I was in the great city of Stoke as a cheap base for my latest trip to the Etihad, watching City reserves play that Glasgow team supported by professional drinkers. These days, it’s more a case of watching the day-trippers taking selfies and continually standing up to let latecomers take their seats. Having already ticked off… Continue reading TOP PRE-MATCH PUBS No.1 – THE PICCADILLY TAP
Tag: Manchester
MRS RM’s GUIDE TO INDY MAN
Last year I had a great night at Indy Man, drinking much too quickly propped up against the speaker in room 3, and finishing with an evening of Krautrock at Gorilla. This year Mrs RM wanted to come, presumably because her FaceFriend mates had been raving about the Victorian baths featured on “Restoration“, and thought… Continue reading MRS RM’s GUIDE TO INDY MAN
JOHN MURRY, GULLIVERS & THE £16 PINT
A few short posts while I try to sort out internet. Mrs RM has been “upgrading” our internet at home. My eldest son can’t play Oculus Rift or whatever he does, which is apparently a disaster. On Friday night, ahead of City’s “match” against Bournemouth, I saw John Murry (no “a”) at Gullivers. Manchester is… Continue reading JOHN MURRY, GULLIVERS & THE £16 PINT
LEGENDS AT CASK, MANCHESTER
A fairly perfect Manchester weekender included a gig, a City win over Stokelona, Manc sunshine, some new architectural discoveries and a few new pub ticks in St Helens. That all paled into nothing, compared with a chance to meet a top pub blogger in one of Manchester’s finest pubs. I’d ticked Cask some years back, but on… Continue reading LEGENDS AT CASK, MANCHESTER
SADDLEWORTH
I had the great pleasure of meeting Jeff Bell, one of our finest publicans, in the Piccadilly Tap, while enjoying an excellent Boggart Rum Porter. Jeff complained about the Manchester weather, which rather amused me, as I always seem to get glorious sunshine when I venture up from the grey, flat South. This is my… Continue reading SADDLEWORTH
NEW & NEWER IN PICCADILLY
Just back from Glossop (report to follow), and a chance to show Mrs RM how Manchester has changed in the year since her last Christmas shopping binge in the Arndale. After a night on the craft in Glossop, I thought she’d appreciate a quick schooner in the Piccadilly Tap, as the one in Euston has… Continue reading NEW & NEWER IN PICCADILLY
HOLTS
One other highlight of my latest Manchester trip was a brief reaquaintance with Holts, staying within sight of their brewery in Cheetham and visiting what is probably their flagship pub in the Shambles area. When I first visited Manchester, for pubs rather than music, Holts seemed to me to symbolise the city even more than Boddies. … Continue reading HOLTS
BRUNNING & PRICE(Y)
It’s hard to argue that eating out hasn’t become cheaper, relative to income, in the last 20 years or so, but harder to argue that food is better or more interesting. The homogenisation of pub menus continues apace, with the same ten or so “pub classics” on most menus in both chain and free houses. Some… Continue reading BRUNNING & PRICE(Y)
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