A celebration of authentic Catalan food and wine on King Street.

Bite-size basement dive alternating techno-house and indie nights, this stalwart of the Manchester music scene can be found just off Deansgate, next door to St Ann’s Square.

When was the last time you stumbled out of a bar and into a takeaway that served up food as fresh as Mama made? If your answer is “never”, we’re guessing you haven’t yet found new Manchester pizza parlour, Slice.

Seek out Hidden nightclub just up the river from Victoria. Reviving Manchester’s grassroots scene, Hidden is a raver honeypot swarming with lovers of techno-driven house and disco-beats.

Ever-popular Caribbean food chain, now based in the Northern Quarter.

Your friendly local in Didsbury, full of style and character serving quality food and drink.

Caustic Coastal is a gallery, artist studios and independent art label based in Salford, working as a curatorial platform for artists.

The apple in Now Wave’s eye, YES boasts four floors of live music and DJs, and offers food via two outlets. It also has a huge outdoor roof terrace!

Sadlers Yard is a public square and events space in Manchester from NOMA Mcr. Home of the Pilcrow Pub and PLANT NOMA.

A much-needed addition to the fast-growing Stevenson Square area of the Northern Quarter. Flok offers sophistication, superb tapas-style food and an impressively well-stocked bar.

Contemporary Six is an independent commercial art gallery in Manchester city centre, set up by Alex Reuben in 2010.

This Corn Exchange branch of Tampopo specialises in appealing East Asian cuisine for all.