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Christmas Presents Ideas!

26 November, 2020Read More

If you’re looking for inspiration for Christmas Gifts, look no further! Finding the best Christmas presents for family and friends can be stressful… Luckily, our team of Santa’s Little Helpers have sourced a wide range of cracking Christmas gifts for all of your loved ones! HANDMADE PASTA HAMPERS: Choose your perfect Christmas Hamper! Our colander are filled with our homemade fresh pasta, sauces, Taralli, Italian biscuits, recipes, Italian wine, Limoncello, etc. Vegetarian, Vegan (including our famous homemade vegan parmesan) & Alcohol Free options available. Also, you can create your own by contacting us at ciao@pastafactory.co.uk. THE MANCHESTER COOKBOOK: A celebration of the amazing food and drink on our doorstep including recipes from ourself and our sister restaurant NOI QUATTRO ! The Manchester Cookbook explores, celebrates and promotes the evolving food and drink scene in our wonderful city! Now you can recreate your favourite meal in the comfort of your own home thanks to this book which features over 55 recipes and stories from some of Manchester’s best restaurants, cafes, delicatessens, pubs, producers and suppliers including ourself and our sister restaurant NOI QUATTRO ! GIFT VOUCHERS: An original and healthy gift card! Enjoy our fresh pasta options in our restaurant or take them home with Italian delights from our deli and our “to cook at home” kits! Personalise your own with your personal message on it! Available for both The Pasta Factory and Noi Quattro Pizzeria! For info and orders please email us at ciao@pastafactory.co.uk Support independent restaurants! Shop local! Thanks!

Fresh Pasta Delivery & Collection

6 November, 2020Read More

Lockdown No. 2, here we go! Don’t worry, we’ll still provide our homemade pasta, sauces, and deli product to you! We deliver our fresh handmade pasta with both Uber Eats and Deliveroo. You can order dry pasta to cook at home or our pasta cooked with our fresh sauces ready to eat. In addition, we also added the possibility to order and get delivered to your house all the products in our Bottega. That includes: Homemade Bread (from Noi Quattro Pizzeria), Handmade Vegan Cheeses, Parmigiano, Pecorino cheese, Mortadella, Parma Ham, Buffalo Mozzarella, Flour “00”, Rice Flour, Semola Flour, Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, etc. Our homemade desserts are available as well as pasta kits (which include 2 portions of pasta, 2 portions of sauce, toppings and the instruction on how to cook it! If you prefer you can also order by phone and collect it yourself. We’ve just moved across the road at NOI QUATTRO PIZZERIA. Tuesday to Sunday, 5.00pm to 10.00pm (Closed on Monday) Support independent restaurants! Shop local!

Tripadvisor 2020 Travellers’ Choice Winner!

19 October, 2020Read More

So proud of being a Travellers’ Choice Winner! Each year, Tripadvisor combs through reviews, ratings, and saves from Travellers everywhere, and use that info to award the very best. Thanks for your reviews! Keep supporting independent local restaurants!

We’re in the top 10% of restaurants worldwide.

Homemade Awesome Focaccia

9 September, 2020Read More

Choose from:

MORTADELLA with burrata cheese, pistachio cream and salad.
PARMA HAM with truffle mayo, parmesan and rocket.
VEGAN CHEESE (our famous handmade vegan cheese!) with courgette cream and salad.

Combine it with one of out Italian soft drink for £10.00! Choose from Cola, Gazzosa, Lemonade, Melazen and many more..

Take away and delivery only. We delivery via Uber Eats and Deliveroo.

Eat Out to Help Out

20 July, 2020Read More

Get a discount with the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme, book your table now! The Eat Out to Help Out Scheme opens on 4 August 2020. Use the Eat Out to Help Out discount at our restaurant:

to get 50% off your food and non-alcoholic drinks up to a total value of £10 per person if you eat or drink in
every Tuesday and Wednesday between 4 and 26 August
as many times as you like

You don’t need a voucher to use this scheme and you can use it at the same time as other offers and discounts. There is no minimum spend. You cannot claim discount on alcoholic drinks or service charges. The discount will be automatically available to you. All diners in a group of any size can use the discount.

Our opening times (dine in) are:

Tuesday 5.00pm-10.00pm

Wednesday 5.00pm-10.00pm

Thursday 5.00pm-10.00pm

Friday 5.00pm-10.30pm

Saturday 12.00-10.30pm

Sunday 12.00-9.30pm

Monday (Closed)

Always follow COVID-19 secure guidelines. Thanks for supporting small independent restaurants!

