Manchester, Liverpool, and the Peak District Restaurants

Dining options in Manchester and Liverpool vary from smart cafés offering Modern British, Continental, or global fare to world-class international restaurants for all budgets. Manchester has one of Britain's biggest Chinatowns, and locals also favor the 40-odd Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and Indian restaurants along Wilmslow Road in Rusholme, a mile south of the city center, known as Curry Mile.

One local dish that has survived is Bakewell pudding (never called "tart" in these areas, as its imitations are elsewhere in England). Served with custard or cream, the pudding—a pastry covered with jam and a thin layer of almond-flavor filling—is a real joy of visiting Bakewell.

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  • 1. Where the Light Gets In

    $$$$

    Much-loved by food critics, this groundbreaking "New Northern" restaurant in a former coffee warehouse offers a no-choice tasting menu (£95) that depends on “the day’s catch, harvest, and slaughter.” Regular ingredients include Macclesfield trout, cured Middle White pork, and salt-baked beets in delicious combinations; much of the produce comes from the restaurant's own farm.

    7 Rostron Brow, Manchester, Manchester, SK1 1JY, England
    0161-477–5744

    Known For

    • Immense creativity
    • Excellent wine flights
    • Hip atmosphere

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Sun.–Tues. No lunch Wed.–Fri.
  • 2. Panoramic 34

    $$$$ | Waterfront

    For some, the waterfront and city views through the floor-to-ceiling windows of this 34th-floor restaurant might outdo the fine dining itself, but there's no denying the ambition and love that's gone into the Modern European set menus. You can also just come here to soak up that vista over afternoon tea or a cocktail.

    Brook St., Liverpool, Liverpool, L3 9PJ, England
    0151-236–5534

    Known For

    • Best views in town
    • Fantastic seven-course tasting menu
    • Dressed-up atmosphere

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Mon.
  • 3. Wood

    $$$$ | City Centre

    The first opening by former MasterChef winner Simon Wood, this scene-setting restaurant in the pedestrianized First Street arts and leisure complex serves up high-end, creative British tasting menus from an open kitchen. Think adventurous ingredients such as red deer, Douglas fir, and crapaudine beetroot combined with modern takes on traditional dishes like neeps and tatties (Scottish mash).

    Jack Rosenthal St., Manchester, Manchester, M15 4RA, England
    0161-236–5211

    Known For

    • Meat-heavy menu
    • Multicourse tasting menus
    • Wonderful staff

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Sun.–Tues. No lunch Wed. and Thurs.
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