V&A Lounge Bar January 11, 2007

V&A Lounge Bar - Water Street, Manchester, M3 4JQ map

• Situated in the plush Marriott Victoria & Albert hotel, the lounge bar is a very relaxing and luxurious bar frequented by a great many of Manchester’s sports, music and television celebrities. Located across the road from Granada TV studios, the bar has a great range of spirits and wines and has the occasional real ale on offer.  There is also a light menu available, although if its food you require, book a table in the superb brasserie style V&A restaurant.

• Food
• wine menu
• Hotel Bar

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The Vine Inn January 4, 2007

The Vine Inn - 42-46 Kennedy Street, Manchester, M2 4BQ map

• If ever you’re looking for somewhere to take a visiting foreign friend to give them a sense of a true British pub, then the Vine Inn should be one of your first stops. The classic wood interior and open fire give a sense of wellbeing and comfort. There is a great selection of beers on offer too, including selected real ales. The vine Inn also offer a selection of classic board and card games giving you a great excuse to stay a little longer and sample all the beers on offer. If you are feeling a little peckish then the very reasonably priced no nonsense pub grub should suffice.

• Real Ale
• Food (Pub Grub)
• TV
• board and card games

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View December 8, 2006

View - View, Chorlton Street, Manchester, M1 3HW map

• Formerly Prague Five, View is an industrially themed dance venue at the top end of Canal Street. This bar gets very busy very quickly and there are often queues outside from around 9.30 at the weekend. With a more studenty atmosphere than most bars in the village, the trendy dressed clientele are averagely aged between 20 to 30 and later in the night this bar can become hot, sweaty and crowded.

• Gay bar
• food (bar)

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Via December 6, 2006

Via - Via, 28-30 Canal Street, Manchester, M1 3EZ map

• one of the first of the big clubs in the village, Via (previously via fossa) has just undergone a massive revamp, although you will be forgiven for not noticing the difference. In its heyday it was known for its virtually naked real life male statues and if you are heading into the village for the first time then you should visit here - many gay men who have just come out, do just that.  Make sure you get there early evening though as it gets very busy later on. One of the few big bars in the village with small hideaway seating areas, Via’s decor is a cross between plastic grandure and traditional wooden wine lodge

• Gay bar (Straight friendly)
• Cocktail Menu 
• Food

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Velvet December 6, 2006

Velvet - Velvet, 2 Canal Street, Manchester, M1 3HE map

• velvet is a great venue if its your first visit to the village. The staff are very friendly, the atmosphere is relaxed and the food is great.  From it’s picture postcard frontage to it’s boudoir feel inside, it’s a really inviting place, whether your gay or straight.  The menu continually gets good reviews and with such a huge selection its not surprising, you really do feel like a member of the velvet family when visiting this place.  It’s certainly one of the best bars in Manchester

• Gay bar (straight friendly) 
• Food (varied)
• extensive wine menu

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Vanilla November 28, 2006

Vanilla - 39-41 Richmond Street, Manchester, M1 3WB  map

• Situated in the heart of the Manchester’s Gay Village, next to the crossroad of Canal Street and Sackville Street, Vanilla is described as being the ‘lesbian mecca of the north’. Vanilla’s style is unique, clean and crisp with an electric atmosphere offering the perfect location to relax, be yourself and party! From regular weekly club nights with their very own resident DJ, the infamous ‘thank tranny its tuesday’,  to special ‘one off’ charity events, Vanilla is the place to be seen in the lesbian scene. Now offering WIFI, Vanilla is a perfect location to enjoy an ‘afternoon in the village’, although, with such a friendly atmosphere you might find yourself staying till well past bedtime!

• Gay bar (lesbian orientated) 
• Disco (pop/chart)
• Cocktail Menu

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Club V November 24, 2006

Club V - 111a Deansgate, Manchester, M3 2BQ map

• Club V is an intimate and often sweaty basement club on Deansgate. The club opens on Saturdays for the club night ‘Venus’ and plays funky house to a usually full dance floor. This place doesn’t close until 6am with last orders at 4am so this is definitely for the hardcore clubbers. The club has a chill out area with comfy leather seating and a huge 8ft cinema screen. Watch out for the resident club photographer roaming around taking pictures to project on the giant screen.

• Opening hours : 10.30pm - 6am (last orders 4am)
• Disco

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Varsity - The Circus November 8, 2006

Varsity - The Circus - Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 4BH map

• Varsity, is the first city centre offering from the nationwide group of bars (others being in Rusholme, Didsbury and Bolton). It’s a large Barracuda Group chain bar offering drinks and food at great prices with a student bar-like feel to it. The free Varsity loyalty card is well worth getting if you want a 25% reduction on your drinks, together with discounts and freebies from a host of online companies.  It will be interesting to see how long this Oxford Street bar remains as Varsity, as the Barracuda Group have rebranded the chain (and this venue) three times so far.  It was originally Springbok, a South African theme bar, and then Barracuda, before changing to Varsity.  

• Food (British)
• Live Sports (Sky, BBC, ITV, etc)
• Opening Hours: Mon 11am-12am / Tues & Fri 11am-2am / Weds & Thu 11am-1am / Sat 11am-3am / Sun 12pm-10:30pm

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