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Holden Tea Room ReviewRakhi Sinha heads to Man Met’s Holden building for sweet tea and history
FYG Deli ReviewedJonathan Schofield feels wholesome, content and satisfied after indulging in good food
Leckenby's Champagne And Tearooms ReviewRuth Allan Gets Into An Eighties Groove Off Deansgate And Loves It
Peppermint Bay ReviewedJonathan Schofield scoots to the 25th century for a cake or two
LivingVenturesFields Expands: A New Deli-Cafe On WayPeppermint Bay latest addition to Spinningfields
Richmond Tea Rooms is just what the Gay Village neededSlip into the Lodge bar and try the cocktail menu at Richmond Tea Rooms.
FREE: Hot Coffee And Hot MenThe Carte Noire Man Cafe is open - for one day onlyFrom Body Confidential.
Soup Kitchen ReviewFemke Colborne isn’t bowled over by this bowl of soup, or the sandwich for that matter
Cafe At RIBA Hub ReviewedJemma Gibson appreciates the tranquillity of an oddity on Portland Street
Home Sweet Home And The Toastie Revolution ReviewedFemke Colborne fills up finely with tremendous toastie temptations
Sweet Tooth Cupcakery ReviewDenise McGlinchey finds this vintage cakey heaven no fairyland for kids
Cafe At Manchester Craft And Design Centre ReviewedJemma Gibson gets transported to a higher plane of art and craft
Cheshire Smokehouse ReviewJonathan Schofield finds ham to die for and indulges in crumpet 
Cafe At Rylands ReviewJemma Gibson and Katie Franklyn prefer gypsies to tarts
The Art of Tea, Didsbury, reviewJonathan Schofield and shocking opium consumption in Didsbury - by families
Hey Little Cupcake! reviewJemma Gibson likes this place like she likes puppies
Eat cakes for charityTeacup's raising money for the MS Society this Friday
Jack Spratt reviewJonathan Schofield likes the food but not the worthiness
Ice Angels, Spinningfields, reviewJonathan Schofield falls out of his office into nice ice cream and horrible hotdogs
Patisserie Valerie reviewJonathan Schofield on cakes, gentility and food porn
Lavender Barn Tea Room reviewThea Euryphaessa finds the little girl inside but worries about buns
Cafe Konak reviewJonathan Schofield finds there’s life left in the street cafe
Delicious dalliance at Chester GrosvenorSimon Binns enjoys an The Extravagant Gentleman’s Afternoon Tea – that’s its real name, honest
Smell the coffeeOff-the-beaten-track coffee merchant tells us about spritely goats and hands us 2kg of beans to give away to one caffeine addict
North Tea Power reviewedLynda Moyo is one happy Northerner after discovering this cafe concept. Cappuccino tea anyone?
Ffroth vs Sweet Tooth CupcakeryLynda Moyo visits two new Northern Quarter cafes that could do with teaming up perhaps
Cathedral Visitor Centre RestaurantSarah Tierney thinks a medieval bridge is better than the cafe
Teacup reviewJonathan Schofield really really hates overuse of the word 'organic' but likes the food and his new legal high
Grindsmith discoveredLauren Murphy finds coffee syphoning is addictive especially when it comes with some art
Cafe Neo reviewJonathan Schofield enters Manchester’s most beautiful new building and finds something ugly
Café Ark reviewSarah Tierney finds a vegetarian café in a corrugated shed in the far flung Forests of...er...Sale
Moocow Coffee reviewSarah Tierney finds a dwarf amongst coffee giants on John Dalton Street
North Star DelicatessenSarah Tierney goes crazy for the cakes at this Chorlton café-deli
Coffee Republic, Oldham StreetSarah Tierney wonders whether we'll miss the coffee chains when they're gone
Victoria Station Buffet Bar at 100: a reviewJonathan Schofield finds a company called Pumpkins that hates every single one of us
An Outlet reviewColette Bernasconi finds a venue with daft name offering a smooth re-invention of the coffee-house genre
Sweet Tooth CupcakeryFelicity Clarke loves a sugar rush in clever caff based on skill with a whisk
Headingly gets shaken upLeah Vigon goes wonkas in the suburbs
CoffeeEvolutionHazel Davis on the art of making a cake and a latte last for hours
Bailey ItaliaSian Claire Owen discovers one of the oddest cafes in Manchester
NexusLynda Moyo finds a café that’s a Heavenly retreat
CUPJonathan Schofield loves taking tea at the Northern Quarter’s latest bolt hole
Bread and Butter TeashopGordo works out the rules of a Northern Quarter opening: chaos
Pokusevski's Deli Garden CafeNatasha Periyan goes al fresco in Heaton without the heating
Jigsaw KitchenVanessa Lees tries to find the missing pieces at Jigsaw
Rice, PiccadillyLynda Moyo goes flaming mad, and we mean insane, over Rice
Soup Kitchen’s alter egoLynda Moyo finds a Northern Quarter favourite going all <i>Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde</i>
A Northern Quarter café to cherishLynda Moyo gets kookie over the rarebit at the Koffee Pot
Fly in for lunch at Wing’sIf you’re looking for quick, casual lunchtime dining then head over to Wing’s Dai Pai Dong in the Arndale Market.
House of Fraser gets Zesty!House of Fraser’s café has a sleek new look – say hello to Café Zest…
An Ode to ShlurpHow do I love thee Shlurp? Let me count the ways… Ok, so I may never make a poet, but my tummy knows a good thing when it meets one - and Shlurp is definitely a good thing.
Vote for BarburritoBeing healthy doesn’t mean starvation. Barburrito rustles up some lean cuisine and picks up a nomination in the process.Latest Rants
Gareth Hollyman
Mmm ..very chic, and it's already attracting 'names' - I saw TV boss Alex Connock in there.
Read moreJon Biddulph
The group who initiated and are managing this project are all final year students on B.A.…
Read moreLouise Scott
Def recomend FYG. My 2nd visit to FYG was this week, love this place. Had the meat and cheese…
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