10 best restaurants and pop-ups in Manchester

10 Tib Lane

Oldham Street's Explicit Cocktail Beer Ramen + Bun is a bustling North End hangout where gangs of homies binge karaage chicken and sip tonkotsu< /em> until late. The same team co-created 10 Tib Lane, but it's a much more grown-up affair - a candlelit late-night joint that, with its distressed walls and natural wine list, has the feel of a a neo Parisian bistro. Its menu of plates to share is an idiosyncratic global journey. Expertly cooked hake, topped tandoori style, with spiced yogurt, served with a mint cucumber salad, sits alongside a Korean-inspired soy pork chop or a southern European dish of chicory, sherry, almonds and chanterelles. Plates £6-£20, 10 Tib Lane, 10tiblane.com< /p>Default

At this natural marina in New Islington wine bar, chefs Joseph Otway and Chris Ditch work with unusual restrictions. In the kitchen they only have a toaster, an electric pressure cooker and a sandwich press for reheating. Despite this, their ingenious, daily-changing menu ranks among the best in town. The duo's dishes might seem a little dignified or simplistic: a whipped split pea dip; yellow beans, goat curd, seasonal garlic and breadcrumbs; potato salad with tropea onions and summer herbs, but exceptional ingredients (many from partner farm Cinderwood Market Garden) help them create flavors of real clarity and resonance. Flawd emerged from the pop-up restaurant Higher Ground (@highergroundmcr), which will open in a permanent location in spring 2023. Dishes around £4.50-£9, < /em>9 Keepers Quay, faultdwine.co

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