Dear Ellie,

After spending three years in Manchester I feel I owe it to the city to write about my favourite places to visit. Much can be figured out about a city from its restaurants and cafes; this is how I feel I got to know Manchester. I loved heading into the city or out to the suburbs to escape the Univeristy bubble that surrounds Fallowfield.

St Ann’s Church

Manchester has two notorious loves: music and football. This vibrant mishmash between flashy footballers (a few own restaurants in town), and Morrissey fanatics has come to characterise much of the cities’ culture. This shines through in the centre. Around King Street hales the fabulous Italian restaurant San Carlo. This was the first place my father took me and it remained our favourite place to go and people watch. The menu is huge and there seem to be about fifty waiters running…