You can pay for your pint with tins of food at Ancoats bar The Jane Eyre this December, in a touching move to help those in need.
The popular neighbourhood bar and restaurant wants to help those who are most in need this winter – with a little help from their huge customer base.
Mancs will be able to receive a free pint of beer if they bring in three much-needed items to be donated to Manchester Food Bank.
Urgently needed include tinned fish, UHT milk, coffee, shower gel, soap, tinned fruit, and tinned vegetables (all items must be unopened and they can’t take toiletries).
The Jane Eyre wants to make sure no one in our city goes hungry this December.
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All you need to do is take three items into the bar on Cutting Room Square, reward yourself with a free pint, and leave the bar to deliver your donation to the food bank.
The items will be made into food parcels that will make up three days’ worth of balanced and nutritious food for those in crisis.
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The Jane Eyre said: “Because we’re all about doing good turns this December, we’re giving you free pints. Yes that’s right FREE pints, when you bring us 3 items for @mcrfoodbank.
“Nobody should go hungry this Christmas so we’re collecting donations of anything on the list and we will give you a little festive cheer in return for the whole month of December.
“MCR food bank do great work throughout the city so we’re really proud to be supporting them and hope you’ll be on board with helping us do so, with a little encouragement.”
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The free pint deal will run all throughout December.
The Jane Eyre’s Ancoats bar is also running a social media advent calendar, where you can win cocktails, vouchers and small plates simply by tagging a mate who needs a bit of festive cheer.
Bakery chain Gail’s is attempting to win over Prestwich after spelling mishap
Daisy Jackson
Gail’s has announced a plan to try and make amends with Prestwich after spelling the village’s name wrong on the new bakery’s signs.
The massive bakery chain finally confirmed that it would be moving into the suburb on the fringes of Bury and Manchester, but made a fatal flaw at the first step.
The huge posters are missing the letter ‘T’, instead saying ‘Hello Preswich’.
More than a few eyebrows were raised locally, with people saying it’s ‘not a great first impression for the locals…’.
And now Gail’s is attempting to put things right by offering free tea to Prestwich residents.
In new material released today, they wrote: “Oops… people of Prestwich, we owe you a ‘T’.
“You may have seen how we missed out a ‘t’ in our new bakery signage.
“We’re sorry for the mistake, and to make up for it we’d like to brew you a tea when we open.”
The new advertising has a QR code which people can scan to claim their free cuppa.
Gail’s has also passed its thanks on to ‘local resident Clair’, who actually came up with the suggestion on The Manc’s LinkedIn post here.
With this development, Gail’s has now confirmed it’ll be opening in Prestwich – directly opposite the new Rudy’s – in early 2025, with free tea served then to those who scan the QR code.
Gail’s will hand out free tea in Prestwich to apologise for spelling the village’s name wrongHuge bakery chain Gail’s confirms move to Prestwich – but spells village’s name wrong in signage
Salon Madre – A new tequila bar and pool hall is opening in Manchester
Daisy Jackson
A new tequila bar and pool hall is set to open in Manchester in a couple of weeks, from the same team behind Madre.
The huge new space, Salon Madre, will be serving up the tacos and burritos that have made the Mexican restaurant at Kampus so well-loved.
And all that’s alongside a drinks menu that centres around tequila, including frozen, classic and flavoured margaritas and palomas.
Can’t stomach tequila? There’ll also be wines on draft, Corona and local beers.
The food menu will show off signature dishes like al pastor tacos, with daily rotating specials, plus Gringas, nachos and Madre’s huge burritos.
Salon Madre has taken over a spot just off Kampus’s lush garden that was previously home to a Seven Brothers taproom, right next door to Madre itself.
Salon Madre is a new Mexican pool hall and tequila bar in Manchester. Credit: The Manc GroupSalon Madre is a new Mexican pool hall and tequila bar in Manchester. Credit: The Manc Group
As well as all the Mexican food and drink goodness, the bar will have four pool tables and will be screening Lucha Libre (Mexican wrestling) and American sports.
The dream is to bring the fun and liveliness of a Mexican pool hall to the heart of Manchester, in this beautiful spot right near Piccadilly and Canal Street.
Salon Madre will open on 6 December at Kampus, with bookings for Christmas groups and parties now available.
Daisy Jackson -
6th December 2023 
