Lazy Sundae, one of Manchester’s most popular ice cream parlours, has opened a brand new site within the Manchester Arndale.
The Northern Quarter dessert spot is famed for its adventurous ice cream flavours, bubble teas and jiggly Japanese souffle pancakes.
It’s now finally taken over the site in the centre of Halle Place, the £11m food hall in the heart of the shopping centre.
The unit, sandwiched between those two controversial escalator/staircase hybrids, was previously home to Kiosk coffee shop by the team behind General Stores.
Lazy Sundae, a Tib Street favourite, is now open for business in the Manchester Arndale, where it’s serving up its legendary cereal-encrusted cones topped off with colourful scoops of ice cream.
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There’s also bubble tea, with incredible flavours like brown sugar crème brûlée milk tea, classic strawberry bingsoo blueberry smash fruit teas.
There are six flavours exclusively available in the Arndale site too, from a Thai favourite of mango sticky rice, Jasmine milk tea, and Matcha KitKat.
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The space has been turned into a soft peach-coloured kiosk space, with plenty of rattan details and plants.
Lazy Sundae’s Manchester Arndale flagship is serving bubble and milk teasLazy Sundae has opened a new ice cream parlour in the Manchester Arndale. Credit: The Manc GroupDelicious ice cream desserts at Lazy Sundae in Manchester Arndale. Credit: The Manc Group
The beautiful new ice cream parlour has plenty of seating for people to make use of while working through the extensive menu of sweet treats.
Lazy Sundae joins existing Halle Place food and drink operators like Archie’s, PizzaLuxe, and Doner Shack.
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Sharing the news on Instagram, the dessert shop wrote: “Paradise has officially arrived. Our NEW FLAGSHIP store is now OPEN in the heart of Manchester Arndale!
“With 6 ARNDALE EXCLUSIVE ice cream flavours that are not one to miss: Mango Sticky Rice, Avocado Coco, Peach Yakult, Jasmine Milk Tea, Matcha Kitkat and Honey Butter Corn Crunch.”
A rosé festival where your ticket includes unlimited wine is returning to Manchester
Lydia Mastrolonardo
A festival dedicated to rosé wine is making a return to Manchester this summer – and your ticket includes unlimited wine.
This year marks the third year of The Beeswing’s Rosé Festival, which has quickly become a staple for all Mancunian wine-lovers.
This outdoor festival will transport you to a French vineyard, with acoustic live music from La Chanteuse, and a setting in amongst the leaft Kampus gardens. Even your four-legged friends are invited to the party.
Head on down to absorb some of that sunshine and get your hands on unlimited glasses of more than 20 different rosés, orange and sparkling wines, sourced from across the world.
Whether you consider yourself a connoisseur or just like the sound of some fizz in the sun, this garden party has plenty of new wines for you to try.
Sit back and relax, chat with suppliers, and if you choose to, you can purchase bottles of some seriously top-notch wines at exclusive reduced rates.
You can expect wines from Raymond Reynolds (Portuguese Wines), Alliance Wines, Hammonds of Knutsford, and Boutinot.
Beeswing in Manchester will host the rosé festival again. Credit: The Manc Group
In the run-up to the festival, The Beeswing are also holding various other opportunities for us to try some delicious wines, including an English Wine Tasting next Sunday.
Wine Tasting with Gusbourne – 28 June – Celebrate English Wine Week at an exclusive tasting experience from 4-6pm, with five Gusbourne wines and some nibbles. Tickets cost £40.
Click HERE to secure your Wine Tasting with Gusbourne tickets.
The Rosé Festival – 4 July – Hosted on the Kampus gardens in Manchester from 12.30pm-3pm. Tickets cost £35 and include unlimited wine and a welcome drink.
Tickets sold out quickly last year and booking in advance is necessary to attend.
Manchester’s tiniest coffee shop has opened in Ancoats serving £2.50 flat whites
Daisy Jackson
A tiny new coffee shop has opened in Ancoats, and it’s already turning heads with a simple mission – making quality coffee affordable again.
7ZZ (pronounced ‘seven zeez’) has quietly launched on Oldham Road in a space no bigger than your arm span.
Owner Joe Stephens is bringing speciality coffee prices back down to earth with flat whites starting from just £2.50 and matcha from only £4.
In a city where a morning coffee can easily set you back more than a fiver, the new independent hopes to bridge the gap between premium coffee shops and budget chains.
The compact café may be easy to miss at first glance, but its menu packs plenty of personality. Alongside classic espresso-based drinks, customers can pick up ceremonial-grade matcha, iced barista-made coffees, and vibrant ube lattes made properly (no purple syrup in sight).
Joe says the idea behind 7ZZ was to create a space where customers don’t have to choose between quality and affordability, with a price list that rivals Greggs.
Adding to the appeal is a selection of pastries from Sticky Fingers, the popular Stockport bakery known for its indulgent sweet treats.
Joe Stephens at 7ZZ in AncoatsIced matcha and ube lattes start at just £47ZZ has Sticky Fingers bakes on the counter
With fresh bakes like croissants and custard buns lining the counter each day, the new opening looks set to become a popular stop for commuters and locals alike.
As Ancoats continues to cement its reputation as one of Manchester’s best neighbourhoods for food and drink, 7ZZ is offering something increasingly rare – speciality coffee that doesn’t come with a speciality price tag.
7ZZ Coffee is now open at 116 Oldham Road, Ancoats, M4 6AG.
Daisy Jackson -
16th October 2023 
