Modernist Society

Panchos Burritos is a Mexican street food vendor in the Arndale Market.

Manchester has more than one top-tier Indian restaurant, but Zouk is right up there with the best, and counts Drake as a fan.

Bakchich does excellent, reasonably priced Lebanese food – including sharwarma, pickles, meshawi grills and baklawa – in a beautifully tiled, high-ceilinged space.

Friendly pub under a railway arch serving vegetarian and vegan pub food, as well as hosting regular live music.

From its charming Art Deco interiors to a quirky, highly original creative arts output, our theatre is firmly established within the city’s famously vibrant cultural scene.

Formerly the Sir Kenneth Green Library, All Saints Library is part of Manchester Metropolitan University.

Small but perfectly-formed café – which also serves as the in-house bookstore, stocking all manner of Burgess-related works, along with recordings of his music. It’s a welcoming space, with huge glass windows making for a bright, welcoming atmosphere.

The International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester was established in 2003 by the A Clockwork Orange writer’s wife, Lianne Burgess.

Independent Leeds-based brewery North has opened its first Manchester taproom, in Oxford Road’s Circle Square neighbourhood.

A nano brewery and keg bar, Ol is a meeting of minds between Takk and Byrne The Cake brewery.

Top class Filipino cuisine currently based at pop-up central, Hatch.