Wingstop has just opened a huge new restaurant inside the Trafford Centre, bringing its signature lemon pepper, hickory smoked BBQ and spicy Korean Q wings to the shopping complex.
The third Manchester site for the award-winning chicken wing favourite, it is located in The Orient on the centre’s ground floor.
Here, chicken fans can choose from a selection of ten bold flavours on either classic wings, boneless wings or tenders.
Image: The Manc Eats
Image: The Manc Eats
All are available hand-sauced-and-tossed to order, in sauces like Atomic, Mango Habanero, Original Hot, Brazilian Citrus Pepper and Garlic Parmesan.
Elsewhere, further sauce flavours on offer include the likes of Louisiana Rub and Hawaiian.
With a range of in-house dipping sauces including classics like Buffalo ranch, honey mustard or blue cheese, not to mention sweet potato or regular fries on the side, it’s the ultimate fast food treat.
Wingstop has also recently introduced a new Big Flavour Burger, which comes available in any of the outlet’s ten sauce flavours.
Image: The Manc Eats
Image: The Manc Eats
Served up in a buttery brioche bun with added coleslaw, ranch, and pickles, it’s already proving a hit with Wingstop regulars.
The restaurant group now has 24 sites across the UK and more than 1,600 locations worldwide.
Tom Grogan, Director of Lemon Pepper Holdings (Wingstop UK) said: “We are thrilled to be a part of Manchester Trafford Centre and expanding on our presence in Manchester city centre. Our Trafford location is set to be our largest and highest volume restaurant to date”.
Bruce Gardner, Brand Experience Director at Pradera Lateral, added: “We are delighted to welcome Wingstop, the award-winning concept, to our evolving food and beverage offering at Trafford Centre.
“This will be its 24th UK location and I look forward to supporting the opening of the restaurant with a unique launch event to attract loyal and new customers to Trafford offering an all-round, extraordinary shopping and leisure experience”.
Open from today, Wednesday 31 August, customers can head down between 11am – 10pm for their fix from Monday- Saturday, and from 11am- 7pm on Sundays.
Feature image – The Manc Eats
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Bolton Food and Drink Festival returns for its 20th anniversary this bank holiday weekend
Emily Sergeant
The award-winning Bolton Food and Drink Festival is returning this bank holiday weekend for its 20th year in the town.
For the last two decades years, Bolton Food and Drink Festival has been taking over the Greater Manchester town for August bank holiday weekend, fusing street food, drinks, music, and entertainment for the whole family to feast on – with the event attracting more than half a million visitors in previous years.
And 2025 is no different… in fact, it’s set to be bigger and better than ever before, as the festival celebrates its 20th anniversary.
This year, iconic TV chef, Marco Pierre White, will make his festival debut, and event favourite James Martin returns for impressive 15th year.
Both will be taking to the stage for live cooking demos and Q&As, while regional chefs from across the North West and beyond will also be serving up free live workshops, sharing their culinary know-how with festival-goers across all four days.
The programme is packed with special events, including the return of the ever-popular Faulty Towers Dining Experience and the crowd-pleasing Sheer Luck Holmes murder mystery, plus a gala dinner on the Friday night.
Author, wine expert and presenter Helen McGinn, aka ‘Knackered Mother’, will also be hosting a wine tasting and afternoon tea in the town’s historic Albert Halls.
Bolton Food and Drink Festival returns for its 20th anniversary this bank holiday weekend / Credit: Paul Heyes & BFDF
Visitors can experience a global selection of food, drink, and artisan crafts across the festival’s stalls, with outdoor bars and live music from the likes of 90s boy band East 17, and legendary disco and soul group Odyssey.
Families can enjoy free activities from Bolton Library and Museum and The Octagon, while roaming street performers bring added fun and entertainment throughout the town centre.
“Bolton Food and Drink Festival is the jewel in our cultural crown – a vibrant celebration of our town’s creativity, hospitality and community spirit,” commented Bolton Council’s Executive Member for Culture, Cllr Nadeem Ayub.
“We look forward to welcoming thousands of visitors to experience everything Bolton has to offer.”
Bolton Food and Drink Festival is taking over Bolton town centre this bank holiday weekend, starting this Friday 22 August through to Monday 25 August.
Entry is FREE, although you can get tickets special events throughout the weekend online here.
Featured Image – Paul Hayes (via BFDF)
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Palms Bakery opens beautiful little coffee shop in Manchester shipping container village
Daisy Jackson
Viral bakery Palms Bakery has opened its own coffee shop over in the shipping container village that is Pollard Yard.
The bakery rocketed to fame with its colourful shag cakes, where spikes of icing are used to make psychedelic baked show-stoppers.
Since then, founder Rachel Samuels has expanded to all sorts of playful retro-inspired bakes and set up shop at Pollard Yard alongside a whole host of other Manchester independent businesses.
Previously, the Palm Bakery masterpieces were only really been accessible when you ordered an entire cake.
But now she’s taken on an extra unit at Pollard Yard and launched Palms Coffee, a sunny little spot that’s keeping her neighbours well-caffeinated and well-fed.
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It means you can now tuck into bite-size, individual helpings of Rachel’s amazing bakes.
There are pretty, nostalgic cupcakes (sprinkles and glace cherries a must), gooey chocolate chip cookies, and miniature banana bread loafs too.
Customers can sit on the terrace surrounded by plants, tucking into flavoured matchas and iced coffees (best-sellers include maple cinnamon, pistachio, and blueberry).
It seems to have become the go-to lunch spot for those working in Pollard Yard and surrounds, but there’s enough here to tempt anyone out from nearby Ancoats too.
Think sandwiches made with house-made focaccia, filled with mortadella and mozzarella, and a whole menu of toasties, like Reubens, kimchi cheese, and Caprese.
Palms Coffee is open now at Pollard Yard near Holt Town tram stop.
Georgina Pellant -
24th August 2022 
