Eat in stockport, Manchester

Cork of the North ★ 4.5

South Manchester wine bar in Heaton Moor with 450 bottles on the wall. Hundred-plus by the glass, Mediterranean snacks, sister site in Sale on the same model.

Signature pour: Pinot grigio by the carafe

Wine focus: 450 bottles across Old and New World

Food: Mediterranean small plates

Stockport Market ★ 4.3

Hilltop market on Stockport Plaza, eight miles south of Manchester. Forty stalls, Sunday vinyl-and-vintage; Eastern European food vans run weekends.

Cantaloupe Stockport ★ 4.5

Daily-changing Mediterranean small-plates menu in Stockport's old quarter, near Manchester. Joined Michelin's 2026 Bib Gourmand list a year after opening.

Why locals love it: Manchester foodies haven't yet caught up with Stockport's 2026 Bib Gourmand on Great Underbank. Mediterranean small plates, the suburb's biggest food story.

Tip: Twenty minutes by train from Manchester Piccadilly; daily-changing menu, book ahead.