Food & Drink

There’s a four-day Jägermeister coffee festival coming to the Northern Quarter this week

Foundation Coffee House will be rebranded as the 'Jäger Coffee Haus' to serve up complimentary specialty coffee.

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant - 19th October 2021

Jägermeister is bringing four days “caffeine-fuelled entertainment” to the heart of the Northern Quarter this week.

Jägermeister Cold Brew is partnering with Foundation Coffee House on Lever Street for the four-day takeover from Wednesday 20 – Saturday 23 October, which will see the well-loved city centre cafe rebranded as the ‘Jäger Coffee Haus’ to serve up complimentary specialty coffee for guests from 7:30am until close.

Not only that, but customers keen to try a caffeine-charged tipple will also get a complimentary mighty mini Jägermeister Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur to take home, along with a bag of Jägermeister Coffee Haus blend beans from the giant coffee bean dispenser as well.

And then, from 5pm, the Jäger Coffee Haus will add some extra-special Jägermeister Cold Brew and Cold Brew cocktails to its menu as the perfect fuel to a series of nighttime events.

Jägermeister is bringing “caffeine-fuelled entertainment” to the Northern Quarter / Credit: Jägermeister

Some of these events include:

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Cold Brew For You
Wednesday 20 October
– Make your own Espresso Martini cocktail in a masterclass with a top Jäger mixologist using Jäger Cold Brew.

Cold Brew IQ
Thursday 21 October
– Is this the first pub quiz in a Coffee Haus? Regardless, this one is going to be brilliant with loads of coffee and cocktail related questions, hosted by a local comedian.

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Cold Brew Trues
Friday 22 October
– Sit down with a mate, partner or stranger and dare to pull a savage question from the honesty box, hosted by a fabulous Drag Queen, and then break the ice with a shot of Cold Brew.

Jägermeister Cold Brew will take over Foundation Coffee House on Lever Street for four days this week / Credit: Instagram (@fdncoffee)

Fancy it then?

Complimentary specialty coffee will be served all day from 7:30am -5pm, with Jägermeister Cold Brew specials available between 5pm and 9pm, and visitors will also get a sample size Ice Cold Jägermeister Cold Brew Coffee bottle to take away.

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All complimentary drinks are served on a first come first serve basis, and limited to one per customer.

Jäger Coffee Haus

  • Where? Foundation Coffee House
  • When? 20 – 23 October
  • Times? 7:30am – 9pm (9am opening on Saturday)

Featured Image – Jägermeister

Food & Drink

UK pub chain announces bottomless Guinness for the 2026 Six Nations

Danny Jones Danny Jones Bottomless Guinness for Six Nations in Manchester

As we all know, Guinness and the Six Nations go hand in hand, so pubs not only showing all of this year’s games, but also serving bottomless pints of the good stuff here in Greater Manchester, is an absolute match made in heaven.

With the 2026 Six Nations tournament kicking off this Thursday, 5 February – a France vs Ireland opener in Paris – Manc rugby fans are already nailing down their go-to spots to watch the fixtures.

However, we can’t think of many other places offering bottomless black gold in town, let alone anywhere else in and around Manchester.

So, if you were still unsure of where to watch this year’s tournament, the Social Pub and Kitchen group might have just made the decision for you…

directors box manchester six nations bookings
printworks showing six nations rugby
Credit: The Manc Eats

That’s right, this widespread British chain is looking to keep the pints flowing throughout the duration of this year’s competition, thanks to a twist on their standard bottomless brunch format.

Running for every single televised meeting between the much-loved half dozen rugby union teams, all 103 of their locations across the country will be providing this impressive offer on pints.

Here in central Manchester, that includes Tank and Paddle in the Printworks, Crafty Pig on the edge of the Northern Quarter, The Beech Inn in Chorlton, and The Director’s Box right in the heart of the city – and dangerously close to The Manc office…

As well as these nearby venues, there are obviously plenty more around the North West for those slightly further afield, including the likes of Cheshire and Derbyshire.

With a new food menu too, which features several honey-based dishes like the sweet sriracha pizza, chipotle loaded fries, as well as honey chipotle chicken wings, the matchday scran is on point.

