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Embankment Kitchen: An Elevated Affair

Embankment Kitchen: An Elevated Affair

Nestled on the edge of Salford and a few minute's walk from Exchange Square, you’ll find the rather discreet Embankment Kitchen. This bar and grill belongs to the City Suites hotel above it, but as ...

1 March 2023

The Daisy: The Parisian Style Cocktail Bar Bringing Effortless Cool Back To The Northern Quarter

The Daisy: The Parisian Style Cocktail Bar Bringing Effortless Cool Back To The Northern Quarter

Has the Northern Quarter lost it’s cool? Walk through Stevenson Square on an average Saturday and you might seem to think this famously hip part of town has started to see it’s edge fade. The ...

6 February 2023 by Sam Easton

North Brewing takes first step into Manchester with new Oxford Road taproom

North Brewing takes first step into Manchester with new Oxford Road taproom

Nestled deep in the heart of Circle Square you’ll find Manchester's newest addition to its ever-growing craft beer scene, North Taproom. Their venture into Mancunian soil has been long awaited and we’re pleased to report, ...

19 January 2023 by Sam Easton

What to order – Dokes Pizzeria, Prestwich

What to order – Dokes Pizzeria, Prestwich

You might think a ‘What to Order’ feature about a pizza restaurant would be a very short article. What to order? A pizza. The end. But there’s more to this new Prestwich pizzeria than you ...

12 August 2022 by Deanna Thomas

What to order – Maray

What to order – Maray

After enjoying huge success in its native Liverpool (where they have three sites) Maray headed down the M62 to open a restaurant in Manchester in July. They have taken over a ground floor site on ...

5 August 2022 by Deanna Thomas

What to order – Summer Menu, The Black Friar, Salford

What to order – Summer Menu, The Black Friar, Salford

Flip onto The Black Friar website and ‘The Christmas Menu’ link will pop up at you. No surprise. The Ghost of Christmas Future in midsummer is now a restaurant old chestnut, booking offers skating in ...

21 July 2022 by Neil Sowerby

What to order – Giggling Squid, Alderley Edge

What to order – Giggling Squid, Alderley Edge

Giggling Squid opened their first restaurant in a converted fisherman’s cottage in Brighton. Twenty years later, founders Pranee and Andrew Laurillard now oversee 45 venues across the UK. A Manchester branch is rumoured to be ...

28 June 2022 by Deanna Thomas

What to order – Neon Tiger, Bridge Street

What to order – Neon Tiger, Bridge Street

Last month, we told you about Neon Tiger, a new Thai BBQ ‘concept’ opening in the former Grindsmith unit on Bridge Street. Now it’s had a few weeks to settle in, we thought we’d give ...

23 June 2022 by Deanna Thomas

What to order from NAM’s new modern Vietnamese menu

What to order from NAM’s new modern Vietnamese menu

NAM, the Vietnamese restaurant and audiophile bar on Cutting Room Square in Ancoats has refreshed its menu of Vietnamese favourites, as well as adding a few new dishes. Behind the new menu is chef Gary ...

6 June 2022 by Deanna Thomas

What to order – Three Little Words and Manchester Gin

What to order – Three Little Words and Manchester Gin

The Spirit of Manchester Distillery lies within a series of Grade-II listed railway arches on Watson Street, tucked away between Manchester Central and Great Northern Warehouse. It incorporates a distillery making gin, rum, whisky and ...

1 June 2022 by Deanna Thomas

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