ARGUABLY the city’s best bean roast operation (discuss), Ancoats Coffee Co is opening a second venue in Manchester city centre within 111 Piccadilly. Come spring they’ll be on the ground floor of this refurbished building ...
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The Spärrows take flight to Red Bank – the city’s new happening ‘hood
WE love Ancoats but it’s great to be talking about the sudden emergence of another area. Red Bank’s profile has already been heightened by the council’s Northern Gateway scheme, which ambitiously includes plans to re-use ...
Have your fill of Parmogeddon and Panquake at Hatch
LEAVE all your calorie counting behind if you venture down to Hatch on Oxford Road to check out their latest batch of street food traders. ToM suggests you first tuck into Parmogeddon’s ‘Butty and Beavo’ ...
There is a Plan B – launching in an archway near First Street
WE’RE excited that nomadic street food gurus GRUB have found a new home from the start of November but there are new kids on the street, too. Project B launches on Friday, October 25 with ...
Expect a real winter warmer at Grub’s new venue at The Red Bank Project
WHAT we love about GRUB is their down-home vibe. If you’re going to keep street food fresh you have to seek pastures new – and, of course, relish the prospect of finally boasting your own ...
Rosa’s Thai Cafe to take over Handmade Burger site
THE Thais are coming. No sooner had the Mackie Mayor conformed that its latest food trader would be May Wakefield’s Chilli B, inspired by her childhood memories of learning to cook with her mother and ...
BLVD bringing its own slice of the Big Apple to former Neighbourhood bar site
A NOD to the New York vibe? Yes, it has to be new ‘high-end drinking and dining concept’ screeching into Manchester. In truth, BLVD (Boulevard) Manchester doesn’t sound a lot different to the ill-fated Neighbourhood ...
Manchester bars triumph at the prestigious Imbibe UK awards
IT was a night of double delight for Manchester’s cocktail kingpins with a special degree of satisfaction for one Lyndon Higginson. At the influential Imbibe UK national awards his latest NQ project, Wolf At The ...
Peru Perdu name Halloween opening, soft launch discounts and ambitious menu
PERU Perdu has finally announced its launch date. It will open its residency at The Cotton Factory from dinner on Thursday, October 31, bringing the tastes of South America to this industrial heritage haven within ...
TASTING NOTES FROM CATH POTTER AND DICK WITHECOMBE, AKA CIDER BUZZ MCR
Our favourite place to eat out in Manchester is… GRUB, underneath the arches near Piccadilly Station. Relaxed informality with a superb variety of quality street food vendors, from the queen of fermented Korean flavours Geordie ...