Best Arts and Culture Places in Crowton

"I love the Art Gallery and have the Gallery a great place to visit with children and offers something a little different to enjoy with your children. The Gallery has several exhibits which are free for the public to enjoy. I love that the Gallery have tried to be really child friendly and for those with younger children, there is explorer tool belts for family groups with children aged three to six."

"Manchester Art Gallery always have brilliant temporary exhibitions. Thanks to these guys I discovered Raqib Shaw, who is now one of my favourite artists. Manchester Art Gallery also have great permanent exhibitions with an emphasis on the Pre-Raphaelites."

"Manchester also has the John Rylands Library, churches, cathedrals, and museums dedicated to art, culture, and history. In the evening, prepare for your flight home from Manchester International Airport."

"The John Rylands Library in Manchester is a breath-taking library. It opened in 1900 as a tribute to Enriqueta Ryland’s husband John Ryland. You can find statues of the both of them in the main hall."

"Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 4BB - Visit now. This northern outpost of arguably Britain’s most important arts institution opened at Liverpool’s Albert Dock in 1988. Tate Liverpool is housed inside a Grade I-listed former warehouse, a redbrick beauty designed by Jesse Hartley in 1840 that was once an integral part of Liverpool’s gargantuan port industry."

"The docks are home to the Liverpool Maritime Museum, the Beatles Story, the International Slavery Museum and the Tate Modern Art Gallery. This is a great place to stop off for coffee or lunch."

"An offshoot of the London-based art galleries of the same name, Tate Liverpool is located in a handsome conversion of Albert Dock warehouses…"

"Big Art for Little Artists is a gallery for children within the Walker Art Gallery up to and including the age of eight. It has been designed to introduce children to art. It is open daily from 10am – 5pm and is just inside the main museum doors. It’s a great space to introduce the children to the art they can find in the museum and they even have fancy dress the kids can wear and then find the photos around the museum and take photos of themselves next to the art."

"From April 17, Tate Liverpool's cafe will be opening on weekends only. Its menus change seasonally and the venue offers locally sourced ingredients. All dishes are made fresh from scratch on the premises."

"\In 1924, upmarket department store Hendersons opened on Church Street where you’ll now find H&M. The Hendersons store was known as a real special occasion shop, renowned for intimidating Beauty Counter ladies who also sold chocolates!. The store went on to be so successful, it sold to Harrods in 1948, but Liverpool’s branch of Hendersons will always be linked to tragedy after the worst fire damage seen in the city since The Blitz, took hold of the building in June 1960, bringing the city centre to a standstill and resulting in 11 people losing their lives."

"Arts Hub 47 is a creative community in Merseyside that established in 2012. Created to provide different artists with a safe and inclusive place where they can show their talents and skills, this is certainly one of the best places to visit if you are out to hunt amazing arts and crafts to adorn your home or office. Offering different items from cards, bags, paintings, prints, clothes, jewellery, bunting, textile art and many others, they aim to address your particular needs and requirements and offer you wonderful and amazing work that will perfectly match your taste and will leave you very satisfied."

"Contact Theatre will be heading out across Manchester this summer for a series of outdoor performances. Contact is an Oxford Road theatre and performing arts venue creating and producing its own shows, as well as hosting tours from the world’s best theatre companies. Contact will be heading out across the city this summer, delivering a series of outdoor performances before its building reopens to the public in September 2021."

"Run by Dave Abe and his Japanese father, this hidden-away restaurant is one of Liverpool’s best kept foodie secrets. Set up by the pair when they noticed the lack of quality Japanese food in the North-West of England, Etsu hired the very best specialty chefs they could find and set about introducing Scousers to high-quality, authentic Japanese dishes. With over 70 years of restaurant experience between the staff, relax in Etsu’s cosy atmosphere and enjoy some jaw-dropping Japanese food, including traditional bento boxes for lunch, delicious curries such as Tonkatsu and Torikatsu, Udon soup noodle bowls and much, much more."

"Etsu is an authentic Japanese restaurant that serves the best tasting sushi menu in the whole of Liverpool. Always made fresh upon order, you can choose from the selection of maki sushi, California rolls, temaki, gunkan and nigiri sushi that they have. Made from the freshest and finest ingredients of fish and seafood like salmon, tuna, eel, crabstick, king prawn, mackerel, octopus, clam and many others, you will certainly find the best one that will tempt your palate and provide you with filling sushis that are hand-rolled to perfection."

