With many of Manchester’s craft beer bars and pubs changing their opening hours for the Christmas and New Year period, here’s a little run though of the festive opening times of some of the venues in the city centre.
See the list by day or by venue – and if you want some advice on where to drink, see my guide to Manchester’s best craft beer bars and pubs.
Looking through my blog post archive, there’s various guides and lists I’ve pulled together about pubs and bars from locations across the UK and beyond – but I realised I’ve never done one for the city I spend most of my time in! So, here’s a look at some of the best craft beer bars and pubs in Manchester city centre (in my own humble opinion).
Happy days – Bundobust has finally arrived in Manchester. It’s always been one of my favourite places in Leeds and I’ve been excitedly waiting for its arrival on this side of the Pennines for the last few months. Continue reading
Craft beer bar and Indian street food venue Bundobust will have Manchester’s only dedicated tap for Danish brewery Mikkeller when it opens its doors in the city.
Bundobust, which currently has a site in Leeds, has applied for a licensing application to open up a Manchester bar at 59 Piccadilly. The application will go before Manchester City Council’s licensing team on April 5.
Although Bundobust has been quiet on the plans for the new site since it announced it would open in Manchester last year, it has now been revealed that the bar will have its own dedicated Mikkeller tap. Bundobust Leeds also has a tap just for Mikkeller, which has previously been ranked as the world’s third best brewery.
Bundobust Manchester was originally expected to open in spring 2016 but it now says ‘late 2016’ on the venue’s Twitter.
The Ale in Kaleigh 