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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

BLVD bringing its own slice of the Big Apple to former Neighbourhood bar site

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 ...

23 October 2019

Manchester bars triumph at the prestigious Imbibe UK awards

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 ...

22 October 2019 by Neil Sowerby

Peru Perdu name Halloween opening, soft launch discounts and ambitious menu

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 ...

21 October 2019 by Neil Sowerby

TASTING NOTES FROM CATH POTTER AND DICK WITHECOMBE, AKA CIDER BUZZ MCR

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 ...

21 October 2019

Our spookily good foodie guide to Halloween in Manchester

Our spookily good foodie guide to Halloween in Manchester

WE already feel so spooked out by the host of Halloween activities we might just stay home on October 31, gouge out a pumpkin or two, indulge in the odd Satanic rite. What would we ...

21 October 2019 by Neil Sowerby

FOUNDATION TO OPEN THIRD COFFEE VENUE IN CENTRAL MANCHESTER

FOUNDATION TO OPEN THIRD COFFEE VENUE IN CENTRAL MANCHESTER

COFFEE and creativity are definite bedfellows, so it have been no surprise that the Foundation Coffee Houses benefit from being an extension of design business No Chintz. After success with the Lever Street NQ original ...

21 October 2019

Worsley’s Greyhound pub reborn as Coal & Cotton with its own distillery

Worsley’s Greyhound pub reborn as Coal & Cotton with its own distillery

GIN and a nod to the industrial past – now this mantra for wannabe bar success is spreading beyond the city centre to deepest Worsley and the new owners of Worsley’s Greyhound pub are going ...

20 October 2019

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