The Drinks Drop: The cocktail delivery service supporting local bars in Tier 3
The Drinks Drop, a cocktail delivery service that sends expertly-mixed fusions to doors around the UK, is hiring out of work bartenders to help them with the post-10pm rush.
Almost 2,000 bars bars and pubs across Greater Manchester will have to close from 00.01 on Friday under Tier 3 restrictions.
But there’s still a way to support your favourite bar when the new restrictions come into force.
The Drinks Drop is working with premises around the region to provide drinks packages to doors all over Manchester.
Using this platform, customers can order whatever booze-fusion they like at the touch of a button – doing their bit to support local hospitality whilst enjoying a desperately-needed drink in the process.
The Drinks Drop previously made headlines for hiring out-of-work bartenders for assistance with their post-10pm rush when the government-imposed nighttime curfew became law – giving newly unemployed staff a chance to work again.
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The platform is continuing to find ways to support local bars, pubs and staff, collaborating with establishments within the region to send drinks to homes.
Jody Monteith at The Drinks Drop said: “Many of your favourite Manchester bars and restaurants have amazing cocktails available that can be delivered directly to your door.
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“You can have them delivered same day if you live in Manchester city centre or next day anywhere else in the UK!
“Every time you order a drink you are directly supporting those bars and restaurants and also supporting the hospitality staff that have been employed to produce the drinks, package and deliver them.”
Hawksmoor, Cottonopolis, Liar’s Club, Albert’s Schloss, CBRC, Refuge and Freight Island are among the venues signed up to The Drinks Drop service so far – each creating their very own infusion for regulars to enjoy.
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Crazy Pedro’s will also be offering a twist on the ultimate classic cocktail with a Watermelon Margarita, whereas SCHOFIELD’S cocktail bar has teamed up with Belvedere Vodka to create the Bouquet Martini.
The platform offers same-day bike delivery of individual cocktails for only £7.50.
You can learn more information and check out their menu online.
MANCHESTER LOCATIONS & BRANDS
CBRB – Eight Lands Vodka
Refuge – Hennessy Cognac
The Jane Eyre – Nc’Nean Distillery
Crazy Pedro’s – Patron Tequilla
The Liars Club – Santiago de Cuba rum
Cottonpolis – Santiago de Cuba rum
Freight Island – Maker’s Mark Bourbon Whisky
Hawksmoor Manchester – Empirical Spirits
SCHOFIELD’S – Belvedere Vodka
Albert’s Scholss – Supasawa
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Society is offering Mancs a chance to win free dinner and drinks if they share their best breakup texts
Danny Jones
Ever hoped that a crushing breakup text from a few years back would one day come in handy and bring you some joy?
Well, you’re in luck because that day is almost here.
Popular Manchester city centre food and drink venue, Society, is putting itself out there for all those who have been ghosted, left on read, or just plain dumped this Valentine’s Day with an exciting trade: some of your romantic moments for free scran and drinks.
That’s right, Society are inviting foodies from all over Greater Manchester to share their best (or worst) breakup texts to be in with a chance of winning dinner and drinks at the food hall along with a plus one of your choice – be a bit of a gamble if they picked them in some kind weird blind date situation.
Breakup texts finally making us feel good. (Credit: Society)
With reports finding that as many as 45% of breakups take place just before the 14 February – as partners look to avoid pricey dinners and gifts – and up to 88% of these happening over a mere text, Society is stepping in to provide solace for the those on the wrong side of the ‘it’s not you, it’s me’ text.
So how does it work? Well, it’s all rather simple: submit a memorable breakup text that you’ve received to be in with a chance of winning a free Valentine’s dinner and drinks at Society for you and your equally lucky plus one.
Texts can be submitted via Society’s Instagram, TikTok DMs, or by email; you can enter from Monday, 3 February until Tuesday 11 Feb 2025.
The team will then choose the most iconic/unbelievable/heartbreaking/downright hilarious entries to win prizes from the on-site food traders and bar team, and, with your consent, may even share some of the best to their social media channels.
The food and drinks selection and Society is top-notch, so that’s a good start. (Credit: The Manc Eats)
Now, before you get all panicked that you have to air your dirty laundry, don’t worry: all entries will remain anonymous unless you say otherwise.
Best of luck to all those submitting their breakup text entries and we sincerely hope we get to see a corker or two.
Love you, Society – you’re one of the most stable relationships in our lives x
New Manchester restaurant ‘couldn’t be happier’ after ALREADY receiving glowing national review
Daisy Jackson
Stow in Manchester is already making waves beyond the city, just weeks after it opened, receiving a glowing review in The Sunday Times.
The new restaurant on Bridge Street is a cosy space with a ‘supercool bar’ in front and a white-bricked dining room out back.
And what sets it apart from the others is that everything – desserts, breads, meat and more – is cooked over fire. No ovens, no hobs.
It’s this theatrical element that’s earned it its first (and surely not last) glowing review in a national title, impressing restaurant critic Charlotte Ivers in a dazzling review in The Sunday Times.
She raved about Stow’s potatoes, particularly, but also about the cosy restaurant’s service, theatre, decor, atmosphere, and basically everything they touched.
In the column, she said: “Particularly good restaurants make you feel as if you are at the centre of the world when you walk in… Stow is one of these restaurants.”
The Sunday Times piece continued to say that Matt Nellany and Jamie Pickles are creating food that is ‘far more exciting’ than their roots, down the road at much-loved Northern Quarter bar Trof.
She heaped praise on their milk bread, served with salty onion butter, the ricotta and beetroots which are roasted overnight on the embers of that huge grill, and the pork and fennel sausage with creme fraiche and tomato sauce.
The review then added that she will think of the ratte potatoes, topped with fat slices of garlic and shavings of Corra Linn cheese, ‘on my deathbed’.
Since the review went to print, Stow has said: “This day goes down as a big one for the Stow team – we couldn’t be any happier.”
Congratulations to the whole team. If you haven’t checked Stow out yet, make sure you do HERE.
The Manc -
23rd October 2020 
