Articles relating to: Northern Quarter
Review: Tariff & Dale, Northern Quarter, Manchester
While Piccadilly Gardens remains a midden, one of the remarkable developments to its north is the rise of the eastern half of the Northern Quarter.
Read the full story..Review: Yard and Coop, Manchester
Sometimes all it takes are the simple things in life to make you happy.
Read the full story..Review: PLY Ravenous Apparitions, Manchester
You know when you’re at a restaurant and you’re so hungry you briefly consider ordering everything on the menu?
Read the full story..Review: Common, Manchester
In Manchester’s Northern Quarter, there’s a certain kind of vibe.
Read the full story..Review: Tariff & Dale, Manchester
Part of a pleasingly sophisticated new wave of venues popping up in Manchester’s Back Piccadilly, would Tariff & Dale live up to appearances? Northern Soul finds out.
Read the full story..Picture Gallery: a history of shop fronts
In the first of a new series of photographs looking at the iconic shop fronts which have helped define and give character to the North of England, Northern Soul‘s Head Photographer Chris Payne takes lots of lovely photos in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.
Read the full story..Brewing up a storm: Alphabet Company
In the second instalment of our series celebrating the craft breweries of the North of England, Guy Kilty talks to the brewing brain behind the Alphabet Brewing Company.
Read the full story..Athelstan’s Dream
To Common, that bohemian watering hole and eatery in Manchester’s Northern Quarter – the Left Bank of the North – and an exhibition of photography by 27-year-old Robert George, currently on display in the Kestrel Suite.
Read the full story..The Travelling Band at The Castle, Manchester
If you like your Manchester bands playing their gigs in intimate venues while being served with real ale by cheery bar staff in one of Manchester’s hippest areas, then I think I just stole your perfect night.
Read the full story..2022NQ First Birthday Party
As first birthday parties go, this is a good one.
For a man of 28 with no children, you’ll forgive my lack of experience in this department.
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