Manchester on a budget: Three things to do

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If you want to explore Manchester with £10 or less, here are three places you HAVE to visit.

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00:00Hello and welcome to Manchester World, my name is Theo Cusinbet and today we have a

00:04very exciting Feature Friday video for you, where basically, you see this amazing city

00:08behind me, we're going to find out how to explore it best on a little bit of a budget.

00:13I have exactly £10 and with that I'm going to find myself a coffee, I'm going to find

00:17myself lunch and we're going to do a little bit of exploring as well.

00:21I thought it might be a good idea to consult AI.

00:23Now I work in Manchester all day every day, I already have quite a good idea of the places

00:27that I like and the places that I've explored and I don't really want you to be overly

00:31influenced by the things I do, I'd like this to be an opportunity for me to try and explore

00:35the city a little bit as well.

00:36Now here are the suggestions that it came up with, we may as well get going rather than

00:40just hearing me talk, so let's get out into Manchester and let's have a little bit of

00:44an explore.

00:45So here we are then out and about on the streets of Manchester and on our way to the very first

00:49stop, the Shoegaze Cafe, which as I said won't actually be here for much longer, it used

00:54to be a sort of dessert ice cream sort of place, but since that tenant left the landlord

00:58figured that instead of leaving it vacant while he looks for a new person to step into

01:01the lot, they may as well set up something that he cares about, and what that is is a

01:05Shoegaze Cafe.

01:06Shoegaze music is something that's very difficult for me to explain personally, but what's really

01:11important is the vibe and the fact that coffee is only £2.

01:15Now Chachi Petit also mentioned exploring the Northern Quarter and you have ample opportunity

01:18to do that walking past Affleck's, the newly located Fremount Night and Day in Stephenson

01:23Square as well, on your way to get yourself a very, very lovely filter coffee.

01:28Now as I say £2 free refills and fortune cookies, you really can't go wrong, and Henry

01:33the owner who's usually in there is a great conversationalist to boot.

01:37So there we are, Shoegaze Cafe, £2 filter coffee, free refills as well if you fancy

01:41sitting in there, and you get a little fortune cookie too, which I've got in my hand here,

01:46you can't see because I'm holding the camera, but you will soon find the pot of gold at

01:51the end of the rainbow.

01:52And I'm in a great mood as well.

01:54And then we move on to Cafe North, which was the choice of the budget-friendly lunch options.

01:59We know for a fact that they're an incredibly popular Manchester staple by now and they

02:02have a tonne of options under £10.

02:05I'd already spent £2 on the coffee, so I went for £7 on this amazing breakfast sandwich.

02:09Sausage, bacon and egg, cannot go wrong.

02:12What a delightful meal it was, and what a delightful atmosphere as well.

02:16But Cafe North itself, really, really recommend, staff were lovely, and again, it was really

02:20good quality food.

02:22The bacon was really thick cut, the sausages were tasty, it was none of the cheap stuff,

02:26so well worth the £7.

02:28We're going to round off at the John Rylands Library, we're going to be brief here because

02:31I don't want to take up too much of your time, but wow, what a building, it really is a place

02:36of massive cultural importance to Manchester, an amazing building, and an amazing story

02:41behind it too.

02:42So, with it being free to get in, you really can't go wrong, and honestly, you can't go

02:47wrong with anything that we've gone through today, from the Shoe Gaze Cafe, to Cafe North,

02:52right through to the John Rylands Library, that spells a perfect cheap afternoon in Manchester.

02:57So come down, give them a try, and follow Manchester World for more.

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