WE ARE BACK!

13 July, 2020Read More

In line with the government guidelines and prioritising the safety of our customers and staff, we are buzzing to be back!

We ask the customers to book if they can, in order to help us to organize the tables and spaces prior their arrival. If not, walking ins are welcome as well.

We’re will still doing take away and delivery service via Uber Eats and Deliveroo.

Our new opening time are:

Tuesday 5.00pm-10.00pm

Wednesday 5.00pm-10.00pm

Thursday 5.00pm-10.00pm

Friday 5.00pm-10.30pm

Saturday 12.00-10.30pm

Sunday 12.00-9.30pm

Monday (Closed)

Come to see us at 77 Shudehill and enjoy our fresh handmade pasta!

Support local businesses, Support independent restaurants!

Fresh Handmade Pasta delivered to your house!

17 March, 2020Read More

We started to deliver our fresh handmade pasta with Uber Eats. Check their website HERE or download the app! You can order dry pasta to cook at home or our pasta cooked with our fresh sauces ready to eat. In addition, we also added the possibility to order and get delivered to your house all the products in our Bottega. That includes: Homemade Bread (from Noi Quattro Pizzeria), Handmade Vegan Cheeses, Parmigiano, Pecorino cheese, Mortadella, Parma Ham, Buffalo Mozzarella, Flour “00”, Rice Flour, Semola Flour, Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, etc. Our homemade desserts are available as well as lunch deals and pasta kits (which include 2 portions of pasta, 2 portions of sauce, toppings and the instruction on how to cook it! Support independent restaurants! Shop local!

Pasta Masterclasses 2020

9 November, 2019Read More

Join our Pasta Chefs for a colourful Pasta masterclass!

At The Pasta Factory we are crazy about Pasta. We love to debate on the best combination of Pasta shape and sauce. We play with colours and we serve to our customers the best match possible! Mix & knead.Roll out, cut and fill.Repeat!During the class you will make two different types of dough: a classic with eggs and a colourful one with natural ingredients. You will get to try different tools and, of course, the Pasta machine. We will then create different shapes of Pasta and we will talk about the best match with the classical Italian sauces. Mix & knead.Roll out, cut and fill.EAT and ENJOY! We haven’t forgotten to include and serve to you a freshly made Pasta dish. The masterclass also includes: a welcome glass of prosecco, a “The Pasta Factory” apron and bag.

Next events are on:

Sunday, 16th February 2020, 3:00pm (Book it HERE) Sunday, 15th March 2020, 3:00pm (Book it HERE) Sunday, 19th April 2020, 3:00pm (Book it HERE)

Location: Noi Quattro - Pizzeria 
(120 High Street, Manchester, M4 1HQ)

Dine with Menabrea

30 October, 2019Read More

Special flavours at The Pasta Factory

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Exclusive limited-edition menu served for one week only

IND out how to eat like a real northerner – an Italian northerner – with a very special limited-edition menu devised to be served for one week only at The Pasta Factory. One of just six restaurants from around the UK invited to take part in a special challenge by the premium Italian beer Menabrea Birra, it’s all about cooking the Piedmont way.

The group of friends behind The Pasta Factory story originally hail from Turin, Piedmont (or Torino, Piemonte, if you prefer) and the recipes they are serving from Tuesday 29 October to Sunday 3 November are typical of the region in northern Italy: ‘ingrained in our DNA,’ they say. The traditional dishes include Vitello Tonnato (aromatic beef, served sliced, topped with tuna mayo), the pasta parcels Agnolotti Piemontesi, filled with beer-roasted pork and beef, and Bunet, a lipsmacking creamy chocolate pudding flavoured with amaretti. We’re in.

Some of the region’s finest ingredients include Sbirro cheese infused with Menabrea beer and Acquerello risotto rice, which is renowned as ‘the best rice in the world’ – both of which are available to buy in The Pasta Factory’s on-site deli for you to take home and try. Menabrea beer is brewed in Italy’s oldest, still family-run brewery in the foothills of the Italian Alps in a small town called Biella, about an hour from where The Pasta Factory team grew up.From those Alpine foothills to here on Shudehill, Menabrea Birra perfectly matches the Piedmont-inspired dishes, bursting with flavours and the finest ingredients imported from northern Italy, and – for the full ‘Menabrea Experience’ –there’s a pint of Menabrea Birra on the house for you when you order.

