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The Gate Inn, Yanwath, review

Jonathan Schofield starts the occasional 'not Manchester, but bloody good' reviews with a superb M6 stop off in Cumbria

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Merseyside Michelin Man Marc Magics...
Harvey Nichols put Fraiche restaurant on the Second Floor
 
Service standards part one: The eye...
An occasional look at the bits and bobs that comprise good service
 
Baker's Dozen times two: our top re...
As 2010 starts, do you agree with our foodie choice?
 
The Manchester food and drink decade
Schofield and Gordos' restaurants of the decade plus what was the best and the worst of the noughties for peop...
Have a peek at Gordo’s Turkey
Gordo took the ManCon crew for their Xmas party on Thursday at The Mark Addy
 
House 9 bar review
Lynda Moyo wants less talk and more action from the bar which dared to be different
 
Food and Drink Round-up 17/12/2009
We review Matthew Norman plus a new Chinese restaurant, new bar, new cafe, new menu, new disco, naughty food r...
 
Hale Grill review
Ruth Allan meets a friend in Hale and thinks she'd rather have gone to the Grill in the city centre
The Schlurp! Files
Private Dick Sleuth reports on the case of the missing ingredients
 
Epernay review
Helen Ramsbottom’s night goes flat because of the food at a champagne bar under some flats
 
IntaFood cookery classes
These classes at Ithaca, Dilli and the Royal Orchid will transform you into a kitchen wizard, and they make gr...
 
Guy Watson, Riverford, Cheadle Hulm...
Ruth Allan goes to Cheadle Hulme to get her hands on a big stalk of sprouts
Back your pub campaign
6p a pint threatened on beer, Confidential signs up to support pubs
 
Andrew Nutter proves people in Roch...
Gordo attends launch of cookbook ‘Nuts! about Food’
 
Panacea, Alderley Edge, review
Jonathan Schofield puts on his gold lamé mini-skirt and sashays out with the Cheshire Set
 
Fancy a Curry?
East Z East, Gordo and Kabir bring back a classic Strictly deal for only £16.99
Murillos, Marple, review
Michael Taylor is on a once every three week mission to find the best family dining in Greater Manchester
 
Fancy a cracking Christmas day?
Join Gordo and his family on Christmas Day
 
Dish of the week: a mixed grill, th...
Jonathan Schofield takes 40 Norwegians to a field near Lymm
 
Food and Drink Round-up 19/11/2009
Unique restaurant idea for Manchester, dinner dances, an infestation of pizzas, a new Greek restaurant, North ...
The Ox review
Gordo thinks the Ox on Liverpool Road is back on track as the Editor slips into costume
 
Lakota review
Lynda Moyo likes the look of Lakota but finds that it’s down to the luck of the Locks
 
Chaophraya, Liverpool, review
AA Grill samples a Thai restaurant in Liverpool that has a well-loved older branch here
 
Three food stories: carrots, spice ...
Greens wins, Indian Ocean wins and we want Kate Moss’s number
Fancy a cracking Christmas day?
Join Gordo and his family on Christmas Day
 
A Gourmet Game Curry Dinner
Wednesday 25th of November, for one night only, hosted by Gordo and Schofield; curry with a difference.
 
Hula
Sarah Tierney sips on the fruits of the South Pacific in the Northern Quarter's second tiki bar
 
Giraffe, the restaurant, reviewed
Michael Taylor, editor of Insider magazine, reviews a chain restaurant with his five sons and an understanding...
Aumbry, Prestwich, review
Gordo finds a jewel in North Manchester, and a duck breast which is better than not one but two high class cal...
 
Confidential's food reviews: the sh...
Impartiality v bought advertorial? There can only be one winner
 
Topkapi review
Jonathan Schofield appreciates an ancient Turkish restaurant and breaks every review rule by not using the wor...
 
Kitchen Delivers
Kitchen in the Barton Arcade gives a lesson in Rusticity
Eight steps to Heaven
Ramsons joins in the Strictly Confidential with a stunner
 
A Gordo Manchester Food Odyssey
Or a tale of rib of beef at £70, black puddings from t’hills and a precocious sponge-pudding prodigy
 
Mughli review
Emma Unsworth takes a train to the Mughli muddle, a restaurant named Confusion
 
Rice's private dining room
We like the look of this for a bijou Christmas celebration
Punters review: a Salford curiosity
Ruth Allan enjoys in a quiet cosy way an odd little bistro in Lower Broughton – yep Lower Broughton
 
Merchants, Liverpool, the review
Neil McQuillian goes out on the town in our neighbour city - come on folks don't be petty, it's fifty mins awa...
 
