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Clock in to Ziferblat – NQ's new pay by the minute hip hangout

Clock in to Ziferblat – NQ's new pay by the minute hip hangout

THE Northern Quarter is not short of fine coffee shops – witness Bonbon, Fig & Sparrow, North Tea Power and TOM’s personal favourite, Takk, purveyors of Icelandic caffeine cool. Icelandic Coffee House Takk. Now they ...

4 February 2015

Three award-winning chefs cook Banana Leaf charity Banquet at The Beagle

Three award-winning chefs cook Banana Leaf charity Banquet at The Beagle

PUT Monday, March 2 down in your diary for the Banana Leaf Banquet charity dinner at The Beagle in Chorlton. TOM is planning to be there to taste a course each from three of the ...

30 January 2015

Restaurant industry legend Nick Lander is star turn at Northern Restaurant Bar Debate

Restaurant industry legend Nick Lander is star turn at Northern Restaurant Bar Debate

NICK Lander, the writer, consultant, restaurateur and author of The Art of the Restaurateur, has been announced as the headline speaker of the NRB Debate 2015. Taking place at the Northern Restaurant & Bar exhibition ...

30 January 2015

Tim Bacon extends his empire by snapping up Room site to create a new Grand Pacific

Tim Bacon extends his empire by snapping up Room site to  create a new Grand Pacific

LIVING Ventures have moved in to take over the glorious Reform Club space at the top of KIng Street that used to house Room – in its place will be a lavish new Grand Pacific ...

30 January 2015

NQ’s Teacup brews up new small plate evening menu and extends opening hours

NQ’s Teacup brews up new small plate evening menu and extends opening hours

IT’S a hard act to follow. In the short time it was in temporary residency at the back of Teacup Mary-Ellen McTague’s pop-up 4244 garnered a ton of accolades. Now, with the ex-Aumbry chef’s return ...

29 January 2015

Glam spice – Vermilion revamps its a la carte menu alongside its tempting tapas offering

Glam spice – Vermilion revamps its a la carte menu alongside its tempting tapas offering

GLAMOROUS Thai-and beyond restaurant Vermilion has extended its a la carte menu, while continuing to serve its innovative Tapas Menu, cut-down versions of its classic dishes. Among the fresh mains on the menu from head ...

28 January 2015

Lively Levenshulme – Fred's Ale House and gallery opens, supper club treats at trove

Lively Levenshulme – Fred's Ale House and gallery opens, supper club treats at trove

THERE’S a lot to whet the appetite in Levenshulme, aside from its acclaimed Saturday market reopens on March 7. Fred's Ale House, Coffee Bar and Art Gallery launches on Friday, January 30, while the same ...

28 January 2015

CORONATION STREET’S HAYLEY TAMADDON LAUNCHES BRAND NEW EVENT FOR MANCHESTER!

CORONATION STREET’S HAYLEY TAMADDON LAUNCHES BRAND NEW EVENT FOR MANCHESTER!

Coronation Street’s Hayley Tamaddon braved the elementsto be the first to pledge support for a brand new event, making its international debut in Manchester this Spring.After nightfall, the 5km course will be transformed into an ...

27 January 2015

Friday Food Fights Are Back At The Great Northern With Some Tasty Newcomers

Friday Food Fights Are Back At The Great Northern With Some Tasty Newcomers

THE announcement of the next round of Friday Food Fights at the Great Northern came less than an hour after the FA Cup Fifth Round Draw – arousing considerably more excitement here at Taste of ...

26 January 2015

Hawksmoor launches in March – Neil Sowerby’s Verdict On The Ultimate Steakhouse

Hawksmoor launches in March – Neil Sowerby’s Verdict On The Ultimate Steakhouse

LIKE the proverbial buses, you wait for one acclaimed London chain to set up in Manchester and two come along in two days. Hot on the heels of Iberica announcing they are launching in Spinningfields ...

20 January 2015

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