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Best Dishes Manchester: November 2023

Our writers and staff choose their favourite dishes from November

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'Fun & unpretentious': top chef Tom Barnes on what the city can expect

Harley Young speaks to the praised protégé of Simon Rogan about his first restaurant, Skof...

The Pearl – Chips

'Chic but comfortable'; Pearl, Prestwich, reviewed

Olivia Potts appreciates grace and style in a north Manchester bistro

Latest Manchester
stories

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76-storey block to become 'King of the Manchester towers'

Jonathan Schofield likes the new Deansgate giant but is it off the peg?

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The Hot 50: the most popular restaurants in Manchester

Which restaurants have our readers been visiting in November?

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Manchester restaurant & bar deals: December 2023

From gin and jazz to tasty small plates, here are the best offers we've spotted...

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All-out beauty studio launches package deals for Christmas

Manchester's wildest tattoo and beauty studio, Shallows, launches Christmas deals to celebrate one year of...

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Things to do in Manchester this December (+ WIN 4 tickets to Horrible Histories: Horrible Christmas)

Want to know what's on in Manchester? Here's a bumper list of festive things to...

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November Food & Drink news: jewel-encrusted whales, openings, menus & more

From sparkly whales to hidden gems, here's what we've spotted in the Manchester Food and...

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Snow place like home: Best indie Christmas gifts in the North West

Shop local this Christmas

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Video: San Carlo Cicchetti's seasonal sharing plates

Here's what you can enjoy at San Carlo Cicchetti this winter

Manchester restaurant
reviews

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'The real deal': Levers Fish and Chips, Tommyfield Market, Oldham, reviewed

David Adamson visits 'The Home of the First Fried Chip'

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'Out-Berlins Berlin': DieCast, reviewed

Gordo goes on an afternoon adventure off Ducie Street

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'A future local favourite': Man Tsuen Ho's, Chinatown, reviewed

David Adamson finds a blast from the past at the new Chinese on Nelson Street

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'A lunch hour out of time': The Baum, Rochdale, reviewed

A ravenous David Adamson goes for a pub lunch in Rochdale

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'Doing Spanish in Styal': El Bosc, reviewed

David Adamson enjoys a Sunday of food and family

Maki Ramen

'The finest eel and best advice': Maki & Ramen, Fountain Street, reviewed

Jonathan Schofield on a pleasant place that needs to stop banging the drum

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'Bolstering and fierce': Spicy City, Chinatown, reviewed

Jonathan Schofield with another of the 'shorter review' series for smaller venues

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Food & Drink news: openings, closures, new menus and coming soon…

From grills and gyoza to gyros, here's what we've spotted in the Manchester Food and...

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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Manchester Architecture Part Two: The Battle of the Styles

Jonathan Schofield continues with an over-view of the region’s architecture: this time covering the nineteenth...

Architecture Part 3

Manchester Architecture Part Three: Bombast to Blitz

Jonathan Schofield brings his architectural tour up to World War Two

Intercontinental Tower Imagined From Manchester Town Hall Tower

Crazy Manchester towers that NEVER got built - part one.

Jonathan Schofield with some examples of skyhigh failures

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The Majesty of Gorton Monastery

David Adamson tours the iconic building and sits in on Manchester Camerata's Music Cafe

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Strange city (no 3): George Psalmanazar, a proper con man

Jonathan Schofield on an extraordinary Manchester visitor and a fabulous con man

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Strange city (4): The Great Flood, the floating dead

Jonathan Schofield on the day the dead flowed down the River Medlock

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Strange city (6): The great rogue, Spanking Roger, and the 25 toasts

Jonathan Schofield tells the story of one of the city's greatest rogues

Greater Manchester regions,
news and more

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Rochdale: The Buzz in the Boroughs

David Adamson hears about a hopeful haven for independents whose 'best days are ahead of...

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Grove Street: Is Wilmslow wasting its potential?

David Adamson asks if the town’s pedestrianised street is putting its best foot forward

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Stockport: The Buzz in the Boroughs

David Adamson takes the temperature of a town in the midst of massive regeneration

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Chorlton butcher: 'It's a shame but I'm glad to be leaving'

Lee Frost slams 'useless' council and lawless drug users ahead of move to new Cheshire...

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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

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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

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A stay at Hyatt Regency London The Churchill

David Adamson lives the glamorous London life for a weekend

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Imperial Innsbruck – city of the Golden Roof and burnished codpiece

Neil Sowerby hits new heights with a Tirolean summer idyll around the city of Innsbruck

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Dog-friendly Edinburgh is a real treat to go walkies in

Neil Sowerby hangs out in dog-friendly Edinburgh with the ghosts of Greyfriars Bobby and The...

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Spa-Hotel Jagdhof – gateway to Tirolean infinity and beyond

The Spa-hotel Jagdhof is a hugely welcoming Tirolean lodging with fine food in the shadow...