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FIRST LOOK: Iberica's £2m Spinningfields RestaurantConfidential gets the first nosey around Manchester's latest major restaurant

REVEALED: El Gato Negro Secure King Street SiteCelebrated tapas restaurant confirm three floor city centre location

MCR Gears Up For IbericaManchester competitor takes 2nd place in Iberica competition

PREVIEW: Iberica ExaminedJonathan Schofield gets spoiled in London a month before the Manchester launch

REVEALED: El Gato Negro Site Fallen ThroughNew Manchester tapas restaurant were reportedly eyeing-up the former-Room site before Living Ventures struck

NEW: Iberica Spinningfields Opens 4 MarchAward-winning Spanish restaurant release lavish new designs ahead of launch

REVIEW: La Bandera | City CentreGordo on a new Spanish restaurant with good tuck and a banana fetish

PREVIEW: Ibérica | SpinningfieldsCharles Campion on Spinningfields big new Spanish signing

NEW: El Gato Negro For MCRCelebrated Yorkshire tapas restaurant to close in Ripponden and jump ship to Manchester

REVIEW: Evuna, Northern QuarterLucy Tomlinson on good tapas, empty pockets and Señor Jamón

Ibérica Confirms Spinningfields ArrivalSpanish import set for late-October opening, continuing the food and drink march on The Avenue

Levanter ReviewedDeanna Thomas goes a bit crazed over a recent tapas destination

Lunya Is Good Food Guide's Best In North WestThe Catalonian star from Liverpool rises over the region

De Nada, Chorlton, ExaminedJonathan Schofield likes his empanadas

Buy The Best Of Spain At Lunya’s Online StoreBring some Spanish sun to your cooking

San Juan, Chorlton, ReviewedGordo goes loco, proper loco, on Beech Road

La Tasca Seeks AuthenticityAlaka Prodhan investigates La Tasca’s Spanish revival

Evuna ReviewedRuth Allan loves the wine but thinks the food needs more depth

Revolucion De Cuba ReviewedJonathan Schofield and The Great Blackened Salmon Emergency of November 2012

Azurmendi Reviewed: Gordo On TourGordo follows the advice of four key NW chefs and food swoons in Basque country

Cambio de Tercio ReviewGordo finds gastronomic love in Spain (again)

La Viña ReviewSimon Binns hates the editor and the weird cooking

Evuna reviewJonathan Schofield has flashbacks of string vests and lamb but finds restaurants have to be more than a very good winelist

Grado launches wine clubPaul Heathcote wants to teach you about wine

El RinconJennifer Choi revisits Manchester's worst kept secret of a tapas joint and opens a can of worms

Grado new menu sampledGordo and Schofield kidnap a woman and force lunch on her

Azucar reviewFliss Clarke Marks down an odd tapas bar, thingy, what not...place

Anthony’s at the Corn ExchangeRosie Birkett meets Leeds' most precocious chef and restaurateur at the opening of his new food emporium

The Credit Munch: La VinaEnd of the world as we know it? Then grab a sweet deal when the finances bite, with our occasional guide to what's going and what's good