YOUR WEEKEND
Lots of things to do this weekend
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SLICE
1a Stevenson Square, Northern Quarter, M1 1DN Not just a pizzeria, but also a ‘bread bar’ offering calzone, speciality breads, beers and gelato, Slice keeps things simple. The freshly baked pizzas come, unsurprisingly, by the slice, served inside the cosy cafe or out of a hatch onto the street…
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RURAL ELEGANCE
Nestled in a narrow lane off Cross Street is a shop so refined and atypically Mancunian, you might think that you’d been transported to the streets of Chelsea. The recently refurbished Lissom & Muster stocks luxury, handcrafted heritage goods such as Shetland wool knits, leather riding boots,…
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HANDMADE TALES
Last year we were blown away by the variety and quality of work on display at the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair. We went to buy a vase for our mum and left with a whole new jewellery collection. In the run up to this year’s main event, a bite-size version, The Little Northern, will be…
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NO KIDS ALLOWED
There was a period when we thought we might have grown out of liking ice cream, but then we came across Claire Kelsey. With a knowing glint in her eye, she served us a peanut butter and salted caramel cone from Ginger’s Comfort Emporium, her glamorous, retro-style ‘ice-cream van for grown…
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GRUNGE CHIC
These jackets by upcycled denim brand Waiste are exactly the kind of thing we wanted to make in the Nineties. Sadly, we lacked the hand-eye coordination so busied ourselves daubing correction fluid all over our cherry red Doc Martens instead. The range includes vintage denim jackets, dungarees and…
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DUSKTILPAWN
Stevenson Square, Northern Quarter, M1 1FB Sometimes you just need a good, darkened bar; Dusktilpawn is both. From the outside it looks like an antiquated pawn shop, but inside, it has the conspiratorial air of a speakeasy. The darkness is more cosy than menacingly moody though. The high wooden bar…
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CALLING ALL CRAFT LOVERS
Over the last four years, Ministry of Craft have run classes on everything from basic sewing machine skills to linocut printing and lampshade making, and to celebrate their birthday this month they’re offering £5 off all sewing courses in April. Classes include making a tote bag, machine…
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FOR SALE, BABY SHOES, NEVER WORN'
According to literary folklore, Ernest Hemingway invented flash fiction when he wrote this six-word narrative on the back of a napkin to win a ten-dollar bet. The result is a devastating example of linguistic economy, which proves it is quality, not quantity, that makes a great story. These days,…
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ESPRESSO MARTINIS ALL ROUND
Coffee with booze in it is one of mankind’s greatest achievements as far as we’re concerned, so we’re abuzz about this Northern Quarter pop-up. The Kahlúa Coffee House is a four-week Mexican-inspired food and drink residency from Kahlúa, the Coffee Circle and Teacup, plus The Liquorists,…
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THE FRENCH
The Midland Hotel, Peter Street, M60 2DS A meal at Simon Rogan’s new baby The French is far from stuffy. Yes, it’s a 10-course modern British dining experience from a Michelin- starred chef. Yes, there are chandeliers made from hundreds of individually strung crystals. Yes, the rococo grandeur…
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