It’s 6.30 am and Katie Cradduck, manager of The Dockyard, has gallantly climbed a ladder to the to the top of a mash tun to peer at the beer brewing inside. We’re at the brewery ...
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Million pound Quill restaurant names head chef
THE perils of Googling a new restaurant. Quill on King Street is still in the pending tray, but there are already reviews on TripAdvisor. How does that get through? Well, there happens to be a ...
Quarter of a century up for Dimitri’s, Deansgate’s little corner of Greece
BARELY a day goes by without a new restaurant or bar opening its doors – and that’s just the Corn Exchange! Yet amid all this frantic, helter skelter avalanche of hospitality we must remember to ...
Comptoir Libanais bringing the spice of Lebanon to The Avenue
UPMARKET chain Comptoir Libanais is launching its first restaurant outside London at The Avenue on Spinningfields in early November. Comptoir Libanais, which means ‘Lebanese counter’ will offer ‘casual all day dining in a relaxed, authentic ...
The new frontier – Cutting Room and Rudy’s pizza lead the Ancoats charge
By Neil Sowerby THE Northern Quarter’s a bit like Chardonnay. Once everyone loved the fruity charmer, then ABC (anything but Chardonnay) kicked in and the alienated tipplers turned to Sauvignon or a spot of PIcpoul. ...
2015 Manchester Food and Drink Awards – the winners
IT has been an unprecedented year of new arrivals on the Manchester food and drink scene and the most high profile of these, Hawksmoor, scooped Newcomer of the Year at the 2015 Manchester Food and ...
Bistrovin and 63 Degrees – Entente Cordiale in the glass and on the plate
LET’S salute the French. No, not that French – the restaurant that the Good Food Guide gives a perfect 10 score and the Michelin Guide keeps snubbing (cue much incredulous tearing of hair). No, Taste ...
Crown and Kettle, Ancoats named among Britain’s 16 best pubs by CAMRA
THE Crown and Kettle is one of the great comeback stories. In 1989 the Grade II listed hostelry on the corner of Oldham Road and Great Ancoats Street was abandoned after an arson attack, its ...
Interview with Olia Hercules: Preserving veg, preserving tradition
When Olia Hercules set about collecting recipes for her new cookbook Mamushka, it was more than just a collection of family recipes, it was a means of preserving generations of tradition that were at risk ...
A Bollywood hooray for Asha’s – curry, cocktails and an understated glamour
By Neil Sowerby THERE’S a touch of chutzpah about having a restaurant chain named after you when you are not even some famous chef, but if you are a legend among Bollywood legends and the ...