Manchester United once again seek to bounce back following consecutive home defeats to Crystal Palace and Galatasaray this week.
17.09.2023 - 05:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The thing with Manchester is that nothing remains secret for too long - especially where food and drink is concerned.
During the pandemic a number of unique food concepts sprang up all across town. In Ancoats, Manchester’s first slab shack dedicated to oozing, fresh-made slabs of pasta entered the scene, hidden amongst yet-to-be-reimagined old warehouses on a back street.
Down the same road you’ll still find the hatch-style bakery selling boozy brioche and traditional Brazilian cheese bread - again another hidden gem until their pistachio-filled croissants went viral on social media. There’s also a family-run takeaway serving up some hearty Caribbean cuisine a couple of units down that doesn’t get the attention it deserves - a spot that somehow has managed to fly beneath the radar.
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Then there was Gooey, the doughnut and cookie shop that delivered sweet treats during successive lockdowns before tucking themselves away - first at Hatch on Oxford Road and later in the kiosk at the entrance of Ducie Street Warehouse. Just a few years later it’s become a hit not only with locals, but pop royalty - circling back to the point that Mancunians can’t keep secrets, but also, that we like to throw our full support behind exciting new food ventures.
Which brings me nicely onto sandwiches. Let me clarify, the ones I’m talking about bear no resemblance to those sorry-looking slabs of white bread bursting at the seams with mediocre prawn cocktail filling that you end up being forced to buy when the meal-deal fridge has been ransacked on a Miserable Monday afternoon.
But rather American-style subs stuffed with everything from cold cuts to
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