A city centre Manchester bar lauded for its huge gin collection has launched a new bottomless brunch deal, and it sounds too good to pass up.
Atlas Bar, located at the Castlefield end of Deansgate, is well known for its humungous gin collection – spanning over 570 bottles at the most recent count.
Growing every week, the bar has to host an up-to-date version of its gin menu online as the printing costs would be astronomical. That’s how big the choice is here.
A Manchester mainstay for over twenty years, the bar is something of a mecca for gin lovers and was once, famously, a favourite haunt of Tony Wilson.
But now, Mancs have another reason to pay them a visit. Especially those who love themselves a boozy brunch.
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Image: Atlas Bar
Priced at £35 per person, the new bottomless offer Priced at £35 per person, the new bottomless offer includes 90 minutes of free-flowing drinks and is available from Friday to Sunday.
Gin, of course, is a given, with unlimited gin and tonics available as part of the offer.
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Atlas gin and tonics are made from the bar’s own premium London Dry gin, created in partnership with Oldham-based distillery Defiance Spirits, then served with a slice of grapefruit and Fever Tree’s Mediterranean tonic.
There’s also a gin-based bramble cocktail available, made with lemon juice, gin and blackberry liqueur and served over crushed ice.
Elsewhere, further drinks choices include popular cocktails like Aperol spritz, bloody marys, mimosas and bellinis. glasses of red and white wine, prosecco, vodka and tonic, and pints of Amstel, Heineken 0.0%, and Inch’s cider.
Simply put, there are a lot of drinks to choose from – and that’s before you even get started on the food.
As well as enjoying 90 minutes of endless drinks, diners are also treated to a dish of their choice from the Atlas breakfast or lunch menu.
Options range from full English breakfasts and brunch favourites like Eggs Royale and Eggs Benedict to all-day treats such as smashed quarter-pound beef burgers, buttermilk fried chicken sandwiches, salt beef bagels and a three-cheese toasted sourdough.
Further dishes, including side plates, are also available to order separately for an extra cost.
In order to get the deal, tables must be booked in advance. To find out more and reserve your seat, visit the Atlas Bar website here.
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Major pop star crowns humble rice and three cafe as ‘Jewel of Manchester’ ahead of sold-out gig
Thomas Melia
A beloved city centre takeaway has been given the title of ‘Jewel of Manchester’ by chart-topping UK singer Sam Smith.
Known for hits like ‘Stay With Me’, ‘I’m Not The Only One’ and more recently ‘Unholy’, UK pop-ballad act Sam Smith also likes to drop a food review every once in a while.
Currently on the road with a run of shows in Manchester and London for their ‘To Be Free’ live shows, Sam Smith is stopping off at some of our city’s much-loved spots.
On their food-reviewing account titled ‘Sam Served’, where they adopt the aptly-fitting nickname ‘Ham Smith’, Sam has visited restaurants across the globe – and most recently turned their attention to Manchester’s own This & That.
Smith decided to pop in and grab a cheeky rice and three from long-standing backstreet food business This & That, and it certainly went down a treat.
After sampling their amazing selection of meat, vegetable and vegan curries, the musician crowned this family-run Indian takeaway a ‘Jewel of Manchester’.
The hitmaker described this Northern Quarter Indian eatery as ‘Everything food should be’ and definitely enjoyed all the curries on offer ‘leaving belly and heart full’.
This & That prides itself on affordable and comforting food with its ‘Rice and Three Curries’ starting from just £6 – not bad for a city centre foodie spot.
Sam has racked up an impressive 490k followers via their ‘Sam Served’ profile, with famous faces like Lily Allen, Denise Welch and CMAT all wanting to know the superstar’s foodie thoughts.
After enjoying a curry or three, Sam Smith also made sure to feed their soul to by venturing down to Afflecks and getting lost in the music at Mars Tapes.
Recognised as one of the UK’s only cassette and tape shops, Mars Tapes lets you flick through their crates of physical media and even preview tracks before you buy with its dedicated listening areas.
It’s safe to say that Smith has ‘Latched’ onto Manchester’s independent business scene and we’re here for it.
The London-born artist has just released their latest album Hazel Eyes and is currently amid a UK residency tour with two dates in Manchester’s Albert Hall and eight shows set for London Coliseum.
24-hour bus services are now running across all Greater Manchester boroughs
Emily Sergeant
24-hour bus services are now running across all boroughs in Greater Manchester.
You may remember that back in March, it was announced that every borough of Greater Manchester was set to get a night bus service in what is hoped to be a ‘boost’ to the night-time economy… and now it’s official, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has launched those 24-hour buses this month, along with a series of other measures.
Oldham, Stockport, Tameside, and Trafford now join the rest of Greater Manchester in having 24-hour bus services, meaning every part of the region will have a night bus operating Thursday through to Sunday.
It’s expected that these new services will help around 625,400 people working in the night-time economy across Greater Manchester, as well as those out enjoying the region’s nightlife, TfGM has said.
The routes which will run around the clock from Thursday until Sunday are:
50 (Salford – Manchester)
216 (Tameside – Manchester)
263 (Trafford – Manchester)
192 (Stockport – Manchester)
83 (Oldham – Manchester)
All Greater Manchester boroughs now have 24-hour bus services / Credit: TfGM
They launch alongside the most significant service changes to the Bee Network since the completion of bus franchising last year – including other new bus routes, and more frequent services across Greater Manchester.
“We want everyone to be able to enjoy everything Greater Manchester offers, without the worry of how to get there and get home,” commented Greater Manchester Mayor, Bev Craig.
“By growing the Bee Network, we’re making it easier than ever for people to use the bus, day and night.
“Our night buses are already providing a lifeline to some of the hundreds of thousands of people who are growing our night-time economy and working in essential public services.”
“Whether people are heading home from a night at the theatre or starting the early shift at a hospital, they can now get on board the night bus as a safe and affordable way to travel.”
Further improvements will delivered from January 2027, and a full breakdown by borough can be found on the Bee Network website here.
Georgina Pellant -
13th May 2022 
