First Manchester…then the world: Northern Quarter cocktail bar Cane & Grain eyes global domination
Manchester’s latest cocktail bar is has laid down the gauntlet to its Northern Quarter rivals by proclaiming it will be the ‘best bar in the world’.
Turtle Bay is fin-ally here: Manchester to go coconuts for £1million Caribbean cocktail bar and restaurant
Turtle Bay’s new £1million Manchester bar and restaurant will bring a taste of Caribbean cocktails, cuisine and culture to the city centre.
Red legend goes green: Manchester United’s Neville has had his Phil of meat – so turns vegetarian
Former Manchester United defender Phil Neville has ditched pork for peas to follow in the footsteps of other sport stars by becoming a vegetarian.
Piccadilly Pulse: Would you care if you ate halal meat and didn’t get told? 70% of Manchester says ‘no!’
Here at MM, we took to the streets to ask people if they would mind if they ate Halal meat and were not told what it was?
Oh… rats! Rodent infestation sees Wigan tapas bar closed down following faeces–filled inspection
Wigan tapas bar and restaurant Deliciosa has been immediately closed after an inspection by health officials discovered it to have a rat infestation.
Kitchen cockroach infestation at Manchester Indian restaurant damned in Food Standards Agency report
Swadesh restaurant on Portland Street was given a food hygiene rating score of zero out of five, after an inspection back in February
‘Say NO to the Levenshulme Takeaway Mile’: Councillor takes fight to fast food with petition
A Levenshulme councillor has called for a limit on Stockport Road takeaways after claiming that ‘each time an independent shop closes, a fast food outlet is opened in its place’.
No soggy bottoms! Famous foodie Nigel Slater rises to occasion at secret Bolton baking club… with own cake
The famous foodie dropped into Bolton’s Clandestine Cake Club as he took part in filming for a BBC4 documentary about the nation’s favourite confectionary
Review: Friday Food Fight @ Upper Campfield Market, Deansgate
The foodie rave is running every Friday at Upper Campfield Market on Deansgate until May 23
In pictures… kinky kiwis and saucy strawberries: Rude fruit and vulgar veg to make you turn tomato red
MM investigate the phenomenon of kinky kiwis, appealing apples and dinosaur-shaped avocados.
Food for thought: Firms fight back against waste trend as almost half of Manchester kids go hungry
The number of Manchester children living below the poverty line is the largest in the UK, despite nearly four million tons of food wasted each year. But what is being done about it?