Credit: The Beech Inn (via Facebook)

So too are the drinks, clearly, and if any of your party wants to stray away from the bottomless Guinness, there are series of special Six Nations-themed cocktails, such as the ‘Midnight in Dublin’, a ‘Peach on the Pitch’ margarita, Baby Velvet, and the bold ‘G-Bomb’.

Yes, we suspect it is as boozy as it sounds.

Running throughout February and March whilst the games are on, we imagine plenty of people will be making at least one Social Pub and Kitchen site their chosen destination for watching all the action.

Even if you happen to be reading this outside of Greater Manchester, you can find your nearest Social Pub and Kitchen and book your table right HERE.

And if you’d still like some other alternatives here in the city centre, you can do no wrong with our helpful little round-up.

Where to watch the 2026 Six Nations in Manchester city centre

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Food & Drink

First Look | Grué Pastry – Alty’s real introduction to ‘entremet’, a.k.a one of our new foodie obsessions

Danny Jones Danny Jones new French Grue Pastry patisserie Altrincham

We might have a new sweet treat obsession, and it’s all Grué Pastry’s lovely fault: the small but pretty new pâtisserie and café over in Altrincham.

Located just off the busy Stamford Quarter, you’ll find Grué’s stylish little shop and already plenty of nosy passersby being seduced in by its pristine white counter.

While they do more familiar traditional desserts like tarts, cookies and tiramisu, their signature item is the wide range of ‘entremets’.

Even tinier than the venue, but packed full of different fillings, textures and layers (SO many layers), these picture-perfect treats almost look too stunning to eat, but of course, we did.

It’s not just a shiny little chocolate, nor is it merely a posh miniature cake with some clever decorations – this is quite literally an art form, and it takes time and precision – lots of it, in fact.

Requiring plenty of technique and patience, anyone who has the talent and persistence to pursue this very specific genre of pastry has our eternal admiration.

A rather painstaking process, split over a number of days, each carefully designed and layered entremet is a real labour of love.

For instance, not only is everything made from scratch right down to the most minute detail possible, but the inserts have to be mixed, assembled, frozen and then allowed to fully set before any of the finishing touches can be put on.

We’ve seen these kinds of ‘fake fruits’ and cakes with surprise interiors before, but nothing as delicate and nuanced as these. 

Co-owner Wissam Jedar joked that they can’t exactly grow their own pistachios, but they can flavour and roast them themselves, control every how much sugar, spice, and everything nice goes into these perfect few bites.

Credit: The Manc Eats

He also told us about how many people have been surprised by just how filling these things are.

They’re not just a small mouthful or two, as some people expect; the various considered and contrasting layers of rich and varied textures inside an entremet are like biting into something entirely new each time, especially when the appearance can often be intentionally deceptive.

It’s also impressive how many of these aren’t as naughty calorie-wise as you might expect.

They rely almost entirely on all-natural sugars only, and the flavours come through fresh, clean, not too sweet and often super sharp. Picture biting into what you think is ‘obviously’ lemon dessert in a light chocolate shell shaped like an actual lemon, only to taste fresh, chilled and tart apple with fragrant mint…

Are you kidding? Incroyable.

But this is just the start. Wissam also told us that both he and his partner, Farah Bioche, have to try their hardest not just to create consistently uniform entremets, but also not to let their imaginations run too wild and come up with concoctions as crazy as some of those they think up.

He says that Farah, in particular – the master baker behind their incredible workshop in Salford and the in-house bakery in their new Alty kitchen – has some seriously BIG ideas, but they’re trying to drip feed and nail them before fully introducing them to the menu.

They cater for events, do larger-scale desserts and are perfect for Valentine’s Day. (Credit: The Manc)

Another example of this is when it comes to the hot drinks menu. There’s a simple but classic coffee menu too – if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right? – but they’re also planning to add coffees with special meringue and even tiramisu toppers. Yum.

With Wissam’s sister running the social media, word of mouth spreading fast, and locals quickly catching on to the buzz behind this new opening, we reckon it won’t be long before you see this place all over your timelines.

They’ve also noted that despite raising a few eyebrows over price points at first, once someone has tried one (however speculatively), it usually isn’t too long before they come back to hold their hands up and sample another one.

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So, if you’ve a bit of a sweet tooth but don’t want to be left feeling like you’ve overindulged in something slightly too sickly, trying an entremet from Grué in Altrincham town centre might just be your ticket.

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