offers
Grenache Restaurant - Truly Good Food £10 or under Festival Dish
Newly silver Truly Good Food accredited Grenache Restaurant have created this delicious sounding meal for only £7.25 - Grilled mackerel with pickled beetroot, goat’s cheese, orange and watercress salad.
Damson - Truly Good Food £10 or under Festival Dish
Damson have a fantastic Truly Good Food dish for £10: Grilled fillet of organic salmon with asian greens, mussel, crayfish & macaroni broth & coriander pesto.
63 Degrees - Truly Good Food £10 or under Festival Dish
63 Degrees have created a truly special starter for £9.50 - Poêlée de Saint-jacques aux fenouils confits, copeaux de petits légumes and if you're French is perhaps not up to scratch that means 'Pan-fried scallops with caramelised fennel and vegetable shavings'.
Simple - Truly Good Food £10 or under Festival Dish
Simple, M4 1LA
Simple in the Northern Quarter have dreamed up a Vegan Delight with lovely low carbon ingredients - a Butternut squash, cumin and sweet potato cake.
Topaz Cafe - Truly Good Food £10 or under Festival Dish
Topaz Café have created a whole three course meal for £10! Watercress soup to start, followed by panfried crispy tomato and olive polenta with sweet potato mash and a delicious coconut and lime tofu cheesecake for dessert.
Feeding Manchester
During the festival, Manchester's sustainable food sector has a programme of fun, interactive and delicious events to tickle your taste buds. To take advantage of these events, workshops, special rates and discounts on services and products check out Feeding Manchester's MFDF12 page on their website.
Trove - Truly Good Food £10 or under Festival Dish
Local food heroes Trove have a Truly Good Food dishes up their sleeve: Cheshire goats cheese, Southport samphire and scrambled organic Lancashire eggs on our handmade, organic malted and seeded toast.
Yang Sing
Yang Sing, M1 4JY
For the duration of the festival, Yang Sing will be offering 3 dim sum for £10. Everyday from 3-5pm.
Yang Sing - Truly Good Food £10 or under Festival Dish
Manchester’s premier Cantonese restaurant, at the heart of the city for 35 years, Yang Sing has dreamed up the unusal yet sustainable Cuttlefish Bumblebee (pictured).
Whim Wham Cafe
At The Whim Wham Cafe we create regionally inspired food and modern versions of British favourites. Our slow cooking and time honoured techniques bring out the most flavour possible for every dish. 6 course tasting menu for £25 including a selected Gin Saloon cocktail. This sampling menu will include some of our latest seasonal creations and samples of our house favourites.
Odd Bar
Odd Bar, M4 1ER
Enjoy Odd Bar’s perfect drink and meal combo, especially paired in honour of Manchester Food & Drink Festival for only £6.95! Pressed lamb shoulder, tagine sauce, roast spiced chickpeas & apricot couscous. Served with one of Titanic Brewery’s delicious local ales. Please note that this menu is available all day every day during the Festival period.
English Rose Bakery
The Castle, M4 1LE
The English Rose Bakery are delighted to offer a special discount for the duration of the festival for macarons lovers and for those who have still yet to sample the ever so trendy French delicacy! There will be a special range of new flavours for the festival alongside the current range of macarons including the most talked about Salted Caramel macaron, a truly indulgent treat (calories to be ignored). A box of 12 macarons for £8.50 A box of 5 macarons for £4 Boxes can be collected from behind the bar at The Castle Hotel where Emma and Sarah hand pipe and fill hundreds of macarons weekly, orders to be placed via email (hello@englishrosebakery.com) before 5pm for collection after midday the day after. Cracking Good Food.
Bakerie bread &wine bar
Bakerie, M60 7HP
Offering a festival board of great local produce from Bury blackpudding to manchester tart. Special price of £7.00 for duration of the festival. Proud to be shortlisted for best newcomer 2012.
The Blue Pig
The Blue Pig, M4 1FS
Feast your eyes and mouths on The Blue Pigs menu especially created to celebrate Manchester food & drink Festival 7 course tasting menu £39.95 Soups Sweet pea & lemon thyme, spiced butternut squash & water-melon gazpacho - Potted shrimp Pickled radish, baby roquette & toasted soda bread - Lime & cucumber sorbet - Seared cod cheeks & smoked halibut salad Confit tomatoes, braised carrots, baby herbs and chorizo oil - Roast Lyme Park venison Baked morel risotto, soused fennel, shaved truffle & roast garlic jus - Dark chocolate & blood orange tart Cointreau mascarpone & vanilla sugar - Cheese & whisky Black sticks velvet, smoked brie, vintage cheddar, Eccles cakes & pear chutney All courses will be accompanied by a selection of wines & whiskies supplied by Bibendum Wines Limited. Please note that this menu is booking only, maximum of six people per booking and it is not available on Fridays or Saturdays. To book please call 0161 832 0630
Mark Addy - Truly Good Food £10 or under Festival Dish
Robert Owen Brown at the Mark Addy has created a rabbit with root vegetables, ham hock and chestnut dish especially for Truly Good Food.
Aumbry - Truly Good Food £10 or under Festival Dish
Aumbry , M25 1AJ
Newly Gold accredited Aumbry’s Festival Dish is a delicious sounding home-smoked mackerel, poached rhubarb, mustard cream and toasted rye bread.
Barbakan
Barbakan Delicatessen , M21 9PW
October 5th Taste the wonderful Cartmel Pudding Company Sticky Toffee Classic. All events start at 11am and continue till 3pm.
Barbakan
Barbakan Delicatessen , M21 9PW
October 6th Sour Dough Day. Sample our wonderful sourdough breads. All events start at 11am and continue till 3pm.
Barbakan
Barbakan Delicatessen , M21 9PW
October 7th Patchwork Pâté. Artisan foodstuffs produced in North Wales. Supplied globally, taste locally. All events start at 11am and continue till 3pm.
Euro-tober-fest
Port Street Beer House, M1 2EQ
Over two weeks Port Street Beer House will be celebrating all things European, taking in wonderful beers from: Denmark, Norway, Belgium, England, Germany, Holland and not forgetting Scotland. Expect a full bar takeover with a couple of special events thrown in for good measure, check out the website for updates.
Barburito
Barburrito, M1 1RG
Buy One Get One Free burritos at MFDF nominated Mexican; Barburrito Barburrito started its journey in 2005 at Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester, Morgan and Paul set on a mission to create the world’s ULTIMATE burrito...since then a few more stores have opened including Deansgate and Trafford Centre all serving freshly prepared simple, honest and delicious food inspired by the street stalls of Mexico. During the festival period attendees can make use of our exclusive MFDF offer, buy one burrito get one free. Simply quote reference code: 1088012 or show this web page/booklet to make use of the offer. Valid at all Manchester stores (Piccadilly Gardens, Deansgate and Trafford Centre) Terms and Conditions: The cheapest dish will be free. Does not include extras. Subject to availability. One voucher per person per day. Not to be used in conjunction with any other promotion. Acceptance of the voucher is at the discretion of the manager. Valid during MFDF period only (21st September - 8th October 2012). Offer may be withdrawn at any time.

