Pride of Manchester

So. You want to know what’s happening in the city of Mancland. You want to know on a fairly regular basis. You want to be inundated with offers, discounts, news and morsels. Where do you go? My profile of course! Except that I can’t inundate you with offers and discounts, my Twitter has some news but otherwise… I fail. So I will take it as no personal insult if you subscribe to Pride of Manchester.
Located in Castle Quay, something of a hidden creative hub at the end of Deansgate, Pride picks up where Manchester Confidential disappeared up its own… hype. You’ve only got to look at the Stone Roses backdrop on the website to see how seriously it takes its Mancunian heritage. It’s a great stepping off point if you’re on here seeking out places for dinner — the process is to find a restaurant on Unilocal and check if there’s a voucher or set menu offer via Pride. What could be simpler? It’s full of great discounts and vouchers for the non-​chain restaurants, special offers for theatre visits, lists of restaurants and bars by area — Castlefield, Chorlton, the Northern and Southern Quarters and suchlike — with email alerts and overall, clarity that Manchester Confidential could only dream of.
There’s the odd untidy element that can be overlooked — there are a lot of blank slates on the site that need fleshing out somewhat, such as bars sadly lacking an ‘official’ Pride page. Nevertheless, they have been covering the city for a good ten years now and the clue is in the title. The people behind the website love Manchester as much as the people who are frequenting the social outlets here… in fact they share our Unilocal ‘realism’ ethos. Perhaps Eric Cantona put it best, as he’s quoted on the website itself: «I feel close to the rebelliousness and vigour of the youth here. Perhaps time will separate us, but nobody can deny that here, behind the windows of Manchester, there is an insane love of football, of celebration and of music.»
Amen to that, you recently revamped and ever present French dude. Amen to that.