Manchester’s Italian restaurant, Caffé Grande Piccolino, reopens this month after a truly fabulous transformation. Be among the first to sample the food and drink on offer at this world-class restaurant, café and bar with our exclusive competition.
The restaurant opened in the 1990s, and it has been a hub of Mancunian life ever since, thanks in no small part to the passion of owners, the Individual Restaurant group. Front of house staff like Ettore Cicchetti have become celebrities in their own right – and this transformation will only add to what’s already one of the city’s most popular haunts.
New features include a gelateria, stocked with homemade flavours like salted caramel, white chocolate and pistachio and a proliferation of deli bars, overflowing with gourmet delights. Choose from fresh seafood, home-cured meats, pastries and cheeses. Make a beeline for the new wine library or ease your way into the day with the sumptuous new breakfast menu.
Specialising in authentic Italian day-to-night dining, the new menu takes in everything from Eggs ‘Reali’, served with fresh smoked salmon from H Forman & Sons to berry waffles oozing with maple syrup, sharing boards studded with fennel salami, candied peel and capers, whole lobster, hand-dived scallops, homemade breads and pastas.
Regulars will be wowed by the wine list which sees bottles displayed on a huge, showcase wall, like a library. In fact, amazing drinks are a theme across the board. Breakfast is complemented by coffee from Italy’s finest Illy rosters alongside fresh juices and smoothies such as the new skinny, almond milk, blueberry and banana blend. Or why not push the boat out with a Bloody Mary or blood orange bellini from the brunch cocktail menu?
Provenance is key to the success of Caffé Grande Piccolino (and that of the Individual Restaurant group) with world-class suppliers used as a matter of course. Seafood, resting on fresh ice and served with linen-bound lemons changes daily and seasonally; from vibrant red Mediterranean prawns to hand-dived scallops and rope-grown Scottish mussels, the selection is irresistible. Aberdeen Angus beef is a house speciality, with all cuts butchered in house, while only the finest Italian suppliers deliver cured meats and fine Italian cheese to the group on a regular basis.
With something to please everyone, you could spend all day deciding how to spend your £150. Use your imagination and create the ultimate sharing board from the array of pecorino cheese, buffalo mozzarella and truffled honey beckoning from the deli cabinets. Don’t forget chocolate-wrapped tiramisus, crème brulees, melting chocolate puddings with salted caramel and pastries for dessert.
This magnificent prize is a pre-loaded Club Individual restaurant card, charged and ready to use with £150 credit to spend on whatever takes your fancy, day or night.
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