Stow

The 14 Best Restaurants In Manchester - Manchester - The Infatuation

"The kiss of the grill defines the food at Stow, a casual, stylish, modern European restaurant and cocktail bar, and its convenient central location and noir charm draws couples on dates and groups out to celebrate something. Milk bread arrives almost cake-soft, with burnt onion butter on the side. Beetroots, red peppers and crown prince pumpkins are coal-roasted in their skins, and an ex-dairy sirloin comes properly browned outside, pink within. The open-fire philosophy carries through to dessert, with the highlight a smoked cream tart with a scorched crust that looks like molten lava. Its bitter edge is offset by seasonally changing fruit, like rum-soaked plums or gooseberries. It’s the kind of detail that, much like the moody interiors, finds its balance in a touch of brightness." - joel hart