With the big event coming up this weekend, we’ve still been scrambling – then we thought: Just take him out for a roast.
After all, it has to be a universal fact that all dads love a good roast. Or any sort of scran, if we’re being completely honest.
So this weekend, in honour of all the Manc dads out there, The Botanist in MediaCity is upping the ante on its usual Sunday roast proceedings by adding on a bottomless booze option for Father’s Day.
As part of the bottomless upgrade, you and your dad will get 90 minutes of unlimited drinks to enjoy alongside your Sunday roast.
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Choices include house pints of beer, a variety of different spritz (Aperol, raspberry, blood orange or elderflower), and glasses of prosecco.
The pints will be flowing at The Botanist this Sunday in Media City / Image: The Botanist
All roasts on Father’s Day come served with mustard glazed carrots, red cabbage, tenderstem broccoli, roast potatoes, a Yorkshire pudding and lashings of gravy, plus your choice of meat or veg.
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Diners can choose from classics like lamb, chicken, beef or pork. Or, if you’re veggie or vegan, opt for the mushroom, red lentil and chestnut roast instead with your own jug of meat-free gravy.
Single roasts start from just £11.95, with Father’s Day bottomless drink upgrades available for £15 per person.
Or, if you really want to treat Dad, there’s an option to add a starter, pudding or both as part of The Botanist’s two and three-course Sunday roast menu.
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Priced from £18.50 for the multi-course menus, starter choices include salt and pepper chicken wings, The Botanist’s signature scotch egg, and pea hummus. There are also Cauliflower wings on offer for plant-powered guests.
To book your table head over to The Botanist’s website here.
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London attraction The Curling Club is now expanding into Manchester
Thomas Melia
Well-reviewed winter attraction The Curling Club, which has already made a name for itself in London, is now making its way to Manchester.
Set to open in Manchester’s world-class skyscraper district, New Jackson, The Curling Club is keeping its stay short and sweet, with a three-month residency here in the city centre.
Curling Club will signal in the mid-winter season as it runs from late November right through until the end of February, giving you a lengthy period of time to sweep ’til your heart’s content.
This sports-themed pop-up opened in the capital last year, offering guests a wintery escape packed with food and drink choices, accommodating up to 600 people at a time, right next to The Shard.
The Curling Club is set to open in Manchester this November until February.Imagine a pint or two in this curling haven in Manchester this year.Credit: Justin De Souza
Now, Manchester’s latest activity bar destination is bringing its charm and competitiveness to Manchester for the first time ever, hoping to emulate the success of its capital predecessor while encouraging people to pick up the sport.
Just like the original London location, their Manc site will feature the iconic custom-built lanes and sustainably-made granite stones, which are set to improve your precision and control – fancy that.
We’re sure will still somehow manage to be the worst players in the room at any given time.
If that wasn’t enough curling expertise for you, there will also be on-site coaches helping guests perfect their technique and providing some top-notch advice.
There will even be an exclusive appearance from Olympic gold medallist Eve Muirhead and Team GB’s ‘Chef de Mission’, Mark England, who will be hosting select events across the two cities.
Manchester can expect a similar curling set-up this year.The glitter-ball dancers ready and waiting for this wintertime.Credit: Justin De Souza
New Jackson will be the ultimate backdrop for this innovative winter experience as the venue will be curating seasonal cocktails as well as being home to live DJS, glitter-ball dancers and some seriously good food.
You had us at booze and scran.
Keep this seasonal site in mind as they’re already marking themselves as a destination for work parties, events, group outings and Christmas party celebrations.
Trevor Bowers, Chairman of The Curling Club, said of the impending opening: “With this expansion and other plans, we’re accelerating our national rollout – all while staying focused on delivering exceptional, high-quality experiences for both guests and corporate clients during the winter season.”
Milk Maids, Bolton – The family-run ice cream parlour on an award-winning farm
Daisy Jackson
Ice cream doesn’t come much fresher than those served at Milk Maids – in fact, you’ll be standing right on the family farm where the cows that produce the milk live, as you tuck into your scoop.
This unassuming dairy farm in Bolton has been in operation for decades, and in the same family for generations.
But it’s when sisters Fiona and Rebecca saw the full potential of all that award-winning milk being produced on their farm that Milk Maids was born.
This ice cream parlour on Dearden’s Farm in Over Hulton is now one of the hottest spots in Greater Manchester, especially when the weather is similarly hot.
Every month they release a whole batch of flavours, all made fresh daily (you can literally see Fiona legging it across the yard with buckets of milk to make fresh batches), with May specials including white chocolate and sea salt caramel, raspberry cookie, and passionfruit pavlova.
Milk Maids, Bolton – The family-run ice cream parlour on an award-winning farm
Cones can be filled with molten chocolate or pistachio creme before your ice cream is scooped and pressed into the cone.
Or you can have your chosen flavour whizzed up into a milkshake, served in a milk bun, or presented in an insulated take-home box for later.
We could wax lyrical about how good this ice cream is, but the queues really do speak for themselves, and you should go and get in it right now.
Georgina Pellant -
16th June 2021 
