THERE was an awful lot of anguished beard tweaking around the Northern Quarter with the rumoured departure of the Koffee Pot from Hilton Street. The good news is the caffeine and fry-up fuelled creative hub ...
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Let Pita Pit Cater For Your Works Party
CHRISTMAS is coming and the temptation for your works do is to head out on the town for a typical turkey dinner with all the trimmings and more booze than you can handle. All in ...
Gusto, San Carlo Fumo, Sakana, Fazenda – which is the loveliest of them all?
By Neil Sowerby THE Manchester city centre culinary scene currently resembles a beauty competition as barely a week goes by without a stunning new bar/restaurant opening its doors. The interiors are a sleek aspirational pageant ...
Xmas Beer Bash from Guerrilla Eats
STREET food whizzes Guerrilla Eats are hosting a special Xmas Beer Bash on the Friday before Christmas, offering up craft brews from Magic Rock Brewing, Redwillow, Quantum, First Chop Brewing Arm, and many more... It ...
Loitering within tent? Yes, the Curious Teepee Is the the place to be this Christmas
IT’S hard to believe now the Oast House in Spinningfields was originally meant to be a pop-up – albeit an expensively imported one. Nowadays it is part of the pub fabric of the city. With, ...
The five days of Christmas celebrating Common's 10th birthday
By Neil Sowerby COMMON, which set the template for successive Northern Quarter bars, is amazingly approaching its 10th birthday and preparing to celebrate. The Edge Street bar opened its doors on December 20 2004, then ...
Whisky Sessions – wee drams and a huge hit
MORE than 6,000 folk attended the inaugural Whisky Sessions in Manchester – an intoxicating blend of spirit and music (200 whiskies from around the world, 34 artists). Promoter Anthony Warren said of the two-day (21-22 ...
Robert Owen Brown’s Winter Gourmet Box – Perfect Foodie Christmas Prezzie
ROBERT Owen Brown has led a nomadic consultant’s existence since the publication of his acclaimed cook book, Crispy Squirrel and Vimto Trifle and the closure of The Mark Addy as a restaurant a year ago. ...
New Winter Menu at The Blue Pig, Northern Quarter
ATMOSPHERIC Northern Quarter haven The Blue Pig has launched a suitably pig-out winter menuCheck out their New York Deli Burger, which overloads pastrami, salami, turkey, 8oz beef burger, Swiss cheese, beef tomato, lettuce, pickles and ...
A sad farewell to two very different city centre bars
IN a booming city where its easy to lose count of all the new food and drink openings, it’s worth paying our respects to those who have closed their doors. Two notable recent bar casualties ...