Food & Wine

Thousands of real ale fans will flock to the Continental for the late May Bank Holiday weekend

Continental’s Beer Festival prepares for tenth showing with more than 100 ales

One of Preston’s most popular summer events for real ale fans returns at the end of May. The Continental’s Beer Festival is three days of ales, ciders and food from around the world. This will be the tenth time the beer barrels have been unloaded on South Meadow Lane and over 100 ales are going to be on offer. Beer lovers first enjoyed a tipple [...]

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Slice of Sicily owners to open new cafe and bistro in Fulwood

The owners of a popular Penwortham Italian restaurants are looking to open a new venture in Fulwood. Ettore Criscenti, the owner of Slice of Sicily on Priory Lane, has applied for permission to open a new cafe and bistro on Garstang Road. The former shop just beyond the Black Bull pub will be the Fulwood version of the Penwortham eatery. In application forms to the [...]

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Lancashire Market: Final preparations for Easter Saturday

The final preparations are taking place for the return of the Lancashire Market to Friargate and Orchard Street. On Saturday 30 March the market will see over 100 local food, drink and craft producers take over the city centre street. Over 300,000 people have visited the Market since they began in 2010. Mark Whittle from the Preston Business Improvement District who fund the markets said: [...]

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Simon Dunn Chocolatier comes to Preston

Simon Dunn Chocolatier is opening a new Coffee and Hot Chocolate Lounge on Friargate in the city. Its the latest in the franchise and their first city centre store. There are also Simon Dunn Franchises shops at Wilmslow, Hazel Grove, Glossop, Stockport and Bridport. In their mission statement they plan to spread the brand name throughout the UK by franchising their unique “Perfect Match” concept, [...]

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Fun Race Night at Vincent’s Restaurant

Something different for a Thursday night in Preston. Vincent’s Restaurant is holding gourmet dinning experience on 21 March – with a fun race night event The night includes a gourmet 6 course meal prepared by Preston College catering students, with drinks on arrival. This will be followed by an exciting horse racing event on video. Starts at 7pm with the meal served shortly after with [...]

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Restaurant review: Lunch at The Chinese Buffet

For a small city Preston has its fair share of Chinese restaurants. The huge yearly intake of Chinese students, said to be around 2 000, at the local university probably has something to do with it. A relative newcomer is The Chinese Buffet on Friargate in Preston, one of the latest of six Chinese Buffets in the North of England to be opened by Partner [...]

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