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Food & Drink
First look: new bar restaurant Prestwich Social opens its doors – and locals love it
The focus is on all-day drinking and dining, using ethically sourced ingredients, at the huge new suburban café bar
Chris Greenhalgh
22 June 2021
Attractions
Manchester to get an urban park in the sky
The Castlefield viaduct, unused since Manchester Central closed as a station in 1969, is set to be converted into an urban park
Louise Rhind-Tutt
22 June 2021
Food & Drink
A prison-themed immersive cocktail experience is coming to Spinningfields
Alcotraz is a bar behind bars, where guests – or more appropriately ‘inmates’ – are tasked with smuggling liquor past the Warden
Louise Rhind-Tutt
22 June 2021
Food & Drink
Which Manchester restaurant has most Instgrammable bathroom for loo selfies?
One Manchester restaurant made the top 5 most Instagrammable restaurant bathrooms in the country list – can you guess which?
Louise Rhind-Tutt
22 June 2021
Music
Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical returns to Manchester
The musical features songs including You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth, I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) and more
I Love MCR
21 June 2021
Festivals
Manchester Craft Beer Festival announces line-up for July
Which breweries and food traders are taking part, who’s doing the music – and how much are tickets?
Louise Rhind-Tutt
21 June 2021
Food & Drink
New independent coffee shop opens in Piccadilly Place
The Coffee Hive offers an all-day grazing menu including fresh snacks, sweet treats and plant-based alternatives
Louise Rhind-Tutt
21 June 2021
Books
Review: True Crime by Manchester author Joseph Knox
Fact and fiction are blurred in this chilling but dazzlingly original story about a Manchester University student’s sudden disappearance
Louise Rhind-Tutt
18 June 2021
Ballet
Meet the Wythenshawe ballet star breaking down racial barriers in dance
‘I imagined you had to be from a wealthy family to make it in the dance world, but my mum is a single parent of three and I’m a council estate boy’
Louise Rhind-Tutt
18 June 2021
Bolton
Bolton Food and Drink Festival to return this summer
The festival will look a little different this year with some additional precautions and safety measures in place
Louise Rhind-Tutt
18 June 2021
Charity
Manchester’s Yogathon is back at Great Northern Warehouse
The events are free, and donations from the event will be passed onto local mental health charity, Manchester Mind
I Love MCR
18 June 2021
Cheshire
Two new Foodhalls are coming to Sale and Northwich
Sale Foodhall will open this summer with a 150-cover dining and drinking space – plus an outdoor terrace
Louise Rhind-Tutt
18 June 2021
