Manchesters Alchemist is a cocktail institution. A visit here feels really special, while trademark cocktails like pineapple foam-topped French Martini mark the bar out as a scene leader. With two more branches in the chain ...
Reviews
Fresh Flavours from Pita Pit
Inspired by the fresh flavours coming out of Canada, Pita Pit is a new place for breakfast and lunch in the central Piccadilly Place complex. Food on offer includes pitas stacked with a huge array ...
Review: The Fitzgerald Speakeasy in Manchester's Northern Quarter
by Chris Hemmings Intimacy is a detail much lacking in our world of bright lights and loud noises, but the Fitzgerald, a new 'speakeasy' bar from the team behind TNQ Restaurant and RosyLee Tearooms, provides ...
Red's True Barbecue in Manchester - with added late bar
by Ruth Allan Leeds' BBQ heroes, Red's True Barbecue, have been cooking up an authentic, US BBQ storm in the corner of Albert Square since moving into Manchester city centre in February this year. Having ...
Restaurant review: Manchester's new steak house Miller and Carter
By Neil Sowerby CARNIVORES of my acquaintance salivate over upmarket steak house Hawksmoor making the leap from London one day. In the meantime, Manchester is presented with an outlet of the middle market chain, Miller ...
Coolest new cafe in Manchester? Cafe Cotton opens in Ancoats
Occasionally, a place pops up that shakes things up a bit - and this new arrival at Beehive Mill might just be a standard for those to come. Located in the home of Sankeys nightclub ...
Kosmonaut's summer drink menu
Kosmonaut is one of Manchester's thriving bars. Each weekend, more people pour in and out, and they've just launched a new, summer drinks campaign, which should keep this trend going all the way to September ...
Stay classy: Harvey Nichols Second Floor keeps the bar high
By Ruth Allan Manchester's Harvey Nichols has been a key player in the city's fine dining scene for years. It's had a number of high profile chefs at the helm. And yet the food has ...
Rooms 'consistantly good' summer menu reviewed
By Neil Sowerby ROOMS culinary reputation has been built on playful takes on and quirky deconstructions of familiar dishes, so the real surprise of its new Spring/Summer menu would have been No Surprises. That wasnt ...
Review: Living Venture's landmark Artisan restaurant keeps it simple
by Siobhan Hanley Living Ventures is one of Manchester's gastro big boys and Artisan is among its newest - and largest - ventures. And from the off, you got the impression that this is one ...