One of Manchester’s bowling alley bars has launched a keg filled with cocktails in time for Easter.
The Easter K’egg comes from Lane7, which opened at the Great Northern Warehouse last May.
The huge vessel is filled with a whopping three litres of Cosmopolitan, the drink made especially famous by the hit TV show Sex and the City.
Each limited-edition keg has around 24 servings of the cocktail, which is made with Grey Goose vodka, cranberry juice, triple sec and fresh lime juice.
The Easter K’egg at Lane7. Credit: Supplied
The grown-up Easter treat is priced at £120 and geared towards groups (obviously), working out £5 per cocktail.
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Lane7 is home to beer pong tables, shuffle boards, interactive darts and shooting pods, as well as bowling lanes.
Graeme Smith, chief operating officer at Lane7 Group, said: “Part of the joy of spring and Easter is the opportunity to get out with friends and families. Normally Easter Eggs are reserved for children, but we thought we’d create something for the big kids to enjoy.
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Great Northern Warehouse. Credit: Facebook, Great Northern Warehouse Manchester
“At Lane7, we try to bring a unique spin on much-loved activities – be it bowling, UV ping pong, and now Easter eggs.”
It’s part of the Great Northern Warehouses’s wider Easter celebrations, which has seen many of the independent businesses launch special food deals.
Alex’s Bakery will be creating a Mini Egg Easter Cake, while Dormouse Chocolates will be serving a Bunny Snacks Bar flavoured with cinnamon and carrot-flavoured white chocolate. The chocolatier also makes its Eggs on Toast Bar – bread and butter milk chocolate topped with a white chocolate fried ‘egg’.
There’ll be an Easter egg hunt at newcomer gaming bar Pong & Puck, with hidden eggs concealing prizes like a £100 bar tab.
The Easter K’egg will be available at Lane7 in Manchester until Easter Monday – you can pre-order it one at Lane7.co.uk or email [email protected] quoting Easter K’egg.
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Inside Manchester’s new padel club with a Pot Kettle Black cafe and courtside cocktail bar
Daisy Jackson
Padel is the fastest-growing sport in the world, and it’s really picking up speed in Manchester now too with another city centre club opening this month.
The Pollen Club is a little different to the others, in that it’s fully undercover and protected from Manchester’s less-than-favourable weather.
And another thing that makes it a must-visit is the cafe attached to it – a third site for the beloved Pot Kettle Black.
The Pollen Club and Pot Kettle Black have both taken over a prominent city centre spot just off Deansgate, at the foot of the recently-opened Treehouse Hotel.
There are two state-of-the-art padel courts inside, with a mezzanine terrace for enjoy Pot Kettle Black’s offerings.
In summer, there are plans to launch a bar downstairs too, where you can sip spritzes courtside from loungers and swing seats.
The exciting new Manchester padel club will host pop up events, DJ takeovers and an extended evening food offering.
Pot Kettle Black are part of the new padel clubInside Manchester’s new padel club, The Pollen ClubPot Kettle Black are part of the new padel club
And even if you’re not heading inside The Pollen Club, Pot Kettle Black has a grab-and-go hatch facing onto Blackfriars Street, making their delicious coffees, sandwiches and pastries (from their own bakery Half Dozen Other) even more accessible.
Commenting on the opening of the new site, Pot Kettle Black co-owner, Mark Flanagan said: “We’re absolutely thrilled to have opened our third Pot Kettle Black site at The Padel Club. This achievement is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the team.
“After ten years in the city we’ve been enjoying seeing some familiar faces stopping by for a coffee and we can’t wait to get started on our programme of summer events!”
Insomnia Cookies is giving away FREE cookies to anyone with these two names
Emily Sergeant
Manchester’s late-night sweet treat spot Insomnia Cookies is dishing out freebies this week… but there’s a catch.
You have to be called one of two specific names to get one.
With the long bank holiday weekend upon us, those in-the-know will also have noticed that this Sunday isn’t just Easter Sunday, it also happens to be 4/20… and that means Insomnia Cookies is back with its ‘blazing’ £4.20 deal, giving you the chance to bag a box of four warm cookies while saving nearly £7 at the same time.
But even better still, if you happen to have either the first or middle name ‘Mary’ or ‘Jane’, then you can also get yourself a warm tasty cookie for free.
To mark both 4/20, and celebrate the launch of its newest strain of mouthwatering cookie, the Mary Jane, anyone called Mary or Jane can pop into either of Insomnia Cookies’ two Manchester city centre sites – Cross Street and University Green – show their valid ID with their name on, and walk alway with a cookie free of charge.
If you want to try the new Mary Jane cookie, then this limited-edition special is made up of a cookies n cream dough base, packed with rainbow sprinkles.
The freebie deal has been running all week, and you have up until 3am on Monday 21 April to take advantage of it.
Customers will be limited to one free cookie per day.
Insomnia Cookies is giving away free cookies to anyone with these two names / Credit: Insomnia Cookies UK
If you aren’t lucky enough to be called one of those two names though, then thankfully you can still make some great savings on a classic four-pack of cookies over the spring bank holiday weekend, and for every four-pack sold, £1 will be donated to Groundwork – a charity helping make Manchester greener for nature and for local people.
“We’re calling for Marys and Janes to join us to live the high life with free cookies all week,” commented Millie Ralston, Head of Marketing at Insomnia Cookies.
Daisy Jackson -
13th April 2022 
