Takeaway land in Greater Manchester is vast, diverse and highly populated.
One tap on the Deliveroo app and we’re abruptly inundated with dozens of delicious-looking food joints jostling for our appetites.
The Friday food order is invariably the first headache selection of the night (with the task of deciding on a Netflix movie coming later).
The trick for takeaways, of course, is to stand out from the crowd. And Icon Burgers seems to have found an excellent way in which to do exactly that.
This a restaurant that flips the concept of a typical burger on its head – from the ingredients used right down to the cooking process.
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The menu is populated by utterly unique dishes such the Green Burger – containing CBD with cannabis leaf; the Deep Fried Cheeseburger – prepared exactly how it sounds; and a Cheetoz Flamin Hot Burga – borrowing flavours from the fiery cheesy snack.
There’s also the 1 on 1 Burger which combines chicken with beef; the Double Bluff that hits the spot for vegans; and the Philly Cheese Steak and Shredded Beef Steak items which take inspiration from cuisine across the world.
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Indeed, Icon Burgers is seemingly one of the most truly global restaurants in Manchester – bringing in its top-quality sauce from Belgium; brioche buns from France; and internationally-imported drinks and sweets.
The brand itself was actually born on the other side of the pennines, but has now branched out following a wildly successful chapter in Huddersfield – setting up shop at Brickhouse Social on New Wakefield Street in Manchester city centre.
All the patties are made using 35-day dry aged Black Angus, with Icon promising a recipe that is ‘impossible to replicate’.
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The restaurant also offers an American-style desserts menu with all items freshly-baked to order – including quarter pound cookies oozing with gooey chocolate and trans-Atlantic candies which can be made into real American Milkshakes.
“Since bringing Icon to Manchester we have seen an immense buzz on social media, and on the ordering platforms,” say the owners.
Easy to see why.
There’s no other burger place in Manchester quite like this.
Icon Burgers is open from 5pm-11pm Sunday to Thursday and 5pm to 2am on Friday and Saturday.
Available on UberEats, Deliveroo, and via phone orders for collections.
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Manchester steakhouse Gaucho is serving a bottomless brunch with non-stop wine and cocktails
Georgina Pellant
Manchester has a new three-course bottomless brunch offer, and it sounds like an absolute beast of a deal – with premium cuts of steak, unlimited starters, and an hour and a half of free-flowing drinks.
Launched by Argentine steakhouse pros Gaucho,the new bottomless deal gives diners 90 minutes to indulge in drinks like citrus negronis, pornstar martinis, spritzes, lager and wine, with a choice of red, white and rose.
Spanning three courses and 90 minutes of drinks, starter dishes are unlimited whilst main highlights include Gaucho’s cuts of free-range Aberdeen Angus beef, reared on the flat grasslands of the Pampas. Think premium wet-aged sirloin with chimichurri and French fries and spiral-cute churrasco de cuadril marinated in garlic, parsley and olive oil.
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Image: The Manc Eats
On the unlimited starters menu, you’ll find a mouthwatering selection of morcilla, chorizo and picante rojo sausage with a lemon aioli, a selection of empanadas, beetroot ceviche with nasturtium and mango nectar, plus prawn tostadas on Arepa bread.
Add in desserts like chocolate brownies with white chocolate ice cream and apple pancakes with Calvados caramel, Nutella and a dulce de leche mousse, and we’ll be surprised if you find yourself going home hungry.
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Image: The Manc Eats
Available on the last Saturday of the month between 11am and 4pm at Gaucho’s glitzy restaurant on Deansgate, dine inside a converted church surrounded by crystal chandeliers and deep leather booths whilst the restaurant’s in house saxophonist plays along to the resident DJ’s beats.
Greater Manchester chocolatier Slattery’s is selling a Hacienda-inspired Easter egg
Georgina Pellant
Greater Manchester chocolatier Slattery’s is selling a Hacienda-inspired Easter egg, and it looks absolutely brilliant.
Featuring an Acid House smiley face in The Factory’s signature black and yellow stripes, a green bucket hat, silver music notes and a Brit Pop-style electric guitar emblazoned in the Union Jack, Slattery’s has really gone all out this year.
The special Madchester Easter egg also features Oasis’s debut 1997 album Definitely Maybe, although the Whitefield-based chocolatiers told The Manc that customers can opt to request a different album cover on their egg if they prefer.
Priced at £21 each, the edible work of art is made of milk chocolate and decorated with edible icing to create the effects of the album covers, bucket hats and other nostalgic Madchester memorabilia.
It is available to purchase in person from the Whitefield chocolatier’s store, and customers can also place orders for collection closer to the Easter weekend if they prefer.
However, it is not available through the online shop as due to its delicate nature the Hacienda-inspired egg is not able to be delivered by courier.
The family-run Slattery Patissier and Chocolatier is one of Greater Manchester’s absolute go to’s for a sweet treat, spanning three floors and attracting visitors from far and wide.
Based in Whitefield, Bury, it’s so much more than a cake shop: selling everything from handmade Belgian chocolate, freshly-made cream cakes, tarts, pastries, tortes and gateaux, all made fresh each morning, plus chocolate novelties, bars and gifts ranging from Easter eggs to chocolate lollies, discs and tubs, plus a dedicated vegan chocolate range.
Add to that bespoke build your own chocolate hampers that are packed and ribboned whilst you wait, and a selection of specially selected wines, beers and liqueurs, and it’s not hard to see why so many flock here – not just at Easter, but all year round.
The Manc -
12th February 2021 
