Rebecca Sharp

It doesn't matter how long you've been vegetarian, eating out with omnivorous friends and family doesn't get any easier. It's an uphill battle trying to get steak-loving friends excited about the idea of going to a vegetarian bistro for a nice meal no matter how good a friend they are. And you can forget spontaneously entering a new restaurant with your family without having looked at the menu online beforehand, only to realise they have nothing for you and then make the awkward exit once you've already sat down. Most restaurants nowadays are pretty good at having a vegetarian option, usually a classic 'mushroom whatever' or 'goats' cheese and something.' But wouldn't it be great to find a normal restaurant, serving decent meaty options for your meat-eating friends while still offering a decent spread for your falafel-loving self? Here is a selection of popular restaurants in Manchester which offer great veggie options for all occasions. For a roast dinner: The Blue Pig <img id="504c4eef-5ac9-0e15-e400-fbdf728b7f05" data-caption="" data-credit="" data-width-class="" type="image/jpeg" total="37131" loaded="37131" image_id="102880025" src="http://media.timeout.com/images/102880025/image.jpg" align="middle" class="photo lazy inline"> The Blue Pig regularly tops everyone's best roast dinner in the Northern Quarter list and it's no surprise why. The vegetarian option changes every week but they're always extremely tasty, plus you get all the usual roa

In the recent years with the arrival of MediaCityUK, Manchester and its surrounding areas have been gracing TV and cinema screens all year round. This isn't surprising with the sheer amount of location choices from different eras that could so easily lend themselves to different stories and time zones, but what is surprising is that only a handful of films have made Manchester their primary filming location. However, there is an eclectic bunch out there that have set their movies in the city or have chosen Manchester as a stand in for other locations. Here's six of the best. Dale Street, Northern Quarter   Film: 'Captain America: The First Avenger' (2011) Scene: 39 minutes in, just after Captain America's transformation Most people in Manchester  will already have heard about this one, but it's still pretty unbelievable. Dale Street, out of any other street in the world, was chosen as one that looked most like 1940s New York. Just hide the street signs, put up some fake fire escapes and you are instantly transported.                                                   Palace Hotel, Oxford Street   Film: 'Hell is a City' (1960) Scene: The pivotal scene right at the very end of the film Dubbed a 'Manc Noir' by critics, this black and white film has almost a cult following amongst cinephiles in Manchester. Its film locations take us all over the city and the outskirts to places that don't even exist any more, but the film's climatic scene was filmed on the roof of the Palace Ho