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Book now for Not Quite Light’s charity ‘dinner in the dark’ at Firefly

Book now for Not Quite Light’s charity ‘dinner in the dark’ at Firefly

FOOD isn’t a focal point of Salford’s Not Quite Light Festival, a vibrant offshoot of photographer Simon Buckley’s pre-dawn adventures, capturing urban light and shade. But one of the stand-out events of this sophomore fest ...

3 March 2020 by Neil Sowerby

Manchester's biggest sustainable market to be launched by Hatch

Manchester's biggest sustainable market to be launched by Hatch

HATCH on Oxford Road, is hosting Manchester’s biggest sustainable shopping and lifestyle experience yet (Fri-Sun, March 27-29) – and part of the whole eco package is access to some great street food. The Green Living ...

3 March 2020

Worth the Pennine trip! Five Manc foodie outposts just across the border

Worth the Pennine trip! Five Manc foodie outposts just across the border

YORKSHIRE is another country, as they say. Whether it is God’s Own Country is as moot a point as the Almighty creating Manchester on the Seventh Day. Both examples of creative thinking. Still borders are ...

28 February 2020 by Neil Sowerby

Epic odyssey in search of a kingfisher-inspired cocktail haunt

Epic odyssey in search of a kingfisher-inspired cocktail haunt

IN any alphabetical list of Manchester drinks projects Zymurgorium always clocks in last. The spirits specialist’s new bar also took a while to get to as the ToM team negotiated the hard-hat maze of the ...

27 February 2020 by Neil Sowerby

"Trust The Chefs’ as Edinburgh Castle springs some menu surprises

"Trust The Chefs’ as Edinburgh Castle springs some menu surprises

A NEW monthly night is launching at Ancoats’ Edinburgh Castle, which involves a blind tasting menu based around locally foraged produce and exclusive trial dishes. ‘Trust the Chefs’ will launch on Tuesday, March 3 with ...

27 February 2020

Happy fifth birthday to Hawksmoor ahead of a week of tasty celebrations

Happy fifth birthday to Hawksmoor ahead of a week of tasty celebrations

DOESN’T five years fly by? It’s not as if Manchester had been stranger to great plates of steak over the years but the arrival of Hawksmoor in 2015 did raise the carnivore bar rather high. ...

26 February 2020 by Neil Sowerby

Book now for breast cancer charity dinner at Grand Pacific

Book now for breast cancer charity dinner at Grand Pacific

GRAND Pacific is hosting a Tim Bacon Foundation (TBF) charity dinner dance to raise funds for Prevent Breast Cancer on Thursday, March 5, to coincide with International Women’s Day. The event at the opulent Spring ...

25 February 2020

Why it's Pancake Day all week with Bundobust’s double dosa

Why it's Pancake Day all week with Bundobust’s double dosa

BIN the apple as the food of love. ToM’s fruit never to be forbidden is the mango. OK it won’t be until April that the first Alphonsos will be shipped over from India in all ...

24 February 2020 by Neil Sowerby

First look at Deansgate newcomer Rosa’s Thai Cafe

First look at Deansgate newcomer Rosa’s Thai Cafe

IT will soon be time to pass judgement on the latest arrival at Deansgate’s Old Courthouse. ToM found the last occupant of No.84, Hand Made Burger Co guilty of serving some of the dullest patties ...

24 February 2020 by Neil Sowerby

The pies have it – our upper crust tips for a week of celebration

The pies have it – our upper crust tips for a week of celebration

SOME figures stick in your head. Last year Jus-Rol, creators of British Pie Week – the latest edition of which takes place between March 2 and 8 – released research asserting that the average Brit ...

23 February 2020 by Neil Sowerby

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