A popular coffee shop in Manchester will be giving away hundreds of free iced drinks to people in the city centre tomorrow.
Sure, it may not exactly have been the summer we were hoping for over these past couple of weeks, with temperatures a lot chillier than usual for the time of year, and the classic Manchester rain making itself pretty well-know, but independent cafe brand, 200 Degrees, has decided it wants to “turn up the heat” with a refreshing giveaway this week.
All to celebrate the launch of its new summer menu, the first 200 people through the doors of its central Manchester cafe will be able to get their hands a freebie.
Happening tomorrow (Tuesday 16 July) from 10:30am, the lucky city centre visitors will be given the choice of sipping on one of five new speciality iced drinks, all without having to spend a single penny.
You got plans for next Tuesday? Cancel them. You have NEW plans now. On Tuesday 16th July, we're giving away 200 free drinks from our new summer specials menu in EVERY @200degs shop. Join the queue from 10.30am and choose from one of five refreshing offerings, for FREE. pic.twitter.com/gWCyq0755v
The coffee chain says each new menu item has been curated especially for the summer, and there’s a flavour combination “for every palate” – with unique creations like the ‘Iced Spanish Matcha’, the ‘Dirty Iced Oat Chai’, and the ‘Salted Caramel Iced Oat Twist’ being just a few of the freebie options set to be on offer tomorrow.
Customers are being advised to “get down early” to 200 Degrees’ site in Manchester city centre on Mosely Street tomorrow if they want to stand a chance of claiming the ice-cold offer.
This Manchester coffee shop is giving away 200 iced drinks for free tomorrow / Credit: 200 Degrees
Speaking ahead of the exciting limited-time giveaway tomorrow morning, Siobhan Lloyd, who is the Head of Marketing at 200 Degrees, commented: “It wouldn’t be a British summer without a bit of rain, but we’ve got the perfect selection of iced drinks to keep customers refreshed through the summer months.
“Our baristas have created a twist on some customer favourites, and we can’t wait to share them with people across the country.”
As well as the five new iced drinks, there’s also a bunch of new food items that’ve just been added to 200 Degrees’ menu for the summer too, so if you’re feeling a bit peckish, you can grab a seasonal bite to eat tomorrow while you’re at it too.
Make sure to get yourself down to 200 Degrees on Mosely Street from 10:30am tomorrow if you want to claim a free iced drink.
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Lively Irish pub Nancy Spains set to open in Manchester for the first time
Daisy Jackson
An Irish bar famed for its live music is heading up to Manchester for the first time, and is promising £2.50 pints to lure us in.
Nancy Spains will be venturing out of London for the first time promising to bring the ‘ultimate traditional Irish pub experience’ to the Northern Quarter.
If you were to ask what the hottest trend in hospitality is right now the answer would, apparently, be Guinness. We’re drowning in the stuff.
This latest opening is more about Murphy’s, another Irish stout, than Guinness (they actually won’t serve Guinness at all) but the craic will be much the same.
Nancy Spains is actually set to open almost directly opposite the aforementioned Salmon of Knowledge, taking over the former Corner Boy unit on Stevenson Square in the heart of Manchester.
To celebrate its opening, the pub will be serving its first 5000 pints of Murphy’s for just £2.50, so that it can show off the atmosphere that’s established it as ‘one of London’s favourite pubs’.
They’re promising an array of Irish whiskeys behind the bar, live music performances, and a lively late-night setting.
Nancy Spains was set up by three brothers who travelled all over their home county of rural Kerry researching Irish pubs, before launching two venues down in London.
They want it to balance a traditional pub with the vibrancy of the city.
Peter O’Halloran, co-founder of Nancy Spains commented, “We’re so excited to be launching in Manchester, bringing Nancy Spains to the heart of the Northern Quarter.
“After the success of our two venues in London, it was only right to bring Nancy Spains’ infectious spirit and Irish pride to Manchester. Slainte!”
Nancy Spains will open its first Manchester pub on Saturday 15 March at 21 Hilton Street.
Lucky Mama’s – The Italian restaurant serving pasta in a dough bowl and ‘pregnant’ pizzas
Daisy Jackson
Lucky Mama’s is a local sensation, thanks to its slightly whacky but delicious Italian creations like pasta served in a bowl made of pizza dough and its latest offering, a ‘pregnant’ pizza.
What on Earth is a pregnant pizza, you ask? Firstly we should stress this is a nickname we’ve bestowed upon the dish, rather than Lucky Mama’s chosen branding.
But essentially it’s a helping of fresh pasta that’s folded into the bubble crust of the pizza, like a half-calzone.
Lucky Mama’s started life when founders Mamadou Dhiam and Gaby Santos set up a trailer in their backyard in Eccles in the depths of lockdown.
But thanks to a formidably loyal following that’s spread the word of Lucky Mama’s far and wide, it now has two pretty pink restaurants in Greater Manchester.
Back in 2022, they threw open the doors to their Chorlton restaurant, before returning back to home turf for spot number two in Monton in 2024.
The recipes are fresh and pretty authentically Italian up until the last step, when they throw a curveball by loading their pasta into unconventional vessels.
‘Pregnant’ pizzas at Lucky Mama’sTraditional Roman pizzasLucky Mama’s pink restaurant in Chorlton
Their pasta pizza bowls are what they’re best known for and they fly out of the kitchen – this is where pizza dough is placed around a metal bowl before being baked in an oven.
Then it’s piled high with freshly made pasta, with popular flavours like cacio e pepe, mushroom alfredo, and rasta pasta.
Pasta is available in a regular ceramic bowl too.
You’ll find Lucky Mama’s at 565 Barlow Moor Road in Chorlton; and 217 Monton Road in Eccles.
Emily Sergeant -
15th July 2024 
