Ian Jones

Speakeasy-style cocktail bar with dark lighting and a superb range of drinks, plus regular comedy events and live music.

Contact Bar and Kitchen is the newly-opened food and drink area for Contact Theatre, headed up by the team from GRUB.

ART B&B Blackpool is a brand new hotel on Blackpool seafront with 18 different themed rooms, curated by leading UK artists.

Nordie is a superb bar and restaurant in the heart of Levenshulme, home to Soap Street Pizza.

The upcoming Leeds-based Green Room is a plant-based eating space during the day that turns into a bar in the evening.

Try Thai is an unfussy authentic Thai restaurant in Chinatown that has been quietly serving up superb quality food for years.

This high-end city-centre restaurant has an excellent afternoon tea option that more than matches up to the superb main menu.

Le Social is a stylish wine bar and tasting room, focusing on exhibitions by local artists as well as natural wines, deli boards and continental plates.

A superb modern Hong Kong-style restaurant on the edge of Manchester city centre, serving up unique dishes created by chefs with Michelin star experience.

Gordon Ramsay’s modern European restaurant comes to Liverpool ONE, taking over two floors and featuring all the classic Bread Street Kitchen dishes.

Blossom Street Social is a wonderful Ancoats bar, with a vast selection of wine.