It’s a perfect chance for Italian food lovers to try a new Italian beer and for Italian beer lovers to try some new Italian food. Find out more about experiencing Italian food the Menabrea way here. Book a table at The Pasta Factory here quoting “Dine with Menabrea” or call 0161 222 9250.

After a new Manchester lunch spot? Think The Pasta Factory

12 August, 2019Read More

Great value, laidback vibes…and some of the best fresh pasta in town

THERE’s nothing quite so bastardised as pasta. Now as familiar to Brits as the Sunday roast, it’s sold dry and packaged in supermarkets across the country. Many people don’t even know what fresh pasta tastes like. And proper good fresh pasta, the type you’d guzzle on some sun-soaked terrazza in Rome? Well that’s a rare beast indeed.

Little wonder, then, the Pasta Factory is so popular. Since launching on Shudehill, it’s earned a legion of fans and the rave reviews keep coming. As per its name, pasta here is made fresh onsite; with many varieties you won’t find elsewhere, from maltagliati to radiatori. You might find some more familiar types too, but never served in the way you’d expect. Want spaghetti Bolognese? Then we’d suggest you go elsewhere.

For those who want an authentic Italian experience – at an independent restaurant founded and managed by Italians – Pasta Factory has become one of the places to on weekends and evenings. But what many don’t know is that it’s also open for weekday lunch…and what’s more, has all the ingredients of a top lunch spot: great value dishes (including the option to have smaller portions and pay less), prompt service and a laidback atmosphere. Soft drinks are plentiful – though we recommend trying the top-notch wine list at some point – and the interior is warm and welcoming. We popped in one Tuesday to try out the weekday daytime menu (available Tues-Fri, 12-4pm) and, after a brief intro from the knowledgeable waiter, plumped on three antipasti and three mains in smaller portions: perfect for sharing. We would have tried some of the desserts too (Nutella cannoli looked particularly tempting), but alas were too full.

First up was panelle con salsa rustica; a creative take on the fritters served up in Palermo. Lighter than your average fritter, these velvety chickpea delights are filled with fresh salsa and drizzled in cashew cream. Orange zest undercuts the richness, while Ligurian olives add an extra pop of flavour. While most of Pasta Factory’s produce is sourced locally where possible, specialities like these are ordered direct from Italy. Talking of which, mozzarella di bufala comes straight from Campania – and boy is it worth it. Served simply, with sunblushed tomatoes in extra virgin olive oil, the unctuous ball of cheese is quite literally a taste of the Mediterranean. Our final antipasti was insalata di polpo, aka octopus salad, made using Atlantic octopus from the local fishmonger. Tossed with a light salad, including chickpeas for a little bite, it’s served with two chunks of intriguing squid ink focaccia. The black colour may look strange but the taste and texture works a treat.

Other antipasti include soup of the day and a trio of crostini, topped with the likes of Parma ham and parmesan, but we managed to resist and proceed to mains; each as beautifully seasoned as the starters. Triangulo di funghi in salsa al tartufo is one of Pasta Factory’s most popular dishes and, while the menu changes regularly – based on chefs’ creativity and seasonality – has proven a mainstay with its earthy flavours and green spinach dough. Stuffed with mushrooms, the ravioli is drizzled in black truffle and porcini sauce and topped with an impressive Piedmont truffle, while cashews add a satisfying crunch. Bucatini all’amatriciana was equally satisfying, a spaghetti-like pasta served in a rich sauce made with tomatoes and guanciale pork cheek; the latter is often compared to bacon but actually much more of a delicacy, and also appears atop the pasta in crispy strips (having been simmered in dry white wine). Our mouths are watering just recalling it.

Last but certainly not least was paccheri al frutti di mare, thick tubes of pasta in a hearty seafood sauce. While inspired by a Tuscan dish called Cacciucco that’s usually served alone, Pasta Factory decided to pair this broth-like sauce with pasta. Add in a whole host of seafood – including monkfish, cod, clams, mussels and king prawns – and you have a winner. Other options currently include ricotta ravioli and a veggie-friendly bucatini; made with red chilli, tossed with special Pugliese olive oil and topped with breadcrumbs. There’s also a specials board, which changes regularly. The only problem? It’s all so tempting, you might struggle to choose…

Read full article HERE.