HOP Vietnamese, a street food business famed for its quick service and vibrant flavours, is set to open its second location in Greater Manchester next month.
The popular eatery has secured an enviable location slap bang in the heart of the city centre, on the corner of Cross Street and Market Street.
And to celebrate its launch, HOP Vietnamese will be giving away a whopping 500 free lunches.
The brand was founded almost a decade ago by Paul Hopper, who set out to bring the vibrant street food of Vietnam to the UK in an accessible and affordable way.
The result is HOP Vietnamese, where you’ll find a fully customisable menu of Viet street food favourites, including pho noodle soup, banh mi, noodle salads and curries.
There’s also a new kids’ menu – The HOPpy Box – plus plant-based, dairy-free and Halal options across the entire menu.
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Food is always made fresh to order, and HOP Vietnamese aims to have you walking out the door with your perfect meal just three minutes after ordering it from one of their digital kiosks.
HOP VIetnamese aims to have your food in your hand within three minutes of ordering in its new Manchester city centre opening. Credit: Supplied
HOP Vietnamese is already a popular spot for Mancs, since opening at The Orient in the Trafford Centre in September last year.
Now it’s ready to add a new string to its bow with a 2000 sq ft, 80-cover location in the city centre, set to open on 6 September 2024.
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The new location will have the brand’s first digital jukebox, which allows guests to choose the music played in the restaurant, plus a six-seater disco booth for the ultimate selfie experience.
HOP Manchester Market Street opens at 11am on Friday 6 September, and will be giving away 500 free lunches to the value of £10 to the first people who sign up ahead of the launch.
Grammy-winning disco legend Purple Disco Machine is heading to Manchester for a huge gig
Daisy Jackson
Legendary German nu-disco and house producer Purple Disco Machine has a huge Manchester gig on the horizon, hot off the back of the release of his Paradise album.
The Grammy Award-winning artist’s latest release is packed with collaborations from some of the biggest names in music, including Nile Rodgers, Metronomy, Jake Shears, Duke Dumont, Sophie and the Giants, Nothing But Thieves and more.
And now he’s bringing his unforgettable disco vibes to a dance floor on our home turf, with a massive gig lined up at O2 Victoria Warehouse.
Set to take place on Friday 7 March, Purple Disco Machine will promise an incredible night of sizzling dance and house music, with support from Dan Shake, Oden & Fatzo Live!, and Urbi.
His irresistible sound includes hits like Hypnotised, Dished (Male Stripper) and, never one to miss a trend, an addictive remix of I’m Just Ken from the Barbie soundtrack.
His other remixes have included tracks for Dua Lipa, Sir Elton John, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Fatboy Slim and Britney Spears.
And of course there’s that Grammy win for his remix of Lizzo’s About Damn Time.
On Paradise, he’s released tonnes more addictive disco beats, notably Substitution with Julian Perretta, and Honey Boy with Nile Rodgers.
And live, Purple Disco Machine has cut his teeth on the British festival circuit, including recently joining Fisher at his headline Gunnersbury Park show in London.
Now a multi-platinum-selling artist, with more than two billion streams worldwide, the Paradise tour is set to take Manchester by storm.
Purple Disco Machine will be at the O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester on Friday 7 March – you can get tickets HERE.
A club night dedicated to the emo anthems of your youth is heading to Manchester
Daisy Jackson
Manchester, prepare to dust off your stompers and dig out your fingerless gloves, and get ready to party to the biggest emo anthems into the early hours.
A club night dedicated to 00s Emo Anthems is heading back to one of the city’s most iconic venues this spring.
Black Parade will be taking over the O2 Ritz Manchester for a night of pure noughties punk, running all the way from 9pm until 1am.
That’s four hours packed with party anthems from the likes of My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Blink-182 and loads more.
On Friday 11 April, Black Parade will promise a playlist that’s filled with hits from the biggest names in emo.
That list also includes Taking Back Sunday, Bring Me The Horizon, Panic! At The Disco, The Used, All American Rejects, Jimmy Eat World, Linkin Park, Enter Shikari, You Me At Six, Pierce The Veil and loads more.
Black Parade has been running for eight years in venues all over the UK, even featuring at the mighty Download Festival for all that time, taking the prime spot in The Doghouse.
Black Parade, a club night dedicated to 00s emo music, is heading back to Manchester
And now it’s Manchester’s turn to rock out like it’s 2005 again.
I can’t be the only one who still remembers all the words to I Write Sins Not Tragedies, surely…
If you spent your teenage years sleeping beneath a poster of Gerard Way and scouring the shops for that perfect checkerboard belt for your skinny jeans, or if you just developed a love for this elite genre of music at any stage of life, this is the club night for you.
Maybe just step away from the boxed black hair dye this time around…
Black Parade – 00s Emo Anthems will take place at the O2 Ritz Manchester on Friday 11 April, from 9pm to 1am.
Daisy Jackson -
14th August 2024 
