Portfolio is a powerful addition to Bridge Street, taking the swagger of the nearby Stow and throwing in some of the most memorable drinks and intricate eats you’re going to find in Manchester for a long time. An absolute must-visit for fizz-loving food adventurers.

Pigeon Beer Wanderer is an expertly put-together ale house from beer boffin, Joshua Lightfoot, based in an area no one in their right mind is calling the “Beermuda Triangle”.

As you leave Chorlton Water Park, you’re gently ushered toward the on-site Tibetan food shack, complete with mindfulness-led party bus. Don’t question it; it’s just Chorlton Chorltoning.

Pollen is bakery first, café second. The space is all floor-to-ceiling glass and canal views, with seating outside the moment the sun appears. Which means now, so move quick. During our visit, the place was rammed with that refined Ancoats-adjacent crowd we all know and love.

Hold onto your liver, it’s Manchester Cocktail Week. It officially launches at Sexy Fish on Friday 3rd July, and takes in multiple venues across Spinningfields and the upstart St John’s district. Say what you like about Spinningfields, this part of the city has the highest number of mind-dazzling cocktails on offer in Manchester, and it’s not even close.

Top tip: go ice-based because, in case you haven’t noticed, it is scorching out.

San Carlo has launched a Summer Spritz menu nationwide – think Aperol, Hugo and Limoncello, and signature pours like Carlo’s Cosmo and the Basil Paloma. All alongside a run of Amalfi-inspired seasonal dishes. The food varies by site, but we have it on good authority that Cicchetti (and other flagship sites) are offering sun-kissed delights such as white asparagus carbonara, lemon tagliolini with Italian sturgeon caviar, and chicken marinated in lemon, wild fennel, honey and chilli.

Kimpton Clocktower Hotel is about to unveil its summer terrace takeover, transforming Refuge’s outdoor courtyard into an intriguingly named “margarita sanctuary”. Is this where orphaned margaritas go to be looked after by kindly barstaff? No, silly, it’s a summer-long icy boozeathon, backed up by sharing plates and live DJs. Party on, Kimpton.

July sees Bridge 5 Mill in Ancoats host a plant-based, low-impact supper club, courtesy of Cameroonian chef Ngwafu. Remember that name. Ngwafu cut her teeth at Tom Barnes’ Skof, alongside London’s Akoko and zero-waste pioneer Silo.