A new Christmas bar is opening in Manchester next month, and it’s festive overload.
While some venues lean towards alpine throws and a few tasteful candles at Christmas, Miracle on Cross Street has gone the other way entirely and thrown everything shiny and festive into one room.
Even the walls are wrapped in shiny patterned wrapping paper.
Visitors to Miracle on Cross Street are greeted by snow underfoot and the unmistakeable smell of pine trees – Christmas tree branches have been woven all over the corridor to create a forest-style tunnel to enter.
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Miracle on Cross Street – Manchester’s new Christmas bar. Credit: The Manc Group
Stamping the snow off your boots on a Christmas doormat, you then find yourself in the huge bar, where there are roaring fires projected onto TV screens and surrounded by wingback leather armchairs.
Fairy lights cover the ceiling and candy canes dangle down above your head like some sort of elvish chandeliers.
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The pop-up bar comes from the same team behind Salt Dog Slims, and their tongue-in-cheek style is pretty obvious here too – there are framed photos of a teenage Justin Timberlake holding a present, Nicholas Cage photoshopped as Jesus, and a topless Santa in hammock with a cocktail in hand.
The Manc GroupMiracle on Cross Street – Manchester’s new Christmas bar. Credit: The Manc GroupThe Manc GroupThe Manc GroupDrinks and details inside Miracle on Cross Street. Credit: The Manc Group
There’s a full menu of winter cocktails being served up too, like an apple pie martini and an espresso-ho-ho martini.
The Christmas Cracker is made with a festive combination of spiced rum, Amaretto, cranberry, ginger beer and lime.
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You can also order a Christmas-spiced Old Fashioned, white chocolate and pear margarita, and homemade Irish cream.
His post has generated a fair bit of reaction already, with one person replying: “Ridiculous advice! Loss of a table for 4 ! Empty tables for 2! Over ordered and over staffed, this stupidly from someone who should know better must corrected. Every customer counts in this day and age.”
Someone else wrote: “The amount of people booking 2 venues this year and cancelling is on the increase too!! We are now taking deposits for groups over 6 to try and eliminate this! When space is an issue booking more than you need is not fair on the venues!!”
Another commented: “A table of 3 is actually sat on a table for four. So you’re denying the business of 50% of its potential turnover. Do not do this.”
Sacha Lord – Night Time Economy Adviser to Greater Manchester.
CREDIT – Darren Robinson Photography
Petit Paris, a charming deli and wine bar in Manchester, announces sudden closure
Daisy Jackson
Petit Paris, a lovely little wine bar and deli in the heart of Manchester, has announced its shock closure.
The cosy spot on King Street shared the news ‘with big sadness’ over the weekend, writing: “Petit Paris, c’est fini”.
The French deli was loved for its incredible selection of wines, as well as its huge cheese boards and sandwiches you could order.
In summer, it had plenty of seating outside on the beautiful cobbled King Street where you could sit and people-watch with a glass of rose in hand.
Petit Paris wrote in a statement shared on Instagram: “Brexit and current climate for independent businesses didn’t encourage us to continue the adventure.”
The local business is still up for a Manchester Food and Drink Award, where it’s nominated for Food and Drink Retailer of the Year.
Petit Paris’s full statement reads: “Petit Paris c’est fini….
Inside the Petit Paris French deli in Manchester. Credit: The Manc GroupPetit Paris in Manchester was a prime people-watching spot. Credit: The Manc GroupOysters and wine at Petit Paris. Credit: The Manc Group
“It is with big sadness that we have to announce the closure of our lovely deli in Manchester. It’s been 2 incredible years and we our grateful for all the support our customer showed us and our amazing staff that worked hard everyday!
“Thank you to all local social media that provide us great visibility and put us with the best in town.
“Brexit and current climate for independent businesses didn’t encourage us to continue the adventure.
“If you want to support one more time go on and vote for us at the Manchester food & drink festival for 2024.
“Please keep supporting small independent businesses! Merci.”
Daisy Jackson -
28th October 2022 
