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Seeking identity
Thereâs a big surprise waiting as you enter the latest Piccolino to emerge from the Individual Restaurant Stable; itâs huge. Anyone familiar with the location will wonder how premises that appeared so small and cramped ...
Fashionable affair
Nominated for both Restaurant and Chef of the Year in this yearâs Manchester Food and Drink Festival Awards, Harvey Nichols Second Floor Restaurant, Bar and Brasserie seems to have been going from strength to strength ...
Irish dejavous
When I think about an Irish Pub, my thoughts fly to Galway Bay and dive into a bitter Guinness drunk amongst the voracious laughter of friends. I think of curious adventures in a fishermanâs wood ...
Beyond the name
What does the word café mean to you? To me it conjures up slightly tacky seafront snack bars or the back street City centre greasy spoons of a generation ago. Why then do so many ...
The Spice is Right at Shimla Pinks
Situated in a rather grey corner of Manchester, next to the Crown Court, Shimla Pinks welcomes its guests with an enticing aroma of spices. According to Operations Director Jazz Pannum (pictured), this Indian restaurant is ...
A passion called food
With his sparkling eyes and a true passion for his job, David Gale, appointed Executive Chef at the new City Inn hotel, is definitely made to win challenges. Working inside City Café kitchens since the ...
The French Connection
According to Chiara Petracca, Consul of Italy in Manchester, this is one of the best restaurants in town. She didnât need to persuade us to come. Our dinner for four at âThe Frenchâ? at The ...
Go EastzEastward
Recently, I was writing an article regarding consistency within the Manchester food and drink scene. No surprise then that one of the first venues to come to mind was MFDFâs current restaurant of the year, ...
Italian and proud
Many good Italian restaurants in Manchester? Wrong. Only a handful name, according to Numeroâs Head Chef Luca Depalo (pictured), who is proud of his cuisine as much as he is conscious that âall the others ...