 |
|
Manchester is one of the great northern cities and also one of the fastest growing. Housing a popular and prestigious university, the population has been boosted by students that choose to stay in the city after getting their degrees. You can’t really blame them for not wanting to leave the bustling cosmopolitan city with the fabulous boutique shops and fashionable bars it has become famous for.
It is not only the students that are buzzing about Manchester. People from all over the country are heading to the city in search of fun, work, fashion and love.
If it is love that you’re looking for then surly the best thing a guide on Manchester can offer you, is a guide on the only way to a man’s (or right thinking woman’s) heart; Food.
Here is the black book list to my favourite eateries in Manchester:
Grado is a great little (well, medium sized) restaurant in Manchester city centre. It reminds you that there is much more to Spanish cuisine than paella, potato squares and other typical Spanish holiday foodie stereotypes. The restaurant also has a rather impressive list of wines, one hundred and ten different bins to be exact. Of course not all of the wines are available by the glass, certainly not the £375 vintage bottles that prove Grado is not just a lover of fine food but a lover of fine wine too.
Apart from the vintage section of the wine list everything else is very affordably priced. You can enjoy 5 tapas for £10 two to three courses from the main menu for £12/£15.
Bacchanalia is a cocktail and wine bar with a restaurant on the top floor. The brilliance of Bacchanalia though is not its great cocktails that are served by expert cocktail waiters or the mouth watering food. It is the fact that you can enjoy a whole night out in one establishment. The food is not an afterthought to the bar or vice versa. Both elements are equally tended over and are presented as if they were completely separate, it is no ‘package deal’. The bar and restaurant are also open in the afternoon should you want to meander in for a beer or a glass of wine at lunchtime, or even a cheeky bottle after work.
Bluu is situated off Thomas Street in the northern quarter of the city centre. Locals may recognise it as being in the old fish market building. This restaurant offers a huge range of delights such as cheese fondue with home made crusty bread and olives to large meat platters. Sunday ‘recovery’ lunch is served from 12am ‘until we run out of roast’. The roast variations are large and the starters are very un-pub like i.e. Mediterranean vegetables and goat’s cheese or salmon fishcake options. Charming and delicious, make sure you check out their brilliant website for music events at the venue.
To find out about the best Indian restaurants in Manchester then visit We Love Local. Full contact details are given for all local business listings. You can also read reviews and recommendations and view Manchester restaurants on a large map.
Save $105.25 on T61 Notebook models.
Hurry, Use code USTMPX60T at checkout.
