 ...

5 November 2015

Obsession 2016 at Northcote welcomes a galaxy of global superstar chefs

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 ...

5 November 2015 by Neil Sowerby

Something brewing in Ancoats: Progress on Seven Bro7hers craft beer bar

Something brewing in Ancoats: Progress on Seven Bro7hers craft beer bar

Seven Bro7hers brewery has been granted planning permission for its debut craft beer bar, according to Manchester City Council's website. The family run brewery look set to open their first bar at 31 Blossom Street, ...

4 November 2015 by Lucy Lovell

The Full Monte: Monte Real Rioja Wine Dinners at The Lowry Hotel

The Full Monte: Monte Real Rioja Wine Dinners at The Lowry Hotel

White tablecloths. Polished cutlery. A pianist. I’m at the The Lowry Hotel’s restaurant The River Bar and Grill, and it doesn’t get much more ‘fine dining’ than this. Fine dining’s been getting the hard shoulder ...

4 November 2015 by Lucy Lovell

First Look: Ancoats Coffee Co set to open café/roastery at Royal Mills, Ancoats

First Look: Ancoats Coffee Co set to open café/roastery at Royal Mills, Ancoats

Artisan roastery Ancoats Coffee Co will join the growing list of quality food and drink traders in Ancoats, the budding food hub of Manchester. Prior to their new venture, Ancoats Coffee Co were based in ...

3 November 2015 by Lucy Lovell

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