Common - Manchester

Always a good selection of excellent beer and consistently delicious scrub. the change of art works is great and the melodies are in the rule on the place. regular first choice when we are in this part of the city.

Hidden over the place completely randomly. had a fabulous haloumi and grilled artichoke burger and a good pale ale. friendly faster service. worth a visit.

This cool caffe in the north quarter really invites you to sit down, drink a drink, eat something. Unfortunately, before they can sit and enjoy, they must order at the theke, which can be quite hectic. the staff recommended me a burger and after I commanded that their answer was oh wait, we ran out of these ingredients. ok, then I decided to order another burger for which I paid 9£ without pommes or salat. I don't know if I keep the expectations too high, but I admit I was really disappointed by the quality of the meat and the burger in general. will come back to give him a second shot if this day doesn't fall on a weekend because the service was slow and sloppy on this Saturday afternoon.

We start with ‘Popcorn Cockles’. And what a start! If there’s a better bar snack around I’m yet to meet it (and I’ve eaten a lot of snacks in a lot of bars). They’re sharp, salty and spicy all at the same time. They arrive hot and fresh, far too hot to be eating straight away but I can’t help throwing them into my mouth. Next we try three of the new small plates. Individually priced at between £4.50 – £6 or excellent value at £12 for three. ‘Lamb Taco’ is incredibly tasty with its crisp spiced lamb, sweet carrot and hot chillies. I found it a little dry though; the menu promised tzatziki but there just wasn’t enough of it. A big dollop on top would’ve made all the difference.

Common's just had a huge renovation, and is pretty unrecognisable from the hipster-haunt it was in its youth. Gone is the graffiti style wall art and quirty pieces of music memorabilia, replaced with Scandinavian style oak and fold back floor to ceiling windows. It's all very grown up these days.