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London’s Simmons Bar makes Northern Debut in Deansgate

London’s Simmons Bar makes Northern Debut in Deansgate

Cocktails, Karaoke and Pizza: Has Simmons Manchester become a new City Centre go-to?
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Another tequila bar lands in Manchester, as Casa Pomelo opens its doors in Freight Island

Another tequila bar lands in Manchester, as Casa Pomelo opens its doors in Freight Island

Casa Pomelo delivers an array of tequila-based cocktails, with George Clooney’s ‘Casamigos’ as the main ingredient
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Kitchen Disco: New Century brings us back to boogie

Kitchen Disco: New Century brings us back to boogie

New Century’s Kitchen Disco is the venue’s latest venture, a foray into Manchester’s renowned night life which offers fun and carefree good vibes
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Pottering around at HandleBar

Pottering around at HandleBar

Reminisce your crunchy childhood by filling your evenings with arts and crafts at Fallowfield’s latest bar: HandleBar. From Drink & Doodle, life drawing to pottery with Dave, you’ll become an artist in no time
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“Live, laugh, lube” at HandleBar

“Live, laugh, lube” at HandleBar

Introducing HandleBar, Fallowfield’s newest and most fiercely independent café/bar
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Review: Ice Village

Review: Ice Village

Jay Darcy reviews Ice Village at Manchester’s Christmas Markets
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Review: The Bar

Review: The Bar

Kate Fawcett reviews the recently re-branded ‘The Bar’, which has managed to retain the essence of The Font, with its famous cheap cocktails and freshly made food
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The Font-naissance

The Font-naissance

Fallowfield’s favourite bar, The Font, is being replaced by a business as similar to its predecessor as possible. The £2 cocktails are back!
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Bring & Mix: Moonshine Made to Order

Bring & Mix: Moonshine Made to Order

A prohibition-era style speakeasy has opened in Chorlton, and we’re here for it
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The sad tale of the modern cocktail

The sad tale of the modern cocktail

2 for 1 deals on a watered down cocktail? Helena Young has had enough – it is time for the glass to shatter.
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Fallowfield bids farewell to Fallow Café

Fallowfield bids farewell to Fallow Café

A new restaurant named HAUS will soon open on the site that was previously Fallow Café
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Cocktail bar brawl leads to death near Deansgate

In the early hours of Saturday the 30th of September, a man sadly died following a stabbing during a mass brawl in cocktail bar
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Preview: Pint of Science Festival returns to Manchester

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The annual Pint of Science Festival is back again from the 15th–17th May, bringing together the wonders of science and the comfort (and beer!) of Manchester’s best bars and clubs
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Review: Tariff and Dale

‘After being so blown away by the hit Thai starter, I wasn’t sure I wanted to move on, but, the flaky pastry of the sausage roll was rather tempting’
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PLY

Elena Gibbs spins a 4PLY yarn about the Northern Quarter’s hippest pizza joint
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Review: The Pen and Pencil

Just another bar, or a good hangout with easy food? Felix Sanders explores
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Review: Dogs ‘n’ Dough

Food & Drink editor Ellie Gibbs checks out American style restaurant, Dogs ‘n’ Dough.
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University spends £20,000 to build a pub

London South Bank University is using the bar as a psychology experiment
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Introducing Neukolln

As an amateur of wine, being invited to review a new and upcoming Berliner-inspired bar did seem to be an odd choice before I realized my CV states that I have a B in GCSE ‘Deutsche’. Brushing aside those long forgotten moments of academic glory I made my way down to Spinningfields on Thursday evening, […]
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Jabez Clegg closes

University buys former home of The BOP
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