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Manchester’s food scene outperforms London – celebrate at Northern Restaurant & Bar

Manchester’s food scene outperforms London – celebrate at Northern Restaurant & Bar

IT’S official. Manchester is the fastest growing city for food led businesses. That’s according to leading leisure consultants CGA Peach, but TOM could have told you that from the number of invitations that flood into ...

11 March 2015

Pita Pit opens on Deansgate – healthy fast food that makes the perfect lunch

Pita Pit opens on Deansgate – healthy fast food that makes the perfect lunch

IT’S finally here – Pita Pit Deansgate. Just before the junction with St Mary’s Gate, a perfect consumer-friendly position to spread the word about this health-conscious fast food option, which has already been a huge ...

11 March 2015

Burger and Lobster roll with it at Friday FoodFight in build-up to King Street Launch

Burger and Lobster roll with it at Friday FoodFight in build-up to King Street Launch

BURGER And Lobster have been taking their time opening in Ship Canal House. The chain had six outlets in London (plus one in Cardiff) when they first announced they were coming to Manchester last summer. ...

8 March 2015

Deliveroo – a new fine dining service that’s door to door

Deliveroo – a new fine dining service that’s door to door

RESTAURANT food delivered to your own home? Well, it sure beats organising a babysitter and taxis. Deliveroo is a new online high-end takeaway service that is debuting in the North in Manchester. Hungry Mancs fancying, ...

8 March 2015

Tasty move! Levenshulme Market Comes to the Northern Quarter

Tasty move! Levenshulme Market Comes to the Northern Quarter

TASTE of Manchester fave Levenshulme Market is to run a series of monthly markets in the Northern Quarter's Stevenson Square. The first is on Sunday, March 15, from 11am to 4pm, and will feature 30 ...

8 March 2015

CAN THE CRITICS CUT IT? ACTION AGAINST HUNGER SHOWDOWN IS BACK AT THE NEW HAWKSMOOR

CAN THE CRITICS CUT IT? ACTION AGAINST HUNGER SHOWDOWN IS BACK AT THE NEW HAWKSMOOR

HUMANITARIAN organisation Action Against Hunger returns for its second year running to Manchester, bringing its unique brand of playful gastronomic ‘payback’ to Greater Manchester with its annual Too Many Critics event in conjunction with Northern ...

6 March 2015

Mary-Ellen’s MIF Treat – High Tea in Wonderland at Manchester Museum

Mary-Ellen’s MIF Treat – High Tea in Wonderland at Manchester Museum

TO celebrate the 150th anniversary of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and the new musical wonder.land, the Manchester International Festival has commissioned acclaimed chef Mary-Ellen McTague (Aumbry, Great British Menu, Fat Duck) to create a magical ...

5 March 2015

EL GATO NEGRO Finds A Choice King Street Spot for its Spanish Masterpieces

EL GATO NEGRO Finds A Choice King Street Spot for its Spanish Masterpieces

AS the eagerly awaited Iberica opens its first Manchester operation in Spinningfields great news of a Northern chef with his own bold, modern spin on Spanish plates – Simon Shaw of El Gato Negro. When ...

4 March 2015

Hawksmoor's Will Beckett Completes Remarkable Line-up At Northern Restaurant & Bar Show

Hawksmoor's Will Beckett Completes Remarkable  Line-up At Northern Restaurant & Bar Show

By Neil SowerbyNORTHERN Restaurant & Bar is boasting record pre-show registrations for the prestigious hospitality event, which takes place at Manchester Central on Tues, Mar 17 and Wed Mar 18. Keynote session, first introduced last ...

4 March 2015

Grandmaster Flash Meets King Of The Grill – It Can Only Mean Grillstock

Grandmaster Flash Meets King Of The Grill – It Can Only Mean Grillstock

THE last weekend in May (Sat 30 and Sun 31) guarantees dirty food and music mayhem in Albert Square with the return of Grillstock, such a hit in Manchester (and Bristol) they are running a ...

4 March 2015

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