Byron opens Piccadilly Gardens restaurant with Patty Meltdown

Byron opens its new restaurant on Piccadilly Gardens this week – and is celebrating with a night of patty melts. Entitled Patty Meltdown, the event will offer ticket-buyers a classic patty melt (pictured) – a loosely-ground, griddle-grilled beef patty topped with slow-cooked red onions and Swiss cheese, served between two slices of buttered rye bread with caraway seeds. It will be accompanied by a pot of Russian dressing and sweet potato fries, as well as spiced popcorn to start, and a sticky toffee rum hard shake to finish. The patty melt reportedly originated from 1940s or 1950s, at a chain of Californian coffee shops called Tiny Naylor’s. Both Byron’s new Piccadilly Gardens outlet and its Deansgate branch, which opened in 2013, will host Patty Meltdown nights this month – with advanced booking of tickets recommended. Patty Meltdown is part of Byron’s regular Burger Club, which offers priority booking for future events. We’ve teamed up with Byron to offer a pair of tickets to each of the two Patty Meltdowns. To be in with a chance of winning, send the answer to the question below – along with your name, age, Twitter handle and preferred date (if you have one – see options below) – in an email with the subject line ‘Byron competition’ to competitions at manchesterwire dot co dot uk. We’ll contact both winners by email after the deadline, 5pm on Friday 20 March.

This competition has no closed – but you can still book places below!

Wed 25 Mar, Byron Deansgate, 115 Deansgate, M3 2NW, Various times, £15, www.eventbrite.co.uk
Thu 26 Mar, Byron Piccadilly Gardens, 1 Piccadilly Gardens, M1 1RG, Various times, £15, www.eventbrite.co.uk