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Manchester’s biggest Italian food festival returns for 2023 with a spotlight on female talent

Manchester’s biggest Italian food festival returns for 2023 with a spotlight on female talent

Now in its sixth year, Festa Italiana is one of the most anticipated food and drink festivals of the summer. Taking over Cathedral Gardens, the three-day event is dedicated to the carb-packed street foods of ...

7 August 2023

London shuffleboard bar Electric Shuffle is opening on Deansgate

London shuffleboard bar Electric Shuffle is opening on Deansgate

The founders of Flight Club are bringing their London-born Electric Shuffle bar to the former Evans Cycles unit on Deansgate.Electric Shuffle opened its first venue in London’s Canary Wharf back in 2019. The bar takes ...

7 August 2023

A ping pong and pizza bar is opening in Circle Square

A ping pong and pizza bar is opening in Circle Square

If ping pong is your thing, you’ll be thrilled to know that a brand-new bar dedicated to the competitive game is coming to Manchester at the end of summer.HIT is about to become the newest ...

2 August 2023

Stockport sandwich specialists Rack are opening in the Arndale Market

Stockport sandwich specialists Rack are opening in the Arndale Market

If you work in the city centre, you’re spoilt for choice when it comes to lunch time. If you aren’t eagerly waiting in a mile long queue at Rustica, you’re indulging in a wallet-friendly rice ...

2 August 2023

Louisiana fast food chain Popeyes is opening a restaurant at Piccadilly Gardens

Louisiana fast food chain Popeyes is opening a restaurant at Piccadilly Gardens

Popeyes, one of America’s biggest fast-food chains, is opening its first ever Manchester restaurant at One Piccadilly.Established in New Orleans back in 1972, Popeyes first offered a boldly seasoned chicken sandwich that gripped the local ...

31 July 2023

YES welcomes new Bowie-themed street food pop-up offering 50% off every Sunday

YES welcomes new Bowie-themed street food pop-up offering 50% off every Sunday

Manchester’s five-storey bar, kitchen and live music venue YES has welcomed yet another budget-friendly street food pop-up, We Can Be Gyros.The Bowie-themed Greek restaurant offers a selection of grills, pitta bread, wraps and platters Monday ...

31 July 2023

Opening date confirmed for Manchester’s new dive bar that will serve free pizza every day

Opening date confirmed for Manchester’s new dive bar that will serve free pizza every day

If you’ve taken yourself off for a lunch time jaunt down Oldham Street recently, you’ve probably noticed the signs for The Mean Eyed Cat, Manchester’s newest dive bar.Taking over the former new wave Thai restaurant ...

24 July 2023

Korean street food restaurant Bunsik has opened at Piccadilly Gardens

Korean street food restaurant Bunsik has opened at Piccadilly Gardens

If you’re partial to an afternoon of doom scrolling through TikTok, you might have noticed the viral Korean corn dog popping up in-between inspirational life lessons and the terrifying aged filter.The street food favourite has ...

24 July 2023

A huge Halal food festival is coming to Manchester this August

A huge Halal food festival is coming to Manchester this August

Manchester is already well-known for its weekly food and drink festivals that bring everything from plant-based goodies to global craft beers to the city.Yet another date in the diary for local food lovers this August, ...

24 July 2023

Plans submitted for Thai restaurant chain Zaap to open in Lincoln Square

Plans submitted for Thai restaurant chain Zaap to open in Lincoln Square

Plans have been submitted for well-known Thai restaurant chain Zaap to open in Manchester city centre.Already known and loved at various locations across the UK, including; Newcastle, York, Leeds, Nottingham, Headingley and Sheffield, the Manchester ...

19 July 2023

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