Manchester Food & Drink Blog
September. Month of back to school, light knits, and grey skies, with occasional reminders of the summer. And the first of my now monthly ‘Life Lately’ posts. The plan is that the first Monday of the month will feature a wrap up of the month just past, and teasers for the month ahead. As this…
The first thing that grabs you about Ize Gin is the label. It’s bright, clear, primary colours with a matt finish, make it jumps out at you from the shelf. For some reason it brings the pacific islands to mind. Or South Africa. I think it’s the combination of both pattern and colour. I’m guessing…
The past weekend has been brunch heavy – and I’m definitely not complaining! It’s such good timing for me meal-wise. Enough time to head to the gym, get some lifting in, and meet for a something delicious to refuel. And one of those brunches was over at Ducie Street Warehouse – previously home to Cultureplex,…
In case you missed it, this weekend was my birthday weekend. It’s normally filled with Manchester Pride and Bolton Food and Drink Festival. It’s usually so busy, I need the Bank Holiday Monday to recover. In fact it’s one of the reasons why I spread my birthday over the entire month, because fitting in seeing…
The last day of August. This year feels like the longest and shortest year ever at the same time. On the one hand, it’s been hugely eventful, and on the other, how the hell is autumn just around the corner? When I started these posts, they were a bit of a filler – I was…
Much like everyone else, my evenings are now filled with a combination of online and in person events. For every night I get to go out for dinner, or drinks, there’s at least one online chat, get together or tasting session. With Manchester especially in differing states of lockdown, I have some friends I can…
I’m very aware of a poll I read today on a hospitality group on Facebook as I write this. The poll was asking about the Eat Out to Help Out scheme. Had it been helpful and venues were seeing an increase. Or was it just putting off the inevitable. The number tagging the latter was…
Even though we’re slowly getting back to something like normality, many businesses are still struggling. Some venues still can’t open, festivals and events have moved online. This keeps everyone safe, but means all the vendors that would normally have their biggest sales over the summer at festivals, events, or private dos such as weddings, are…
I know, I know, this one is late. I’m behind on everything. But I have this week off, so I’ll catch up. Expect a *lot* of posts this week! Aside from that, it’s been a bit of an up and down week. So let’s start with the bad. My dad is currently in hospital after…