It's an exciting time for the food scene in Manchester. With 28 new restaurants already having launched this year, and around 30 more expected, 2015 is shaping up to be a corker. Understandably, much of ...
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Gastronomic greats create exclusive summer dishes for Iberica
By Neil Sowerby IBERICA has won the hearts of Spanish food lovers in Manchester. This offshoot of the upmarket London chain has been in Spinningfields less than a year but has already won a place ...
New bar Pen & Pencil draws a Fifties New York feel into the Northern Quarter
AND you thought Tariff Street had gotten over its New York fixation. The Northern Quarter’s own stand-in for the Lower Eastside in many a movie location shot is getting a new bar this August – ...
A week of Michelin magic from Simon Rogan and his top chefs at MFDF
THE Manchester Food and Drink Festival (September 10-21) has announced full details of one of its flagship events – Chef Week in association with Simon Rogan. For five days only, from 15-19 September, Rogan is ...
Montpellier's head chef on French Cooking from the Heart
Venture off the busy streets of the Northern Quarter and you’ll find a French style bistro that’s been kicking out some classic dishes to a few canny punters. From the outside it looks like another ...
Dig the City – eat your greens at the urban garden festival
GARDENING, we all know, gives you an appetite – and a thirst. So Taste of Manchester is delighted to see that Dig The City, which starts on Friday, July 31, offers plenty of refuelling opportunities. ...
Real Junk Food MCR to open Manchester's first entirely upcycled restaurant
The Real Junk Food Project have established themselves in Manchester as a serious advocate of putting food that would otherwise go to waste to good use (see their previous events here). Taking this model one ...
Chinese cracker Yu and You to open in former Panacea in Alderley Edge
ALDERLEY Edge is looking up. The arrival of the eccentric Tomfoolery has shaken up an homogenised bar scene with the only recent bright spot Mughli/David Gale Indian street/food gin bar, the Railway Cafe. Now comes ...
Helmsleys show off their Spiralizer at Selfridges Trafford Park
MEDIA foodie darlings the Helmsley Sisters are gigging at the Selfridges Trafford Food Hall on Friday, July 32, creating recipes using their kitchen gadget, the Spiralizer, and cookbook The Art of Eating Well (both sold ...
Win lunch for two at Aiden Byrne's award-winning Manchester House
HERE’S you chance to dine for free in the current Manchester Food and Drink Festival Restaurant of the Year – Aiden Byrne’s Manchester House. The set-price three course lunch is remarkable value at £27.50 a ...