The Northern, Manchester

Move over Rovers, there’s a new pub on the street. In noughties Manchester you’re as likely to find metrosexual loft-dwellers sipping Mohitos as flat-capped duffers quaffing Newton & Ridley ale, but in this super chi chi city of glintz and glamour something has been lost, and that is the role of the proud, upstanding British boozer.

There’s been a battle cruiser on this spot in the Northern Quarter for many a year but never has it looked this good. Yep The King is dead…. Long live The Northern! Recently stripped down and re-fitted by John Locke and Ray Cook (two of the people behind new nightclub Moho down the lane), The Northern takes its place as part of that hub of drinkeries and late night dens that lie about Tib Street like luscious litter.

Access to The Northern is now via an almost hidden tunnel by Northern Flower on Tib Street, past an outside courtyard with a view of the stars, enabling The Northern to become “a pub for all seasons and reasons”. Within the warmth of the pub you may be asked to become an Honorary Northerner, the pub’s innovative loyalty scheme. The two rooms are built around a central rosewood bar, offering a wide range of drinks, with guest ales on pump switching weekly. The food will be “gastro pub” in orientation, freshly prepared from locally-sourced produce by the in-house chef and star –to-be Rob Lamont. As well as great food and booze, and the finest company and conversation this planet has to offer, entertainment includes bands, DJs, cabaret, poetry and acoustic nights, as well as art installations… everything from Elliot Eastwick's World Famous Pub Quiz to legendary artists like Moodyman dropping by to spin unique pub sets when they’re in town!