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Urmston's Britannia has gone through several incarnations in recent years, mainly operating as a late night venue under names such as Juicy, TFI Mambos and most recently The Ivory.
Now new tenant Matt Price has reverted the Flixton Road pub to its former name of The Britannia and set about returning it to the traditional pub model, including immediately introducing real ale.
The pub relaunched under it's old name on 31st Janaury and is serving freshly made, locally sourced food with a main gourmet burger menu and a separate lunchtime menu served from 12-4 Monday to Friday.
The permanent cask ale is Sharp's Doom bar with a second guest ale on rotation.
All sports are shown live in HD across 5 TVs and a large screen. There is live entertainment every Saturday night, and DJ/karaoke on a Sunday night.
Follow all the news from the pub on their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TheBritanniaUrmston
The Spoon Inn, Balrow Moor Road, Chorlton has launched a new evening menu to complement their regular daytime menu of sandwiches, salads & snacks. The new menu includes Sausage Mondays when you can get a gourmet hot dog (or vegetarian option) and a pint of ale for £6.50.
The café bar has also become a drop of point for Barakah Food Aid, the food bank project set up by local business people Manzoor and Aiysha Ali to help those in need of food in the Whalley Range and Chorlton area. Members of the public can drop non-perishable food items at the drop of point in the bar and the staff will arrange for them to be collected and distributed to those in need.
On Thursday 12th March, the award winning Hawkshead Brewery will be down at The Sedge Lynn in Chorlton for a Meet The Brewer Evening.
The event will be the area launch for the Wetherspoon Real Ale Festival which begins on Friday 13th. A selection of festival ales will be available on the night, a day before the official start. Further details are to be confirmed.
Entrance is free. Hawkshead will be there from 6.30pm - 8pm.
News from The Wharf, Castlefield....
Hello,
We're planning a few interesting evenings over the coming months at the Wharf in Castlefield. The first of these will be a "Meet The Brewer" session with Weetwood ales, brewer of Wharf favourite 'Cheshire Cat'. We'll be sampling a variety of their ales and hearing about how they're brewed, so I do hope you'll join us for an evening of self-improvement while tickling the tastebuds. It promises to be a pleasantly social occasion, and you'll have ample time to conduct further research at the bar afterwards.
The evening kicks off at 7.30pm on Wednesday 11th February. We would ask for a £5 deposit which we will return to you on the night, so do please pop in and put your name on the list.
All the best,
Siobhan and the Wharf crew
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