Örme’s spiritual peers are the likes of Erst, Bangkok Diner’s Club, Where The Light Gets In and Portfolio – that vision-led mix of uncompromising and approachable that the Northern food scene is doing so well at right now.

An all-vegan Cameroonian supper club with a party-positive soundsystem-led vibe, headed up by future star Ngwafu Tansie.

A serious boost to the Cheshire landscape, with everything you could want from a bucolic 5-star destination.

A pub that’s well worth the short trek out of the city centre. It’s not far from Big Hands and Manchester Academy, so slots neatly into a solid gig-going trifecta.

Can’t make it out to the Lakes? Fear not, Home by Simon Rogan has launched two new monthly menus for its nationwide home-delivery service: a sharing menu built around a centrepiece meat course from Lake District Farmers, and a six-course tasting menu offering a more restaurant-style progression, both led by chef Sam Nash. The sharing menu serves four from £180, sitting alongside the brand’s existing three-course menu (£55pp) and six-course tasting menu (£75pp, two people).

All dishes are prepared by Simon Rogan’s Lake District team using produce from Our Farm and arrive with reheating and plating instructions for diners to complete at home.

Sofar Sounds brings its acoustic gig series to Platt Fields Market Garden on Friday 31 July, with the Garden Grooves event running from 6pm and live music starting at 7pm. MUD Kitchen will cook using organic garden produce, alongside summer drinks specials from Cocktail Cartel. The line-up stays under wraps until the night, with tickets available via the MUD website.

The Black Friar in Salford and Horse & Jockey in Chorlton are both running Kids Eat Free throughout the school holidays this summer, with children’s options including hotdogs, chicken and halloumi wraps, sausage and mash, and cheese and tomato pizza. Both pubs, run by the same team, offer family-friendly outdoor space, with The Black Friar’s garden and Horse & Jockey sitting on the edge of Chorlton Green. All kids’ dishes are freshly prepared in-house.

San Carlo has rolled out theatre dining menus across its San Carlo, Cicchetti and Fumo sites in Manchester, London, Bristol, Leicester and Birmingham, with two or three courses from £20.95. The menus run 4-7pm and after 9pm daily to fit around performance times, drawing on the group’s most popular dishes. Diners who return post-show on the same day get a complimentary drink with any food order.

Chotto Matte Manchester launches a new weekend brunch menu on 1 August, running Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 3pm. Dishes apply the restaurant’s Nikkei style to brunch staples, including truffled scrambled eggs on sushi toast, yuzu French toast, duck and pancake, and a sharing Tomahawk Eggs Benedict. The menu is accompanied by a dedicated drinks list, with sake sangria, a Bloody Maria and a watermelon cooler among the signature serves.