Manchester food news & offers inc. cheese tasting at Lunya & 40% off at Bourbon & Black

This week’s food news includes a pair cheese tasting at Lunya, ‘walking brewery tours’ and discount offers at Allotment bar and US soul food joint, Bourbon and Black.

Cheese tasting at Lunya
Deansgate-based restaurant Lunya will be running a cheese tasting event, with 15 of the world’s best Spanish cheeses for customers to sample. As well as tasting, experts will guide you through how and where in the country they are produced. To whet your whistle, there will be a flight of three wines to accompany the evening, plus a cheese cocktail. Just to repeat – a cheese cocktail. Lunya sell Monte Enebro goats cheese in their deli which has repeatedly won best cheese in the world at the World Cheese Awards, so you know you are in for a good time.
Thu 19 May, Lunya, Barton Arcade, Deansgate, Manchester, M3 2BB. Tel: 0161 413 3317, 6.30-8.30pm, £25, www.lunya.co.uk

Immersive yourself in a walking brewery tour
Get to know another side of Manchester via walking around the best beer pubs and bars with Manchester Brewery Tours. An experienced aficionado will guide you around selected venues, with local knowledge as well as beer on tap. Running every Saturday any time from 12pm to midnight, group tours can be put together, so call to talk over the options.
Manchester Brewery Tours, Tel: 0800 294 0574, www.manchesterbrewerytours.com

Half price food at Allotment
Ahead of a new menu launch, Allotment Bar is offering 50% off food, if you call to book the offer. Alongside welsh rarebit, burgers and comforting doorstop sandwiches served up with chunky chips, there are also some lighter options including a halloumi salad, as well as a tasty all day brunch menu.
Allotment Bar, 24 Dale Street, Manchester, M1 1FY. Call to book, quoting the offer, Tel: 0161 222 0580, www.allotmentbar.co.uk

40% off food at Bourbon and Black
City centre soul food and American restaurant Bourbon and Black has extended the 40% off food offer, running from Sunday to Thursday. They serve up wholesome meaty BBQ classics such as pulled pork and pit chilli brisket, with finger-smacking sauces and secret house dry rub recipe, as well as an extensive steak menu. Pescatarians, vegetarians, vegans – fear not. There is an impressive number of options to suit all diets, including grilled seabass and southern-style rice, or plantain on toast with slaw and corn.
Bourbon and Black, 2 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5WQ, Tel: 0161 839 9988. Call to book offer Sun-Thu (40% off) and Fri-Sat (25% off), www.bourbonandblack.co.uk.