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A big Arndale foodie welcome for Firebird Hope and Kiosk

A big Arndale foodie welcome for Firebird Hope and Kiosk

WE knew Dan Hope, a while back, when he was one of the Mr Fixits in the Manchester Arndale Apple Store. Now he’s back in the Market there, hosting a new outlet for his acclaimed ...

29 October 2019

Beyond The Pass – don’t miss this video journey with Michelin-starred Mana

Beyond The Pass – don’t miss this video journey with Michelin-starred Mana

LOVE Food’s new ‘Beyond the Pass’ video series certainly hit the jackpot with its debut feature on Mana, which in scooped four gongs at the Manchester Food and Drink Awards hours after winning Manchester’s first ...

29 October 2019

Lidl enlist the power of darkness to help you pick the best festive wines

Lidl enlist the power of darkness to help you pick the best festive wines

IT looks like we all want to be in the dark about wine – with light at the end of the tunnel. ToM was tickled by the Lidl roadshow designed to demystify the process of ...

29 October 2019

Go natural! Book now for Isca super supper and Where The Light Gets In wine fair

Go natural! Book now for Isca super supper and Where The Light Gets In wine fair

A HARBINGER of happy natural wine times to come in Levenshulme as yet-to-open Isca bar announces a collab dinner on January 18 to showcase the twin founders’ expertise in low intervention wine and supper clubs. ...

28 October 2019 by Neil Sowerby

ANCOATS COFFEE CO TO OPEN IN BRUNTWOOD WORKS’ 111 PICCADILLY

ANCOATS COFFEE CO TO OPEN IN BRUNTWOOD WORKS’ 111 PICCADILLY

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 ...

28 October 2019 by Neil Sowerby

The Spärrows take flight to Red Bank – the city’s new happening ‘hood

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 ...

28 October 2019 by Neil Sowerby

Have your fill of Parmogeddon and Panquake at Hatch

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’ ...

24 October 2019 by Neil Sowerby

There is a Plan B – launching in an archway near First Street

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 ...

24 October 2019

Expect a real winter warmer at Grub’s new venue at The Red Bank Project

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 ...

23 October 2019

Rosa’s Thai Cafe to take over Handmade Burger site

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 ...

23 October 2019 by Neil Sowerby

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