| Typically there has been a disparaging view of | | | | of that scale due to the increase of people in the |
| restaurants in the North of England, with the | | | | area with that bit more spending power. |
| general consensus being that the best food was | | | | You can now quite easily find a Michelin starred |
| and could only be found in the South, specifically | | | | restaurant or celebrity cheffed restaurant and |
| London and the surrounding areas. This is an | | | | brush shoulders with Personalities from far and |
| outdated view and completely wrong, for the | | | | wide whilst eating some of the countries finest |
| past 15-20 years the quality and diversity of | | | | food prepared by some of the countries finest |
| restaurants north of the Watford Gap has | | | | chefs, so its about time the North-West was |
| become increasingly better with some of the best | | | | given the recognition it deserves, great food and |
| restaurants in the country now being found "Up | | | | great restaurants! |
| North", particularly Manchester and Liverpool as | | | | The major change now however is that this |
| you would expect due to their size and affluence | | | | massive improvement in quality of eateries and |
| of the city centres. | | | | variety of eateries can be found in the smaller |
| Manchester in particular now has some absolutely | | | | towns around the North-west, such as Bolton and |
| fantastic restaurants that are regularly visited by | | | | Horwich. Places such as Nicks restaurant in Bolton |
| many local celebrities from the world of TV, | | | | which attracts celebrities and footballers as well as |
| Radio and of course from the many Premiership | | | | the regular residents of Bolton, the food here is |
| footballers that live and work in and around | | | | superb and chef Nick and his team also give back |
| Manchester. This coupled with the increase in | | | | to the community with cookery classes for |
| young affluent workers and business owners in | | | | children given on a regular basis. |
| and around these large North-West cities has | | | | Horwich is not to be outdone however as it is well |
| inevitably led to a large amount of investment in | | | | known in the region for the amount of |
| many businesses, one industry being the | | | | restaurants there and the high quality of these |
| restaurant trade. People will always want to eat | | | | restaurants, one of the latest "il toro" has already |
| out at a good restaurant that serves great food | | | | received much praise and a more established |
| and plush surroundings and whilst there is a | | | | restaurant "Puddle DUK" is very well known as |
| restaurant to cater for everyones taste and | | | | having both inventive and high quality dishes, a |
| budget there has been an increase in the top end | | | | must visit if you're in the area! |