‘Manchester’ Archives
Chinese takeaway review: Oriental Express, 2a Bloom Street
If you live in Manchester city centre and you want a Chinese takeaway (and who doesn’t?), you’ve only really got two options. You can try Chop Chop on Great Ancoats Street, or Oriental Express on Bloom Street. They are very similar outfits, the menus look virtually [Read More]
Manchester clubnights: Bring on the Dancing Horses @ Deaf Institute
Bring on the Dancing Horses (BOTDH) is a monthly clubnight featuring live bands, projector-displayed artwork and some of the best DJs Manchester has to offer. Usually held in the music-hall style top floor of the Deaf Institute on Grosvenor Street (next to student haunts [Read More]
Chilli’s takeaway, Manchester: rich post-pub pickings
If you’re visiting Manchester and you are checked into the Travelodge on Great Ancoats St, or you’re out and about in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, then you’ll probably eventually find yourself in or around the pubs at the Swan St end of the district. There are a [Read More]
Font Bar Manchester
Font Bar on Manchester’s New Wakefield Street opened a good few years ago, and its been pulling in swathes of students, scenesters and bar-crawlers ever since. The main attraction is Font’s (sometimes literally) mind-blowing £2 cocktail offer. For only £2 you can have [Read More]
Olivier Morosini’s hair salon in Manchester’s Northern Quarter
I’ve lost track of the number of people I know who’ve had bad haircuts, impersonal service and have been charged way too much for something they’re too embarrassed to say they hate. I, on the other hand, am a very happy bunny when it comes to hair maintenance, being [Read More]
