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This is how Mr Cooper's will look after its current refurb

This is how Mr Cooper's will look after its current refurb

WELL, we never saw this one coming. Mr Cooper’s, The Midland’s modern British Brasserie, has closed to undergo extensive refurb – as part of a wider £14m investment at the iconic hotel. Above is a ...

13 January 2020

HERBIVOROUS AT HATCH HOSTS VEGAN MARKET, SUPPER CLUB AND WORKSHOPS

HERBIVOROUS AT HATCH HOSTS VEGAN MARKET, SUPPER CLUB AND WORKSHOPS

HATCH’S vegan specialists Herbivorous are curating a series of Veganuary events, coinciding with the third birthday of what began as a festival street food operation before settling in the Oxford Road food, drink and craft ...

12 January 2020

Caroline and Izzy a natural match at Levenshulme newcomer Isca

Caroline and Izzy a natural match at Levenshulme newcomer Isca

I is for Idealism and for Isca. This standard bearer for the up and coming Levenshulme indie scene is a small cafe in a former estate agents. Serving casual food from 10am to early evening ...

10 January 2020 by Neil Sowerby

Poultry rewards? We put Pho’s menu revamp vegan ‘chicken’ to the test

Poultry rewards? We put Pho’s menu revamp vegan ‘chicken’ to the test

‘SEITAN, get thee behind me.’ We’ve used that warning before about the ubiquitous wheat gluten that gives vegans a meat substitute in their mouth – in texture if not taste. While it’s possible to make ...

10 January 2020 by Neil Sowerby

Exose and his MasterChef mates cooking a six course pop-up at Alston

Exose and his MasterChef mates cooking a six course pop-up at Alston

IF you’d made the final three of MasterChef: The Professionals 2019 you’d be dining out on it for the conceivable future. Or rather stepping back into the kitchen on a mini-tour. Big hit on the ...

10 January 2020 by Neil Sowerby

£2m MOSU aims to introduce Mancs to the ‘true taste of Tokyo after dark’

£2m MOSU aims to introduce Mancs to the ‘true taste of Tokyo after dark’

IN the old school izakayas of Osaka they wash down outlandish Japanese oddities such as fermented squid guts, fried testicles and co sperm with sweet potato-based imo schochu, twice the potency of sake. Don’t build ...

9 January 2020

CANTO'S MAGICAL MOCKTAILS … PLUS DON’T MISS THEIR 3 COURSES FOR £15 BARGAIN OFFER

CANTO'S MAGICAL MOCKTAILS … PLUS DON’T MISS THEIR 3 COURSES FOR £15 BARGAIN OFFER

SO busy exploring Veganuary you’ve been neglecting Dry January? Time to make up for that by discovering a magical menu of alcohol-free cocktails at popular Ancoats tapas restaurant Canto. If you’ve sworn off the booze ...

9 January 2020

Aiden Byrne on why he had to shut restaurant MCR, 2020's first casualty

Aiden Byrne on why he had to shut restaurant MCR, 2020's first casualty

FIRST the bad news. Restaurant MCR has shut, a high profile closure sending shockwaves through Manchester’s food and drink industry. The good news? High profile chef proprietor Aiden Byrne aims to be up and running ...

9 January 2020

Will you be bowled over by Genesis vegan collab at All Star Lanes?

Will you be bowled over by Genesis vegan collab at All Star Lanes?

VEGANUARY 2020 and our inboxes are being bombarded with plant-based opportunities from the unlikeliest of sources. Not just the fast food chains or the supermarkets eager to meet a market need. This week alone Cafe ...

8 January 2020

Crack open the cider for Manchester city centre’s debut Wassail

Crack open the cider for Manchester city centre’s debut Wassail

WASSAILING? All a bit ‘far from the madding crowd’ to make sense in our urban landscape until you realise Mancs are alway ripe for a neo-pagan drinking ritual. And if the midwinter merrymaking is a ...

7 January 2020

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