CityLife

THE Inn At Whitewell must be the perfect place for a seasonal pub lunch. Read more…

WITH pubs closing faster than a Grimsby branch of Woolworths and landlords full of doom and gloom about the licensed trade, it is nice to highlight a good news story now and then. Read more…

CITYLIFE.co.uk is very excited about this new arrival to the Northern Quarter. The sexy sister bar to new pizza joint Dough, Apotheca ticked all of our boxes. Which, being a professional barfly and cynic, doesn't happen very often. Read more…

THERE is a time when the hassles of a big night out in Manchester (not least the lack of elbow room or the wait for a taxi at the end of the night) start to outweigh the benefits. And when that happens it's nice to find there's a hangout locally that you can visit instead. Read more…

WE set out wondering whether the White Hart, in Lydgate, was one of that sort of great British institution referred to at last week's BBC Radio 4 food and farming awards. Read more…

THE perennial argument of 'is it a pub or is it a restaurant' will not be settled at The Wayfarer... Read more…

IF you’ve filled up on mulled wine at the Christmas market and want something different for your next round, it may not be the dressed-up cocktail bars of north Deansgate that take your fancy. Read more…

THE barflys have spoken. The credit crunch might not have stopped us boozing (never!) but it has affected where we do it, and for those who’ve not been seduced by the cheap deals in the supermarkets, the local is our new drinking hole of choice – any day of the week. Read more…

WE all love a maverick in charge of a pub. The pubcos seem to have seen off many a personality landlord but there are freehouses where characters remain, twinkling with originality. One such place is The Angel, where chef/proprietor/landlord Robert Owen Brown is doing a roaring trade despite the downtu... Read more…