Food and Drink round-up 26/10/2009
Champagne bar opens, Panacea opens, Aiden Bryne's party, Chocolate just for women, and Halloween for families
 
Katie Caldesi at Harvey Nichols
Ruth Allan dines on fried custard cubes at the launch of this Italian-themed cook book
Nando's: a chain reaction review
AA Grill visits a Nando's somewhere in the world and studies the joys of chain restaurant dining - are there a...
 
Manchester Food and Drink Festival ...
Damsons wins Newcomer, Modern wins Restaurant....and now find out the rest
 
Amazing 3 course meal at Obsidian, ...
Strictly Confidential have negotiated another £25 per head dinner, including three courses and wine. It's limi...
 
Schofield’s Dish of the Week: Ravio...
Jonathan Schofield finds some an eye-popping palate pounding delight
The magic of mushrooms: pick your o...
Sarah Roe puts the fun in funghi with a spot of mushroom picking in Didsbury’s Fletcher Moss Park
 
Manchester Food and Drink Festival ...
Damsons wins Newcomer, Modern wins Restaurant....and now find out the rest
 
Whisky galore
Jo Nightingale enjoys a special Food and Drink Festival occasion: the editor gives her story the most predicta...
 
Silver Apples review
Emma Unsworth falls for Silver Apples run by not any old lovable Joe
Food and Drink Round-up 08/10/2009
Hula opens, Aumbry opens, Food and Drink Festival events and noshing at home
 
Make your own Chocolate pizza
Chocolate topping on a dough pizza – San Carlo's latest recipe idea
 
Italian Four Course Feast: £15. Bli...
We discover a charming new Italian with real home-style cooking, a Steve Pilling and Claudio Zino pedigree and...
 
Taps review
Jonathan Schofield finds the food is grand in the pour-your-own concept bar
Greggs’ Manchester empire
Lynda Moyo visits the new £16m Greggs factory and finds there's big business behind your 58p sausage roll
 
Food and Drink Round-up 01/10/2009
1p lunches, AA rosettes in Lymm, Quays unlocked and top deli dies
 
Gordo breaks something
As the Indian Ocean restaurant beats the world naan making record Gordo gets in the way
 
Restaurant review: Welcome Break, B...
Angie Sammons stops on the M62 and is not unpleasantly surprised to encounter services with a smile
The White Hart Inn review
Jonathan Schofield climbs into the Pennines for a Good Food Guide Perennial
 
The Manchester Food and Drink Festi...
Twelve days of foodie fun descends on the city starting Thursday
 
The best student job in the world?
118Menu is searching for a takeaway tester to eat for free for a year and get paid
 
Food and Drink Round-up 24/09/2009
Steve Pilling’s new place, Cup gets tea, Rosso and Rio, Whisky and Wine
Everybody loves a nice pear
CAMRA juice it up at the Marble Arch with a five course meal and matching perries and ciders
 
Roman invasion
Visit Manchester dances a caper (and some pickled shitake mushrooms) at Park Inn with the Young Star Chef: Rom...
 
Yang Sing review
Cantonese Jennifer Choi has an East/West taste-off at Yang Sing with an English John
 
Food and Drink Round-up 17/09/2009
Marmalade attacks Manchester, Obsidian improved and it’s National Cupcake Week
Blackdog Ballroom set to open
The Northern Quarter gains new bar from two established city operators in October
 
Barca review
Lynda Moyo enjoys the blinging new Barca, but is it what Castlefield needs?
 
Dine with Decadence
Host your own VIP night in the Decadence private room
 
The Sculpture Hall review
Jonathan Schofield stumbles across a (two-day old) teashop in the Town Hall that’s open to the public – and lo...
Jem&I review
Jennifer Choi checks out a Bistro-cum-restaurant that does Manchester proud
 
Another great Strictly offer. Fill ...
Three course lunch or dinner, £16.95, straight off the a la carte at TNQ, now extended until 17 September
 
Bacchanalia review
Jonathan Schofield has the burger from hell on Chapel Walks in a restaurant that doesn't seem to care about it...
 
Food and Drink round-up 27/08/2009
Barca re-opens, Little Chef gets award, Bolton has a festival, so does West Didsbury and Corrie actor demonstr...
The Village review
Ruth Allan finds a Curry Mile newcomer that she'd visit more than once
 
Fancy a Curry?
East Z East, Gordo and Kabir have a treat for you, and it's a mere £17.95
 
Le Tagine reviewed
Danny Moran finds his Moroccan food moorish....er moreish...in Prestwich
 
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