There’s a new bottomless brunch in Manchester serving up non-stop Hooch, pornstar martinis and pina coladas, and we’re absolutely here for it.
New to canalside haunt Joshua Brooks, this walk-in brunch takes all-day kitchen favourites like burgers, burritos and halloumi dippers and combines them with 90 minutes of bottomless drinks for a riotous, fun-filled start to your weekend.
Available from 12-5pm on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, for £25 a head throughout April you’ll be treated to a dish of your choice and a selection of cocktails, beers and prosecco – with an hour and a half at your table to make the most of the offering.
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Often run alongside the F1, with an F1 rig in the venue where guests can race the weekend’s track on, or with the football on the big screens, this is a perfect bottomless brunch for sports lovers.
Dish-wise, think grilled cajun chicken fries loaded with cheddar cheese, jalapenos, salsa, chipotle and crispy onions; breakfast burritos stuffed with chorizo, pico de gallo, peppers, cheese, scrambled egg and jalapeno; or a classic burger and fries with cheddar cheese, maple-smoked bacon, pickles, salad, burger sauce and sweet onion marmalade.
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Elsewhere, you’ll find homemade pancake stacks drenched in maple syrup and topped with bacon, covered in Nutella, strawberries and whipped cream, or served simply with fresh fruit and a summer fruit compote.
There’s also a ‘Grandad’s Brioche’ using Manchester-made Grandad’s sausages and a fried egg, as well as vegan options including a plant-based burger and bratwurst, both served with fries.
Or, if you really want to live your best picky tea life, you can opt for either panko chicken tendies, halloumi dippers or cajun fried chicken with fries.
As for drinks, the range on offer is pretty huge with pornstar martinis, pink and lemon Hooch, pina coladas, brambles, passionfruit bellinis and mimosas all featuring on the bottomless list.
If that’s not doing it for you, though, there’s also pints of house lager and glasses of prosecco available alongside the vast cocktail range.
Served all afternoon on the weekends, to find out more and book your table, visit Joshua Brooks website here.
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Manchester
Meet the couple who quit their jobs to sell sandwiches from their Northern Quarter flat
Georgina Pellant
If you’re a fan of things in bread (and honestly, who isn’t) then there’s a new Italian sandwich dealer in town that you absolutely need to get down your neck.
Serving up some of the best butties we’ve had in a long time, it’s called Ad Maiora and is being run by a couple who are making absolutely everything out of a kitchen in their little Manchester flat.
Collected from a nondescript door on a Norther Quarter back street, we’re talking giant focaccia-style loaves generously stuffed with premium ingredients like ‘nduja, spicy Tuscan sausage, smoked scamorza, mortadella, burrata and red pesto.
The brainchild of Sardinian couple Daniela Steri and Enrico Pinna, all of their sandwiches are made using only top quality Italian ingredients with a total of nine different options to choose from.
From the vegan-friendly La Nonna (Italian hummus, roasted aubergine, olives, sundried tomatoes and rocket) to a huge array of different cheesy and meaty delights, fillings include parma ham, gorgonzola DOP, truffled brie, Milano salami and crumbled pistachios.
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Image: The Manc Eats
Their bread is baked freshly by hand each morning using a tiny domestic oven, and they’re already baking up to 60 loaves of schiacciata (a traditional Tuscan flatbread) a day to keep up with the demand – putting just four in the oven at a time, over and over again.
On our visit, the pair tell us that they moved over from Sardinia to the UK six years ago and first tried living in London for a year (they say they hated it) before making the move up to Manchester.
In that time, they say they’ve fallen in love with the city of Manchester and with the Northern Quarter in particular.
Inspired by the brilliant food scene in their area, two months ago they both decided to pack in their jobs and pursue their own business instead – and haven’t looked back since.
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Previously, Daniela tells us she’d worked at hotel Dakota in housekeeping for three years whilst her partner, Enrico, had been employed at Ezra and Gil. Despite their hospitality experience, though, neither of them had made bread before.
That doesn’t seem to be holding them back, though, and demand for their sandwiches is rocketing as word spreads about the new homemade Italian butties for sale on a Manchester backstreet.
Available to order via Deliveroo for collection or delivery, use the code ADMAIORA5 to get a cheeky five pounds off your order courtesy of The Manc.
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Manchester
Northern Belle in Manchester – one of the world’s most luxurious trains with £440 tickets and seven-course dinners on board
Daisy Jackson
A luxury train journey costing £440 per ticket, where passengers walk a red carpet to board, will depart from Manchester this year.
A ride on board the Northern Belle often includes a seven-course dinner, champagne, and on-board entertainment.
The prestigious train, rated by Conde Nast as one of the top 10 in the world, has seven Pullman carriages, each one decorated by master craftsmen in a 1930s-style.
It’s a seriously luxurious experience, with tickets costing anywhere between £295 and £695 per person – which, to be fair, isn’t even that much more than a last-minute ticket on an Avanti train to London…
Trips promise to take in some of the most scenic stretches of Britain’s railways.
The Spirit of Travel lunch departs from Manchester Victoria and snakes its way past Rochdale, Hebden Bridge and Brighouse.
On board, passengers sink into plush armchairs with crisp white tablecloths on the tables between them.
On board the Northern Belle. Credit: Facebook, Northern Belle
Within minutes, liveried stewards crack open the champagne and guests get a chance to browse the menu created by celebrated chef Matthew Green.
As passengers are whisked through the British countryside, seven fine dining courses are served to their tables, alongside complementary fine wine chosen by Northern Belle’s own sommelier.
Condé Nast Traveller magazine named it in the top 10 train journeys in the world, beating the iconic Flying Scotsman.
They wrote: “It’s all about the food – and the scenery, but mostly about the food – on this lovingly-restored train which zig-zags its way across the countryside.
“The meal services are exquisite, offering fine dining crafted mostly from UK suppliers so you can enjoy classic British fare as the heaths, meadows and dales roll on by.”
There are two different journeys on the Northern Belle that will depart from Manchester Victoria in the coming months.
One is the aforementioned The Spirit of Travel Lunch on Friday 21 April, priced at £375 per passenger.
Then on the same day is the Laurent-Perrier Champagne Lunch, with a menu from Matthew Green again but with Laurent Perrier champagne served to couples on board.
Northern Belle’s website says: “So relax in your elegant surroundings and gaze out the picture window, watching the passing scenery unfold and contemplating the gastronomic journey ahead.”
Georgina Pellant -
13th April 2022 
