When the weather's nice in Manchester, it's the place where everyone sits out in the sunshine. Lush!
As the canalboats sail past below and everyone sits out eating/drinking, it feels like the most 'continental' experience Manchester can offer. The food and drink offer at Velvet is especially good.
Outside seating at Manto, and G-A-Y also give the outside space here...
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Centered around the Canal street area in Manchester is a thriving gay scene, which offers a plethora of bars, clubs, restaurants and other nighttime......
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Centered around the Canal street area in Manchester is a thriving gay scene, which offers a plethora of bars, clubs, restaurants and other nighttime venues for gays and straights alike.
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Went with a group of girls for a birthday. loads of places to choose from, really good music, lovely to sit outside along the canal too on a nice evening.
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The gay village is always a perfect place if you are searching for a bar or a restaurant. Despite whatever stereotypes and myths you might have heard about the Gay village (Canal Street), it is amazing and worth visiting. it's always happy covered in lights and shiny decorations.
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Everyone is welcome in Canal Street, lots of seating outdoors ideal for people watching over thirty venues catering for all tastes. People really friendly and always a party spirit.
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Great,,,,,All the best thing to expect. Nice cafes and resturants and drinks are cheap.
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Smart bars and really great atmosphere, we spent the afternoon going from one bar to another,
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Brilliant night out. Everyone is so friendly and every time I've been here I have rarely seen trouble. Drinks are cheap and takeaways are yummy!
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lovely friendly atmosphere apart from a few nasty drag queens but a lovely area to party in
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Great laughs, meet loads of new people, everyone friendly
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The original Gay Village bars are on Canal Street with other on the streets behind it. (I'm told by an English friend that since QAF, Canal Street has attracted more straight people to their bars though. So the ones on other streets are gayer.) But we as visitors on a Sunday and Monday night had a fine time at the...
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