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Pubs are going back to basics

by Angela Kelly
23/ 3/2007

CITY centre dining on Sunday now involves plenty of warming roasts as Manchester's pubs and restaurants go back to traditional lunches.

At the English Lounge, in High Street, in the Northern Quarter, they've found that the popularity of Sunday lunches has grown enormously in the last year and a half.

Manager James Worrall said more and more families are now heading for places offering roasts and vegs.

At the English Lounge £8.25 will buy you a full lunch of roast beef, chicken or lamb with vegetables (or poached salmon or a vegetarian option), with business so brisk booking is vital.

They have about 250 customers each Sunday, with the lunch trade dying off around 4pm.

Mr Worrall reckons that success is all down to good-value, wholesome food with efficient service and homely touches like dishes of vegetables on the sideboard to serve yourself.

"After all, you can't beat a good Sunday roast, can you?" he insists.


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