Looking for a light lunch in Manchester on a sunny Saturday afternoon led us to Pan Vino at the Great Northern railway building at the junction of Deansgate and Peter Street. Pane Vino is quite a small venue with limited seating inside and out. With the sun shining as bright as it did on the day we visited thr demand ...

We had planned to go over to Chorlton to  pay a visit to the awesome Unicorn Grocery store so decided to combine the visit with a lunch outing; there are so many nice looking cafe’s and restaurants over in Chorlton that it would be a shame not to take advantage. Chinese, Indian, Middle Eastern, Greek, vegetarian; the list goes on of the ...

The Midway is a contemporary pub and restaurant serving home cooked food. The menu is extensive for lunch time and evening meals and Sunday’s see’s the addition of traditional roast dinners. We went on a Saturday afternoon for a light lunch as we had heard very good things about the food. Surprisingly we found the Midway to be quiet when we arrived, ...

We have been to Artisan once before but only for drinks for my birthday a couple of years ago. We really enjoyed the atmosphere and the cocktails, served from behind a bar that looks like a row of school desks, were very good. The food also looked good from what we had seen so I am surprised it took us so ...

The Healthy Spirit is a health food store and holistic healing centre located on Barlow Moor Road in Didsbury. The store was established in 2003 and has grown considerably over the years and stocks quite a range of supplements, essential oils and alternative therapies. Personally, I am not really into holistic healing and alternative therapies but I do buy health ...

The soup kitchen in Manchester is a funny old place; as the name suggests it does look like an American soup kitchen, a place where free food is served to the homeless or destitute, something you might see in an episode of Columbo. Unfortunately the food at Manchester’s Soup Kitchen isn’t free, it isn’t even cheap, it’s mid priced really, with ...

Jas Jas Jas is a family based delicatessen and restaurant based in Cheadle. Owned and operated by Jilly and Solly Bader, Jas Jas Jas serves delicious Lebanese and Mediterranean food to eat in or take away. Jilly and Solly used to operate a much larger restaurant in Bramhall but sadly this has now closed due to Jilly’s ill health; but what the Cheadle ...

I have a friend who goes to Indigo religiously every single Friday evening and he absolutely loves it. I have been once before and I did enjoy the food but I wouldn’t have said it was worthy of weekly visits. We decided to give it another try last Saturday to see if things had perhaps changed since our first visit ...

Most people will be familiar with Simon Rimmer because of his presenting and cooking work on the channel 4 morning television show, Sunday Brunch. What many people won’t realise is that Simon has been cooking professionally for close to 30 years and opened his first restaurant, Greens in Didsbury in 1990. Earle is Simon’s second restaurant located in Hale, Cheshire, unlike ...

I have passed the Turkish Kitchen every day for the past couple of months now and it has always been very busy. We decided to give it a try on Saturday and had a rather nice if not slow lunch. The restaurant is quite small with seating for maybe 40 people. It is very clean inside and there is plenty of ...