A food hall in Manchester has launched a bottomless brunch menu spanning all five of its eateries, meaning you can tuck into everything from pizza and sushi to fried chicken and burgers whilst going bottomless at the bar – all under one roof.
Available at Society, located just off St Peter’s Square, the new bottomless brunch offer includes two hours of endless drinks from its massive selection of craft beers, not to mention prosecco, ciders, and cocktails like mimosas, Aperol spritz and bloody Marys.
Simply choose a dish from the indie street food trader of your choice, then get stuck into unlimited drinks from the bar by showing your meal receipt (and paying an extra £25) at the bar.
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Right now, you’ll find the likes of Dokes pizza (from the team behind Elnecot), Yorkshire’s towering, hand-shaped Slap and Pickle burgers, and Indian street food heroes Chaat Cart in residence here – all slinging out proper tasty bits and pieces.
Personally, we’d recommend ordering the halloumi Frankie wrap from Chaat Cart as a must – served with gunpowder fries, it’s a crunchy, salty explosion of flavours that have stood the test of time, sticking around on Chaat Cart’s menu for at least six years now.
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But that’s not all the choice you have, far from it.
There are also more dish options from Manzoku Street Food, which specialise in sushi and breaded Japanese katsu, and Yoki Social Table, which have made a name for themselves with their punchy bites of Korean Fried Chicken.
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It’s a veritable bottomless feast.
Walk-ins only, there’s no need to book – in fact, you can’t. We recommend going with a group, ordering as much as you can, and sharing the lot so you get a real dive into everything on offer at Society.
There’s so much to choose from, this way you can explore it all – and for a bargain price at that.
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The new Society bottomless brunch deal will be available at the food hall every weekend on Saturdays and Sundays between the hours of 12 and 4.30pm. The last orders are at 2.30pm.
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Inside Chinatown’s enormous new three-storey restaurant, with futuristic karaoke booths
Daisy Jackson
A gigantic three-storey restaurant and karaoke bar has just opened its doors in Chinatown in Manchester.
Sovereign Clouds is the newest addition to one of the city’s most beloved and ever-evolving neighbourhoods, taking over a sizeable building on Faulkner Street that’s been vacant for 10 years.
Inside the 1,000 sq metre space, you’ll find a glittering restaurant adorned with marble and gold, where you can tuck into a massive menu of dim sum and traditional dishes.
One floor up and you’ll find yourself surrounded by live lobster tanks and the massive kitchen, alongside several flexible private dining spaces.
And up on the top floor are the most futuristic karaoke rooms in town, where you can customise lights, LED ceilings, and even sing through an autotune microphone.
Three roast meats from Sovereign CloudsDelicious dim sumAuthentic Chinese cooking from Sovereign CloudsBlack Gold Lava Buns with salted custard fillingThe massive Sovereign Clouds restaurant
On the menu you’ll find tonnes of steamed dim sum, stir fries, traditional claypot stews, roast meats, and loads more.
There’s seafood like stir-fried lobster with salted egg yolk, and traditional Cantonese steamed grouper; a whole section for abalone (advance orders only) including braised goose feet and fish maw; and a good selection of spicy Sichuan dishes.
The chefs here also have an impressive array of Chinese roast meats, like Peking crispy duck, pork belly, and char siu, as well as three roast meats with rice.
Futuristic karaoke roomsThe main restaurant at Sovereign CloudsFuturistic karaoke rooms
And that’s alongside ingredients you don’t find on a lot of menus in Manchester, like jellyfish, tripe, and century eggs.
It’s all led by Terry Ni, who has been behind the popular Dynasty Chinese and Thai takeaway in Timperley for more than a decade, and has spent years transforming this empty old building into one of Chinatown’s most glittering restaurants.
Come for dinner, stay for a turn on the karaoke upstairs, and tell everyone – Sovereign Clouds is a fantastic addition to Manchester.
‘Surreal’ moment Stevie Wonder dines at Stalybridge restaurant after enormous Manchester gig
Daisy Jackson
Stevie Wonder has stunned a local restaurant in Stalybridge after he popped in for dinner after his massive Manchester show.
The soul icon had performed a huge gig at Co-op Live on Sunday night, performing hits from his illustrious, decades-long career.
And while you might expect someone of Stevie’s fame and stature to dine at one of the city centre’s many Michelin-recommended restaurants, the star instead headed straight for the suburbs.
He was spotted dining at Cafe Continental, an independent restaurant that’s become one of the Greater Manchester’s most-hyped neighbourhood haunts since it launched two years ago.
The stylish spot is famed for its European-style restaurant and cafe culture, aiming to recreate the atmosphere of the sort of place you’d stumble upon down a back street in Rome or Paris.
On the menu they’ve got a rotation of small plates, open-fire dishes, pastas and burgers, along with their divine Parisian hot chocolate, served with a bowl of whipped cream on the side.
Cafe Continental has had a good track record for pulling in local famous faces, but arguably nothing comes close to Stevie Wonder himself.
Inside Cafe Continental in Stalybridge. Credit: The Manc GroupSoup and focaccia at Cafe Continental. Credit: The Manc Group
The night before Stevie’s visit, they’d served his band and daughter – and clearly word got back to Stevie fast, because he returned the next night to test it out for himself.
Cafe Continental posted: “Surreal things happen now and again. This is one of them! Pleasure to welcome Mr Stevie Wonder to the restaurant to close off his tour!”
And according to the MEN, Stevie left a whopping £1,000 tip for the staff.
Not only did Stevie Wonder support a local hospitality business, but he also arrived dressed in Drama Call, a Manchester-based sportswear brand.
Georgina Pellant -
9th February 2022 
