Manchester Ritz - Stage times?

[jc]

I seem to recall singing 'Gay Bar, Gay Bar', I think it was called Darbar and it was one of he few still open at that time.

Cheers

jc

[Master Ray]

Again, The Curry Mile is a bit far on foot from the Ritz, a 40-odd minute walk... shame, as I also know a good place...

I'll keep looking into it...

[jc]

I'm sure if you club together a taxi wouldn't be out of the question and the options are much more tasty in Rusholme. However from experience, post gig, the phrase 'herding cats' does comes to mind.

Cheers

jc

[DannySan]

To be honest if you wanted to go from the RItz to Rusholme for a curry at 10:00 and then back to Grand Central for mindnight just get on the bus. There are loads of buses that all go up and down Oxford Road/ Wilmslow Road and they run until 4am. It only takes 10 minutes from Grand Central into Rusholme on the bus.

[Master Ray]

Good point, DannySan, that might be the way to go.

Just to bring something else up, bit awkward, but how receptive are Manchester restaurants to a whole bunch of us 'weirdos' (as they would doubtlesly think of us), all sweaty from the moshpit, probably drunk and deffo hyped up after a surely brilliant NMA gig, descending on their establishment?

Yeah, I know its Manchester (a great city, love it!), but their usual punters, despite being every bit as mental as us lot, have nice and fashionable clothing (plus, lets face it, far more likelihood of kicking off against anyone who looks at them the 'wrong' way but, hey, they look respectable)... and I don't feel like going all the way over to The Curry Mile if we're going to get turned away.  I'm guessing there might be 10 - 20 of us, judging by previous posts?

previous experiences, guys? 

[jc]

I've never been turned away for any post gig curry, and god knows I've been to a few! I'm not a local but, being a student town, my guess would be it should be fine.

Cheers

jc

[Knutty]

I don't think you will have any problems Master Ray, it's all pretty laid back.

[Gayle]

I agree with JC. We've been out in some proper post gig sweaty states and never been turned down. The place ("gay bar ") last time promised us free food if we weren't delighted. And we were. Curry mile sounds like a plan, especially if there are busses running till 4am. Result !

[LCG]

All Rusholme curry eaters will be able to get a bus right back to Grand Central!

[Marloes]

And what's there to offer for non-curry eaters? Yes sorry, they do exist ... ;-)

[Master Ray]

And what's there to offer for non-curry eaters? Yes sorry, they do exist ... ;-)

I think most curry houses offer an English menu... if they don't, perhaps you can wait outside with a bottle of pop and some crisps?  Possibly tied to a lamp-post?

 

Kidding, mate, just come along, I'm sure we'll sort something out...

[marius]

our first time going to Manchester. any suggestions where to go for pre-gig beers?  thanks

[DannySan]

The nearest places to the Ritz will be Grand Central and The Salisbury on Oxford Road.

If you want to wander round Manchester before hand there are plenty of great pubs around.

The Britons Protection and The Peverill of The Peak are close by as is The Rain Bar.

[Master Ray]

There will be a forthcoming post about a pre-gig meet, I was talking about it with Shush the other day on another thread... keep looking out for it!

Manchester is full of damn good pubs...

[citymike]

The curry mile is shit late at night... all the decent places to eat close midnightish, and you're left with shit holes that serve shit out of a freezer to drunk people after that. That is all.