By Sharon Byrne To breakfast anywhere but your own kitchen table is, to me at least, self-indulgence beyond belief. And on a workday it’s so hedonistic as to be practically illegal. But guess what? We did it, we loved it, and we’re likely to do it many times again! When Easy Fish Café invited us [...]

There’s a little piece of heaven that was created for the busy people of the four Heatons. Recently opened on Heaton Moor Road, Juniper coffee shop has been carefully created with you in mind. When the proprietor Amin Ammar conceived Juniper, his passion and attention to detail were instrumental in its success.  “I want everything [...]

By Sharon Byrne Owner Robert took over this A6 restaurant more than 22 years ago (anyone remember its earlier life as, ‘The Tobermory’?) and has built it into a firm favourite with Heatonian families. After honing his hospitality skills in restaurants around Manchester, Robert took the plunge and landed in Heaton Chapel! His effervescent personality [...]

The Nursery on Green Lane is so steeped in local history that patrons ought to bring a notebook along with an appetite for good food & beer. The oak-panelled rooms, the lovely bowling green, the original stained glass windows (spot the vegetables) and myriad fascinating photos are testament to that amazing piece of local history [...]

Named after the popular holiday resort, Marmaris Turkish restaurant is the new kid on the block (on Shaw Road actually) and is going to sit very nicely indeed with our already great selection of local restaurants. Owned and run by brothers Mesut and Merih, with help from their wives & children, Marmaris, as is typical of [...]

Well it does, so you can stop referring to that old Heatons favourite as ‘The Kush’. Surely it deserves its full title after almost 40 years (yes, almost 40 years) of loyal service? Truly a family-run business, the Kush (oops – sorry, I can’t help myself!) is firmly under the control of the Uddin brothers, [...]

The only one in with a suburban location in the family of six Kro bars & restaurants, Kro Heaton Moor is fast becoming a firm favourite amongst Heatonites.’Kro’ by the way, simply means ‘Public House’ in Danish. The building had been long occupied by a traditional bakery & the beautiful old sign has been smartened [...]