Skip the DIY pancakes this year.
Where we’d usually be stuffing our faces with fluffy pancakes and a pint in hand at one of Manchester’s best dessert spots, this year, takeaway will have to do. From savoury breakfast style pancakes, to big thick American-style stacks smothered in chocolate, here are the Manchester restaurants saving Shrove Tuesday with takeaway pancakes today.
1. Ezra & Gil
Ezra & Gil is celebrating Pancake Day with two special menu options today – including lemon curd and blueberries and Kinder Bueno flavour. Each thick American-style stack is drizzled with a thick sauce and topped with fruit, and you can order them for either Northern Quarter collection, or via Deliveroo. Ezra & Gil, 20 Hilton St, M1 1FR.
2. Pot Kettle Black
Serving three ‘hefty’ stacks especially for pancake day, Pot Kettle Black is offering streaky bacon with fried egg and maple syrup, raspberry coulis with white chocolate mascarpone and honeycomb with milk chocolate and butterscotch – providing a little something for every palate. The pancakes are available to takeaway today only until 3pm. Pot Kettle Black, Barton Arcade, M3 2BW.
3. Federal
Available to takeaway or order via Deliveroo, Federal is serving both sweet and savoury pancakes today, including a bacon, fried egg and maple syrup stack, and berries with vanilla mascarpone, salted caramel and almond and white chocolate crumb. The pancakes are made American-style and are available today only. Federal, 9 Nicholas Croft, M4 1EY | 194 Deansgate, M3 3ND.
4. 19 Cafe Bar
Opening up especially for the occasion, 19 Cafe Bar is back for Pancake Day – and they’ve gone all out for the big day. We’re talking smothered sweet stacks with Oreos, Kinder Bueno, Biscoff, strawberry sauce and more – with plenty of menu options to choose from. Really, it’s a pancake haven. 19 Cafe Bar is open for takeaway from 10am til 5.30pm today only. 19 Cafe Bar, 19 Lever St, M1 1BY.
5. The Green Lab
Offering a healthier take on pancake day for those who need their protein ‘gains’, The Green Lab has created the matcha crepe cake this year – made with matcha, honey, and raspberry protein. For those with more of a sweet tooth, they’re also serving thick American Bakewell flavour protein pancakes, with red berry jam, flaked almonds and freeze-dried berries to top it off. Order via Deliveroo. The Green Lab, 32-34 Dale Street, M1 1FY.
6. Vertigo
Much-loved vegan restaurant Vertigo has brought back their beloved pancake stacks this month, with three special stacks available this week only. Stacks include berries and maple syrup, Lotus Biscoff, and chocolate and strawberries. Pick them up for takeaway at both their Cross Street and MediaCityUK restaurants. Vertigo, 18 Cross St, M2 7AE | Unit 2, Bridge House, Salford M50 2BH.
7. Grindsmith
Grindsmith’s savoury pancake stack is perfect for celebrating Shrove Tuesday – and you can enjoy it via Deliveroo today. Menu options include their buttermilk pancakes with maple syrup, streaky bacon, and a bacon crumb, as well as a stack with butterscotch, honey-baked banana, candied lemon zest and maple syrup. Grindsmith, 5-6 The Garage, MediaCityUK, M50 2BS.
8. Arndale Deli Pancake Cafe
One of Arndale Market’s fantastic vendors who’ve been continuing to serve up the good stuff during lockdown, Arndale Deli Pancake Cafe offers up crepe style pancakes with a variety of traditional toppings – including drizzles of Nutella sauce and a selection of fruit. There are savoury options, too, including cheese, egg and turkey. Head over for takeaway pancakes. Arndale Deli Pancake Cafe, 49 High St, M4 3AH.
[Featured image: Ezra & Gil/19 Cafe Bar]