"Japanese cuisine has a reputation for being healthy so it’s no surprise that Liverpool’s best Japanese restaurant, ETSU has made the cut for healthy eating in Liverpool. Serving authentic Japanese food, ETSU is open from lunch to dinner with sushi, gyoza’s, miso soup and udon dishes. If you’re working in the business district of the city and fancy picking up a healthy lunch, we recommend opting for the bento box which comes with salad, rice and potatoes."

"A garden oasis nestled in Hardman Square, book a table for up to six guests (subject to availability) for the beautiful covered and heated ground floor terrace at The Ivy Spinningfields from 12 April and watch the world go by as you savour their seasonal specials and show-stopping serves. In addition, indoor reservations for the brasserie, roof terrace and glamorous late-night restaurant and bar, Ivy Asia, will be available from 17 May."

"What: Something of an all-rounder, this glamorous Manchester outpost of The Ivy offers menus that take diners through from breakfast till dinner, with brunch and afternoon tea inbetween. The restaurant also comes with two outdoor dining areas, including a rooftop garden that’s available for private hire and a ground floor terrace. While working on your tan, you can tuck Ivy signatures such as the shepherd’s pie and chicken milanese."

"The Ivy Spinningfields in Manchester is a multi-faceted venue, offering several floors of beautiful settings and tasty food and drinks. Apart from ground floor Ivy Brasserie and second floor Ivy Asia, the true gem is found at the very top, with the Ivy Roof Garden. Very colorful and very lush, the spacious rooftop really deserves its 'garden' epithet."

"Fine dining made casual with a modern spin on British classics, in the shiny First Street development just outside Manchester’s city centre. High ceilings tower over dark wood and teal furnishings, with cosy booths and dim lighting. An open kitchen gives diners a view of the MasterChef at work."

"Named after chef patron Simon Wood, 2015 winner of MasterChef, this First Street restaurant offers unintimidating high end dining in a relaxed setting. From truffled tortellini to tomahawk sharers, you won’t leave hungry."

"A Manchester-favourite for special occasions, Australasia – also known as ‘the one you enter via the glass triangle on the street’ – features a clean, minimal interior, that absolutely oozes chic vibes. The menu is just as wonderful, too, with extensive Australasian-inspired options varying from sushi, Robata grilled meats, Asian small plates and more. Cocktail-wise, it’s quite the field day – with endless Asian-inspired flavours to try out during your visit."

"Since opening in 2011, Australasia has become one of the city’s favourite restaurants - known for being the restaurant concealed down a flight of stairs. It's a place of relaxed elegance with an impressive menu offering Indonesian and Japanese influences. Statistics: @australasia_mcr - 21k followers / #australasiamanchester - 1,469 posts"

"Modern Australian food with Indonesian and Japanese influences, served in a glamorous subterranean venue in Spinningfields. Pacific Rim flavours are underpinned by classic European cooking techniques in a menu that spans sushi and sashimi to robata grilled meat and fish. Don’t miss the signature black cod."

"Zizzi is a go-to place for varied types of eaters that has common goals and that is to find a delicious treat that is made following their specific diet and requirements. Whether you are a veggie, vegan, non-gluten or meat eater, you would ceratinly be served the best menu that will fit your dietary specifications. They have a full menu that serves different starters, pizza, pasta, meat, salads, sides, non-gluten mains and desserts."

"[Read More&](https://quisine.quandoo.co.uk/guide/best-vegan-restaurants-manchester/attachment/earth-cafe/). Perfect if you need something quicker than a full meal but still want to enjoy your food in cosy surrounds, Earth Cafe is right below the Northern Quarter Buddhist Centre and makes all of its food from scratch, every day. The menu therefore varies according to a number of things, the weather and what’s good at the market on any particular day, for example, but you can expect hot snacks, salads, cakes, meals, juices, the lot."

"For a quieter, more contemplative experience, this long-established cafe in the basement of the Buddhist Centre has long been a haven for veggies but has now gone mostly vegan (they can’t call themselves vegan because they still offer milk with hot drinks). Hearty meals made from scratch from what the market has had on offer that day, a range of stews, curries, rice, salads and desserts make this an almost religious taste experience."

"Earth Cafe has an ever-changing menu of vegan dishes, from tofu curries and pot pies to fresh fruit juices and plant-based sweet treats. And how do we know it’s all fresh?. Well, their menu depends solely on the ingredients they buy in the morning and, of course, the weather."