Ancoats. It’s the word on everyone’s lips. It’s the meandering canal paths, the Japanese tea houses, the coffee roasteries, the red-brick buildings and amber low-lit bars. Like those who call it home it’s proud and independent, with a primal rawness bristling just beneath the surface.
Everything falls into place.
A little corner of Portugal in the heart of Ancoats bringing delicious ‘pesticos’ and Iberian panache to Manchester.
1-minute walk
cantorestaurant.com
Cutting Room Square, Blossom Street, M4 5DH
A local bar run by two brothers, named in memory of their mother. The definition of family-friendly food and drink.
2-minute walk
thejaneeyre.co.uk
14 Hood Street, M4 6WX
Blossom Street’s favourite eatery catering to everyone from stool-perched, Mac-tapping workers to sofa-lounging couples.
2-minute walk
elnecot.com
Cutting Room Square, 41 Blossom Street, M4 6AJ
A Mancunian/Neapolitan collab now firmly in the North West’s pantheon of pizza perfection.
2-minute walk
rudyspizza.co.uk
9 Cotton Street, M4 5BF
Our very own cocktail bar & restaurant. Morning caffeine fixes, midday light bites and evening cocktails for the shakers and stirrers of Ancoats on your ground floor.
0-minute walk
mulecoffee.co.uk
13 Blossom Street, M4 5AF
Don’t miss this beer house from 7 brothers-turned-brewers with a passion for pale ale and a love of lager. See you at the bar.
1-minute walk
sevenbro7hers.com
39 Blossom Street, M4 5AF
As well as offering everyday groceries, this independent community-focused store is partial to a good pop-up, so look out for upcoming events.
1-minute walk
general-stores.co.uk
57 Great Ancoats Street, M4 5AB
Decking the men of Manchester with fresh threads since 2002, it’s become something of an institution for the city’s best dressed.
7-minute walk
oipolloi.com
63 Thomas Street, M4 1LQ
A love of all things vintage drives the passionate fashionistas behind this beloved boutique.
6-minute walk
pop-boutique.com
Oldham Street, M1 1JN
The Northern Quarter-based womenswear brand blazing a trail for ethical fashion that won’t cost the earth.
4-minute walk
beaumontorganic.com
49 Hilton Street, M1 2EF
If alternative music runs in Manchester’s blood, Piccadilly Records is its beating heart. A must-visit for music fans of all creeds.
6-minute walk
piccadillyrecords.com
53 Oldham Street, M1 1JR
A Northern Quarter take on the traditional bookshop, it has the added ingredients of a performance space and café.
6-minute walk
chapteronebooks.co.uk
Chatsworth House, 19 Lever Street, M1 1BY
A small independent theatre helping to power Manchester’s growing performing arts scene.
16-minute walk
hopemilltheatre.co.uk
113 Pollard Street, M4 7JA
Sport is a religion for this popular sports bar on Blossom Street. You can even participate yourself, with PS4s ready and waiting.
2-minute walk
secondcitybar.co.uk
37 Blossom Street, M4 6AJ
Watch budding new comedians attempt to ‘beat the frog’. It’s a night of genius and chaos in equal measure and only £3 entry. Bargain.
3-minute walk
frogandbucket.com
102 Oldham Street, M4 1LJ
The Northern Quarter’s original neighbourhood joint. Live music from the vibrant world of Jazz, Folk, Electro, Swing and Ska.
6-minute walk
mattandphreds.com
64 Tib Street, Manchester M4 1LW
Shortlisted by Northern Soul for Gallery of the Year last year, this contemporary gallery sells fine art, photography prints as well as sculpture and mosaics.
7-minute walk
egoistegallery.com
Affleck's, 52 Church Street, M4 1P
