Manchester

DEVO MANC

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El Rincon is brilliant tapas place, went last night and it is tough to get a table (and you can only book in advance if its for three ppl at least)

Extra offline recommends from ogmor that I've also checked out:

- Yuzu is an excellent, humble Japanese place in the less busier corner in Faulkner street

- Salvi is a v good Italian on John Dalton Street

For breakfast I settled on Fig + Sparrow on Oldham street - which doubles as a design shop.

Ppl at fig are v friendly although they weren't open at 8am (xmas parties season then?)

Went for some pancakes + berries + yoghurt (er @ that mix) and the jukebox was '97: Manics, Verve, Radiohead, Ash, MANSUN. LOL Indie. What corruption and filth.

I haven't been to Manchester in 24 years, but I'm glad to see some things haven't changed.

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Hogarthian in all respects, the pissed bloke getting his beer has poignant poetic majesty.

There is a Buddhist centre and a v gd veg cafe round the corner from there.

just down the road from Paramount Books as well

full sequence of events:

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Get a giggle everytime I walk by Well Street.

Are there any good vegetarian resturants in Manchester?

1847, right in the centre of town, is really good, I went there a few months ago. Excellent organic wine list too.

I'll check it out tx.

what's the deal with Paramount books? that is now only open on Sat and Sun - before xmas its opening hours only included Friday.

Is that the main indepedent bookseller in the city centre?

also: soref, neil s - both myself and ogmor were talking about a Manchester fap sometime (no it won't end like those pics above :-))

Let us know whether you might be around in Feb sometime.

manchester/nw ilx needs to rally together or at least congeal in the NQ somewhere

and one more - otherwise me and ogmor will hopefully get to paint the town do something

Is there a good place for breakfast that might do some nice things? (French toast or pancakes or just nice porridge) and that opens at 7am.

sorry never responded to yr kind invite, I'm actually London-based but am in Mcr to see my brother & my GF's family fairly often, if that coincides with an Mcr FAP then I will give you a shout!

No worries I'll hopefully get to firm up a day and revive this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRCcGUvmZDE

Get a giggle everytime I walk by Well Street.

there's also helmet street

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I'd really like to just go and lie in that, go to sleep, and then they can bring the water back.

rip, sweet prince

Somewhere I have loads of ace ruin porn pics taken by my partner in the late 90's from a Sunday walk down the Rochdale canal. I'd imagine it is all horrible apartments owned by Robbie Fowler these days.

sad!

there's definitely a bit of that but a lot of manchester esp north and east is still v much underdeveloped overgrown brownfield junkie dens etc.

:-(

It's a shame they've built all over Pomona

have they? last time I was there it all still looked like this

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that was about a year ago, though

There's some open wilderness left but that bit has been cut off by the developments I think, you can't get on there to wander about.

(Pomona a possible Real England candidate if not done already)

So, well. Useful link:

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/westandtogethermanchester

Probably worth posting on the other thread too. If you've not seen it, it's here: Explosion at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester May 2017

Haven't been for years, and the immediate context made me wonder whether i should cancel my trip but Manchester is looking absolutely resplendent and thriving in the early evening sun.

you've picked a nice day for it!

Manchester slowly getting back to some sort of "normal" pic.twitter.com/ypEWwvZS24

— Hunter (@Hunterandrewss) May 25, 2017

really beautiful. just having a glass in the northern quarter, which i don't think properly existed the last time i was here. also this thread is a goldmine, ogmor, thank you. was in gulliver's and am just wondering where to go next but am happy to see where whim takes me.

v much xpost thanks xyzzzz__

the weather has me thinking about a post-work drink, let me know if you're up for some company

absolutely. come down!

ilxmailed you my number

got it. texted.

how long are these bikes going to last

I think it is a great idea and should be encouraged, but don't fucking call them Burnham Bikes!

I've had no need to try one but they look like they'd be fun

the local smackheads in old trafford set fire to one in the street. came back a bit later when the lock had burnt through and trundled off with it. idea's fine if you can rely on a degree of social responsibility, but it appears to be in short supply.

drug addiction/homeless services getting completely annihilated by Tory scum might be much of the real story here, amongst other causes of the squalid diorama you present here, wtev. At this point, I wouldn't want to rule out scrap/bike theft as a future survival strategy myself, so I won't judge!

the things that there is money for vs the things that there is not money for is a deeply mysterious element of manchester/the uk/life

So I accepted a job offer in central Manchester a couple months ago, and I'm moving to Altrincham at the end of this month. Short of annual visits to family I don't actually know the place that well so looking forward to investigating the recommendations above (in particular a HOME membership seems ideal and the Armenian Taverna sound delish).

Also set on joining the Manchester & Salford Film Society and going to more gigs (excited because this is a massive improvement on the Edinburgh scene and saves me heading to Glasgow every week).

Can you guys recommend any interesting book shops (first or second hand) to explore?

Altrincham food market is great, a real place to hang out. Chorlton Oxfam bookshop is up there with the very best Oxfam bookshops IMO. HOME is indeed a must.

Sad about Nexus.

Know it's London but just saw a tweet by Cafe To who are hiring out their venue as rehearsal space to stay afloat :-(

Apparently ~90% of music venues are looking like the might close

That's really sickening.

(That should be *Oto, above)

Coincidentally, 90% of live music I've seen in the last 5 years has been at Cafe Oto.

Mariam Rezaei + Odie Ji Ghast at the Peer House - 28th April 2022

Some pals have formed a DIY collective to get more experimental/Avant-garde music gigs to Manchester. Should be a fun first event.

Looking for good venues for a lunch, evening meal and breakfast? City centre-ish.

In the evening, we'll be heading to a gig at New Century, so that might narrow things down.

Gah! Takk has closed, apparently.

This guy is my new favorite Mancunian. Does he have much local profile? He cracks me up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eN31cyeTww