Manchester Is Ace » Cakes http://www.manchesterisace.co.uk a blog of restaurant reviews, food, art and culture in Manchester Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:23:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Bread and Butter (or how piadinas changed my life) http://www.manchesterisace.co.uk/2009/06/09/bread-and-butter-or-how-piadinas-changed-my-life/ http://www.manchesterisace.co.uk/2009/06/09/bread-and-butter-or-how-piadinas-changed-my-life/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:00:00 +0000 Carolyn Hughes http://carolynh.myzen.co.uk/?p=15 Bread&butter northern quarter
Two weeks ago I didn’t even know what a piadina was. Now I’d eat them for breakfast, lunch and tea if I could (yes really). After months of wanting to go and check out Bread and Butter in the Northern Quarter I finally got there. One lunchtime visit was thwarted because it was just too busy, but now I have finally cracked it. Get there before 12.30pm and you can lounge on the sofas while they make your lunch, and you get the pick of the cakes.

A piadina is an Italian flatbread and at Bread and Butter they stuff it with all kinds of delicious fillings, such as chicken, garlic mayo and mozzarella or ham, mozzerella and basil, which are heated up in a sandwich press. If you eat in you get a plate of salad and homemade coleslaw, but even if you take-out they will put the salad in a little dish for you. They also serve sandwiches as well as other meals such as chilli and Moroccan lamb stew.


Bread&butter piadina Bread&butter cakes

There is also a tasty looking salad bar, and they have plates of amazing cakes made by the owner, Patsy Garvin. I fell for the chocolate tart (pictured) and think it was about £1.80. They usually have carrot cake and lots of cute cupcakes too. But be warned, get there before me otherwise I’ll just eat them all.

Bread and Butter is a really cute little shop up Tib Street, past Rags to Bitches and The Northern. You really can’t miss it because it’s painted bright pink and has white wrought iron furniture outside. The inside is full of retro furniture and tea sets, and although there isn’t much seating room at the moment, they are renovating the basement.

I also noticed they are open for tapas in on the weekend evenings, AND you can bring your own booze. So watch out for that review as soon as I can find a free weekend.

Bread and Butter, Tib Street, Manchester, M4 1LG.

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