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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Adam Maidment

The Manchester restaurant serving up WILD SQUIRREL to adventurous diners

Grazing the menu of Ancoats delight Street Urchin, you’ll see an array of enticing sharing plates, seafood dishes and vegetarian delights. But one thing you won't have spotted is a dish featuring squirrel. That is, of course, until now.

Located on Great Ancoats Street, the cosy 'English market diner' has become known for its ever-rotating menu featuring locally sourced and seasonal produce since it opened in the summer of 2019. Food critic Jay Rayner once even went as far as describing it as a ‘place where good things happen’.

While the restaurant - fronted by husband and wife team Kevin and Rachel Choudhary - has served the likes of panko mackerel fillet, sticky ox cheek stew, and butternut squash dumplings in the past, the newest 'nutty' menu dish has caught many by surprise.

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