NOSTALGIA ain’t what it used to be as we look back on 2018 to discover how scrooglike we’ve been in handing out five star reviews. Just the five. In 2018 they hit the dozen mark ...
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Embrace the New Year plant-based challenge via GRUB ExtraVEGANza
VEGANUARY’S upon us once again and if you seek inspiration for going plant-based look no further than GRUB ExtraVEGANza, which returns across the weekend of January 24-26. Now relocated to GRUB’s new Red Bank base, ...
Blossom Street Social opens – another grand design for Ancoats
WE knew it was cool. Every style guide tells us. Still the brick canyons of industrial Ancoats, morphing with each rollercoaster refurb, have not entirely shed their ragged edges. Do check out the latest bar/restaurant ...
Michelin star heroes Mana are named UK's third best restaurant
IF Monday, October 7, was the biggest day of Mana’s year – winning a Michelin star, then four gongs at the Manchester Food and Drink Awards – Tuesday, December 17 is the icing on their ...
Beleagured NQ Mexican El Taquero to shut in the New Year
SAD news that El Taquero is set to close its doors from January 12. Lovers of arguably the city’s most authentic Mexican food have just the festive season to toast (with Mezcal naturally) their sopes, ...
Have a snow ball with The Lowry Hotel’s seasonal afternoon tea
NOW Scotland is tilting its tammie at independence once again ToM feels it might risk resuscitating that old Glasgow tea-time joke: “is that a cake or a meringue? You’re nae wrang, that’s a cake.” Which ...
Food halls and food banks – it’s a bittersweet season of goodwill
SO this is Christmas. A time of foodie excess if you can afford; skint, it’s a struggle to fill your belly, never mind host a festive feast. It’s hard to credit a decade ago food ...
Sweet in the end as Exose is elected to Masterchef final
WELL, it was a good deal tighter than the General Election but Exose Lopo-Ndinga made it into Finals Week of BBC Two’s Masterchef: The Professionals. After a surprise glitch with his pudding in the second ...
Quite a squash (and the truffle’s molto bene too) in Aldo's Cicchetti winter menu
WHITE truffle and celeb chef Aldo Zilli make for a heady mix as Cicchetti celebrates Italian winter food. The aphrodisiac scent of the prized subterranean fungus (below) permeates the glam restaurant/bar on the ground floor ...
Tasting notes from Andrea George of Bruntwood
My favourite place to eat out in Manchester is… I’m hard pushed to pick a favourite in a city with so many amazing restaurants so I’ll go for my favourite place of the moment, which ...