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Crafty Pig To Give Added Oink To Oldham Street

Crafty Pig To Give Added Oink To Oldham Street

IT’s always good to see a suburban success story translated to the city centre. Prohibitive rents are often the sticking point, but the more affordable Northern Quarter always seems to have space for one more ...

7 October 2014

Welcome to the hop! Countdown to the amazing IndyManBeerCon

Welcome to the hop! Countdown to the amazing IndyManBeerCon

By Neil Sowerby TIME is running out if you want to squeeze into the IndyManBeerCon. The previous two years of Manchester’s groundbreaking craft beer extravaganza have been sell-outs and organisers tell us there are just ...

4 October 2014

Nibble Your way round Harvey Nichols at the Taste On Two Food Festival

Nibble Your way round Harvey Nichols at the Taste On Two Food Festival

THE Manchester Food and Drink Festival is a hard act to follow, but the public’s appetite for foodie events seems insatiable. Step forward Taste on Two Food Festival at Harvey Nichols on Monday, October 6. ...

2 October 2014

Kitchen Of Dreams? Gary Neville Finds It Tough tackling MFDF Cook-off

Kitchen Of Dreams? Gary Neville Finds It Tough tackling MFDF Cook-off

UNITED legend Gary Neville swapped the punditry for pans at the Manchester Food and Drink Festival to showcase some of the dishes on offer at his new Hotel Football, which opens on December 8. Gary ...

30 September 2014

Tim and Aiden rule at Manchester Food And Drink Awards

Tim and Aiden rule at Manchester Food And Drink Awards

LIVING Ventures boss Tim Bacon and his flagship chef Aiden Byrne, enjoyed a night of unprecedented triumph at the Manchester Food and Drink Awards. Tim scooped a Lifetime Achievement for his contribution to the Manchester ...

30 September 2014

Pita Pit – healthy spot where veggies aren’t second class citizens

Pita Pit – healthy spot where veggies aren’t second class citizens

IN a world of fast food that can pile on the hidden, unhealthy extras it is refreshing to tap into an international chain whose motto is ‘Fresh Thinking and Healthy Eating'.Welcome to Pita Pit in ...

29 September 2014

Crazy Pedro’s Pizza Parlour Dances on its hat in Bridge Street

Crazy Pedro’s Pizza Parlour Dances on its hat in Bridge Street

FIRST there was Yolo, the Black Dog basement themed around the Mexican Day of the Dead. Now comes late night, part-time pizza purveyors Crazy Pedro. Any day soon Ross Mackenzie, involved in both, may be ...

24 September 2014

100 Great Beers Fest plus MFDF Street Food Session 2 line-up

100 Great Beers Fest plus MFDF Street Food Session 2 line-up

SHOW me the way to Amarillo. Taste of Manchester has decided to focus on just one contender in this year’s 100 Greatest Beers Fest at the Manchester Food and Drink Festival. For the final week ...

23 September 2014

Super sommelier Garry Clark steps in at Albert Square Chop House

Super sommelier Garry Clark steps in at Albert Square Chop House

IMPORTANT changes at Albert’s Chophouse. As Taste of Manchester exclusively revealed, head chef Paul Faulkner http://tasteofmanchester.com/chop-house-chef-to-open-in-heaton-moor/ is off to Heaton Moor to launch his own restaurant, Brassica, Stuart ‘Vally’ Valentine has stepped up to take ...

23 September 2014

Aumbry’s Mary-Ellen McTague Launches City Centre Pop-up

Aumbry’s Mary-Ellen McTague Launches City Centre Pop-up

MARY-ELLEN McTague, chef of the year in the Manchester Food and Drink Awards 2013, is running her first pop up, 4244 Edge Street. Initially it's for five weeks while her restaurant, Aumbry in Prestwich, undergoes ...

23 September 2014

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