Restaurants & Cafes
Takeaway Review: Proove, West Didsbury
During lockdown, when you’re wandering into your kitchen for the millionth time and opening the fridge before closing it again, you might have hit the point when it’s time to think about ordering a takeaway.
Read the full story..Food Review: Wahaca, Corn Exchange, Manchester
Manchester has never been well served by Mexican food.
Read the full story..Food Review: Canto, Ancoats, Manchester
It was a disgustingly wet Friday 13th and the day after the General Election when I found Helen Nugent, Editor of Northern Soul, at the bar of Canto.
Read the full story..Food Review: Mr Cooper’s, The Midland, Manchester
Nestled among the Edwardian splendour of The Midland is Mr Cooper’s, the modern British Brassiere.
Read the full story..Festive Food Review: Dishoom, Manchester
As a vegetarian, festive meals can be disappointing.
Read the full story..Festive Food Review: Comptoir Libanais, Spinningfields, Manchester
Comptoir Libanais nestles comfortably among Spanish and Thai fare in The Avenue, the fast-growing eating and drinking destination in Manchester’s Spinningfields.
Read the full story..Festive Food Review: The Creameries, Chorlton, Manchester
The first time I ate Mary-Ellen McTague‘s food I was not long back in the North and nursing a bad break-up as well as a conscious uncoupling from my long-term London job.
Read the full story..Food Review: The Bull and Bear, Stock Exchange Hotel, Manchester
Tom Kerridge’s new restaurant at the Stock Exchange Hotel, The Bull and Bear (geddit??) is a step change in Manchester food.
Read the full story..Food Review: Ibérica, Spinningfields, Manchester
Tapas, so the legend goes, started out as Spanish bar food, designed to keep drinkers fed and therefore sitting at the bar.
Read the full story..Food Review: Bill’s Restaurant, Spinningfields, Manchester
Bill Collison says that his new restaurant is his 79th although he is keen to stress that it’s not a chain. “Each one is different, each one has its own soul.”
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