A pub in Manchester has answered our prayers by dropping the prices of some of its drinks to just £2 a pint.
The Quarter House in the Northern Quarter has got hard-up drinkers all excited this week after eagle-eyed foodies spotted an A-board outside advertising £2 pints on Wednesday.
Posting the news to Instagram, local food and drink publisher Eatmcr shared a picture of the Stevenson Square venue’s teal-framed Beavertown A-board advertising pints of Pravha, Madri and Aspall’s at £2 a pint.
Describing the venue as a ‘cost of living crisis hero’, Eatmcr wrote that the pints are available at £2 all day, every day of the week ‘except Saturday’ throughout October before signing off with ‘God bless you @quarterhousemcr”.
Since being shared yesterday, the post has received over 6,000 likes with skint Mancs flooding into the comments to share their appreciation.
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The venue has also already sold out of Madri, so it is now selling Pravha and Aspall’s only at £2 for the rest of the month, or until they run out.
Image: The Manc Eats
Image: The Manc Eats
However, the post also led to some confusion as the venue wasn’t open yesterday evening – meaning that quite a few people turned up for cheap beers only to find that The Quarter House was closed, despite its Google Business listing advertising it as open.
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The venue later shared a post explaining that it had closed from 5pm for some filming, but would be open from Thursday at 12pm as usual for £2 pints.
The beer and BBQ joint is also known for its award-winning food, which is served from opening until 9pm in the week, 10pm on Saturdays and 6pm on Sundays.
Drinkers can also order food from the bar to take home with them at the end of the night, offering a twist on the usual late night dash to the kebab shop.
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Image: The Manc Eats
Image: The Manc Eats
On the menu, you’ll find loaded nachos, burgers and a host of BBQ favourites including smoked Korean pork belly slices, al pastor pork belly, smoked brisket birria with raspberry chipotle hot sauce, and baskets of wings in a whopping 13 different flavours.
To find out more and see the full menu, visit The Quarter House’s website here.
Feature image – Google Maps / The Manc Eats
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Cult US sustainable clothing brand Reformation to open in Manchester city centre
Emily Sergeant
Cult US sustainable clothing brand Reformation is set to open its doors in Manchester very soon.
Since it was first founded in Los Angeles all the way back in 2009, Reformation has gone on to become one of the largest sustainable womenswear brands on the planet, and is now known and loved for making beautiful, timeless apparel and accessories that aim to ‘inspire confidence’ across life stages and occasions.
Operating on a business model that pairs a smart approach to merchandising with a responsive supply chain, Reformation now operates more than 70 retail stores across the US, UK, Canada, and France.
At the heart of the Reformation story is a genuine commitment to ‘doing things differently’.
Since day one, sustainability has been woven into everything the brand makes – from the eco-certified fabrics and responsible factories, to its famously transparent sustainability reports.
Currently, Reformation has five UK stores to its name – but, it may come as no surprise to fans of the brand that they’re all in London.
That’s why the news of this new Manchester opening is such a big deal.
Set to be the label’s first UK store outside of the capital, Reformation has secured a prime spot on King Street in the heart of the city centre, and although there’s no confirmed opening date as of yet, if the shop windows saying ‘Summer 2026’ are anything to go by, we can only imagine it’ll be very soon.
“For Manchester, it’s a landmark moment, and for King Street, it’s the latest signal that this is one of the UK’s most exciting retail destinations,” a spokesperson for King Street said in a statement.
Stay tuned for details on opening dates to be announced in due course.
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Andy Burnham to begin rolling out new ‘everyday fixes’ for Brits amid cost of living crisis
Emily Sergeant
A series of ‘everyday fixes’ to help combat the rising cost of living crisis are soon to be rolled out nationwide.
Kicking off with two measures today, new Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced that he plans to ban retailers from making ‘misleading’ claims to customers about discounts.
The Government says shoppers have ‘increasingly complained’ about outlets artificially inflating prices to give a false sense of value, such as increasing prices only to then immediately advertise ‘discounts’ to make savings look larger than they really are, which goes on to create an uneven playing field for honest competitors.
The Prime Minister also wants to see an end to so-called ‘subscription traps’, where people find it hard to cancel their subscriptions, and contracts are automatically renewed at a higher cost.
Set to come into force in January 2027 and saving people an average of £14 a month for every unwanted subscription, the changes will mean businesses will need to provide clearer up-front information, regular reminders. and a ‘much easier’ exit to contracts.
Andy Burnham to begin rolling out new ‘everyday fixes’ for Brits amid cost of living crisis / Credit: gov.uk | Piotr Cichosz (via Unsplash)
A new 14-day cooling-off period will also be introduced to let consumers cancel after a trial or long-term contract renews.
Certain charitable memberships, like the ones for cultural and heritage organisations for example, will be excluded from the new subscription rules due to the fact they have a unique role in preserving the nation’s history, landscapes, and cultural collections.
The Prime Minister says he is ‘determined’ to use every chance he gets to restore fairness and take pressure off people.
“I know people are sick and tired of rip-off discounts and subscription traps,” Andy Burnham said. “Westminster has got used to telling people that everyday hassles like this are just part of life, but I don’t think that’s right, especially when the cost of living continues to weigh heavily on so many people’s lives.”
Georgina Pellant -
13th October 2022 
