IN A YEAR in which we reviewed 85 restaurants, got banned from a new secret bar (without having visited, we might add) and published Manchester's ultimate pub crawl - it's difficult for us to pick a favourite article from 2015...
So we've let you decide.
Here's the most read, shared and talked about stories from Manchester Confidential in 2015:
Room restaurant becomes the first casualty of 2015 - 'Anybody with eyes to see could spot that things haven't been right recently' (13 January 2015)
City centre transport crisis - 'If you admit they’re dangerous then it's all easy. Get rid of them. Simple' (20 November 2015)
The top 10 best steaks in Manchester - From Hawksmoor to Cau and Manchester House, 'there's little better than chomping down on a juicy slab of moo' (15 April 2015)
Manchester Christmas Markets evacuated - 'Authorities say the teenager - supposedly drunk on alcohol and illegal highs - called in the hoax around 4.50am' (27 November 2015)
The Manchester rental map - Where Can You Afford To Live? (17 November 2015)
8 baffling things about the Metrolink - 'Metrolink ticket inspectors are very confused people' (4 August 2015)
Sleuth gets banned from a new secret bar - 'The new bar would be decked out to look like a laundrette out front, with a bolted door controlled by a lone doorman leading to a small bar in the back...' (19 June 2015)
Manchester's new Hidden nightspot - 'We are the revolution!' (18 September 2015)
Two new fifty storey towers for Manchester - Allied London's six-year £1.5bn St John's scheme (23 June 2015)
The ultimate Manchester pub crawl - 'You'll need stamina, determination and a certain amount of insanity to do them all, but hey, it'll be something to talk about later... down the pub probably' (22 October 2015)
Sexhibition: Best Dressed - 'Sweaty latex, nipple-tassels and lewd lingerie came out in force at Manchester's first erotic convention' (23 August 2015)
Is this Manchester's future skyline? - 'with 27 new skyscrapers Manchester's future skyline looks more Detroit than Deansgate' (30 June 2015)
Sam's Chop House to close - we April Fooled you good (1 April 2015)
Pomona Island: is this Peel development good enough? - You could do anything here. Or nothing. Or ruin it with a load of half-arsed tat (21 July 2015)
Manchester's best afternoon teas - 'your Nan takes it, your Mum takes it, you take it' (July 2015)
Hotel Gotham's Honey restaurant reviewed - 'Here there is no explanation. Just confusion. The kitchen seems confused, the staff seem confused, the customers are utterly bewildered...' (14 May 2015)
Albert's Schloss Bavarian beer palace opens on Peter Street - 'think currywurst, onion soup and pretzels washed down with Czech beer and Schnapps...' (13 October 2015)
Manchester's top 10 best dishes - 'Ox, sashimi, snails and a bloody great big barm - stop what you're doing and go eat these' (22 April 2015)
20 new bars and restaurants to try before 2016 - 'Make hay, come January you’ll be penniless and weeping into a tin of cold spaghetti hoops' (19 November 2015)
The cheapest city centre car parking - 'the cheapest, the dearest, the one with the best view and the best one for tombs' (11 January 2015)
Gordo reviews Iberica - 'Gordo on his favourite restaurant opening of 2015' (30 March 2015)
The ultimate Northern Quarter pub crawl - 'The trail has a gallon plus three of pubs, eleven, and includes some of the most splendid interiors in Manchester' (28 February 2015)
The best sandwiches in Manchester - 'The Cubano, The Milano, The Soul - sod Pret and get on these' (22 September 2015)
The Drop opens in Chorlton - 'There's no need to blast out No Woman No Cry' (17 August 2015)
Monton's La Turka reviewed - 'is Monton the new Chorlton?' (18 June 2015)
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