“Is it your first time, dear?” is the question that most get as they approach the counter at Mama Flo’s.
Florence Coke, the diminutive cook at this gem on the A6 (let’s face facts, it doesn’t have too many), is clearly keen to keep tabs on how business is going at all times.
Now 67, she quit working at the fragrance counters at Selfridge's to cook, first at a shop in Gorton and now at 314 Buxton Road, where the smell of barbecue chicken hits you long before you arrive at the door, which is adorned with a giant red bow like a birthday present.
