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‘Dinner with a show’ - Sapporo Teppanyaki, Castlefield reviewed

Harley Young attempts to catch flying chips at Sapporo Teppanyaki in Castlefield

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Fare Enough: Should black cabs be required to have card readers?

David Adamson asks whether card readers for the city’s black cabs should be mandatory

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Manchester’s city centre Wetherspoons - Ranked

Harley Young compares chips, tables and carpets to find the best Wetherspoons in Manchester city...

Latest Manchester
stories

Top Of The Room2 Homtel

Derelict Union Bank, Piccadilly, to gain 31-storey friend

Jonathan Schofield looks at proposals for another tower tacked onto an old building

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The All-Manchester FA Cup Final: a unique occasion

Gary James' fifth column looks at the upcoming all-Manchester FA Cup Final

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Pankhurst's inspiration: let's recognise Lydia Becker

Joanna Williams tells the forgotten story of a suffragist, scientist and trailblazer

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‘City Visitor Charge’ - will the Manchester ‘tourist tax’ benefit all?

Hoteliers and hospitality heads have their say on the charge, a first for any English...

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Photo Fortnight: Manchester City, Andy Burnham, Lord Mayor, views, buildings, awards

Pictures from around the city, people, places, moons, flowers and ear wax

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Demolished or destroyed - Twelve Lost Buildings of Manchester

Part One: Some of the amazing structures that used to stand in the city

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Sleuth: Prince Michael's madness & a date with a beef fat candle at Wood

Trafford Park for a glorious country walk and then a Manchester pie?

Manchester Freelancer Jobs

Calling all freelance writers: pitch us with cracking ideas

There are 2.9m people in Greater Manchester, there are 2.9m stories in Greater Manchester

Manchester restaurant
reviews

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‘A dialogue of discovery’ – MUSU, city centre, reviewed

Neil Sowerby spends quality rice and raw seafood time with a Brazilian sushi master

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'Glorious meat, great service' - Churrasco, Liverpool city centre, reviewed

Jonathan Schofield gets stoned on meat - in an manner of speaking

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'Robot waiters galore' - Sakura, Cheetham Hill reviewed

Olivia Potts experiences AI table service at Sakura in Cheetham Hill

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'No lightness of touch, no playfulness' - Stock Market Grill reviewed

Jonathan Schofleld finds food not living up to the service or the surroundings

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April Food and Drink round-up: Nonna’s Pasta, artisan hot chocolate and more

Spring is in full swing. Here’s what we’ve spotted in the Manchester food and drink...

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The Hot 50: the most popular restaurants in Manchester

Which restaurants have our readers been visiting in April?

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'A curious experience' - AKA Sushi, Chinatown, reviewed

Jonathan Schofield says stick to the food type advertised in the restaurant name

Squid Bolognese – Fold

'Personality and spark': Fold, Marple Bridge, reviewed

Olivia Potts enjoys a trip into the hills for some fine food

Things to do
in Manchester

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Manchester Architecture: A History. Part One

Jonathan Schofield and the epic tale of Manchester architecture

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60,000 capacity, 400 bed stadium hotel: Manchester City expands

Etihad Stadium boost as the blue moon rises higher

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This City: Beautiful Debenham's plans, black Ziggurat, MCR 'the cleanest city'

Jonathan Schofield takes a monthly look at property and landscape stories involving Greater Manchester

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21 of the best restaurants in the Northern Quarter

Here's our pick of what the Northern Quarter has to offer on the foodie front

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An alternative walk through Northern Quarter and Ancoats (part one)

Factories, warehouses, street art and a few things you probably didn't know...

Charles Okhivia Landscape

A Corn Exchange fit for royalty

Coronation feasts and a very regal Charles

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Underground treasures in Liverpool's Williamson Tunnels

Jade Culver drops 60ft below ground and learns about Liverpool's mole man, Joseph Williamson

View From Dave Spendlove From Cheshire

View from the hills: Manchester's upwardly mobile skyline

Jonathan Schofield and a photo that led to so many other pictures: here are some...

Regional
guides

The Monton Lighthouse Opposite Waterside Pub In Monton Manchester

An insider’s guide to eating and drinking in Monton

Picky bits, produce, pizza and the benefits of everything on one road

Ramsbottom Greater Manchester

An insider's guide to eating and drinking in Ramsbottom

It's not all black pudding lobbing and horse bits, Rammy is food and booze heaven.

Altrincham Market House

An insider’s guide to eating and drinking in Altrincham

Markets, Cal-Mex, and 'a haven of dark greens and polished wood'

Assorted Brunch Items At Kin Bakehouse In Urmston Manchester

An insider’s guide to eating and drinking in Urmston

Brewtaps, bakehouses and solid spots to eat

Grand Piano Green Curtain And Vintage Lighting At Holmes Mill One Of The Best Places To Eat And Drink In Clitheroe

An insider's guide to eating and drinking in Clitheroe

Local bar owner Katie Mather uncovers the gems of Clitheroe's food and drink scene

A View Of The Deansgate Square Tower Looking Down Deansgate In Manchester

An insider's guide to eating and drinking on Deansgate

Not just for heavy boozing, Deansgate has some major food highlights too

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An insider’s guide to eating and drinking in Didsbury

From croissants to Korean, pints to Palestinian - Manchester’s most covetable suburb is bursting with...

Levenshulme Bee In Green Space In Manchester

An insider's guide to eating and drinking in Levenshulme

We love Levenshulme for food and drink and here's why

Travel

Saletta Fagnana From Above

Villa Saletta – vino rosso, truffles and a starry movie double-take

Neil Sowerby discovers his inner Renaissance man in the hidden heart of Tuscany

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Make that a Martini on ice, Mr Bond, it’s the Austrian Alps

007 meets Easy Rider as Neil Sowerby shuns the pistes of Obergurgl

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Dublin weekend: history, seafood, literature and shiny chests

Jonathan Schofield enjoys an active three days in the Irish capital

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Beers, brekkie, and a home away from home: a stay at Holmes Mill in Clitheroe.

We stayed at the Spinning Block Hotel and indulged in some local booze, cheese pie...