When friends Marie Grant, Jane Thomson and Liz Gregory went for a night out in their home town of Prestwich, they came home disappointed with the dance floor offering, and with a clear resolution to do something about it. ...
Read More‘If angels cooked, they would make this.’ This is just one of the ways that, over the years, Northern Soul has described Mary-Ellen McTague’s food. Other compliments include ‘the higher echelons of...
Read MoreI started to write this review before I had my tea. That was a mistake, like the folly of shopping at the supermarket on an empty stomach. The memory of the virtually-indescribably wonderful meal I had at Aumbry made me salivate...
Read MoreThe smell emanating from the kitchen at Aumbry when I arrive on a damp, grey Manchester day almost defies description. Intense, powerful and meaty. I asked Mary-Ellen McTague what was cooking. Was it for the beef dripping? No,...
Read MoreLaugh Local, the funny younger brother of Bop Local, has been a strictly South Manchester affair since the first one was staged in November 2012. Until now. On Saturday a packed Heaton Park Sports & Social Bar saw four top...
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