Eastern Bloc


Matt's office and my office are back to back in the Northern Quarter. V Revolution is equidistant in one direction and  Eastern Bloc is equidistant in the other. Eastern Bloc is a record shop established in the mid eighties that's played a big part in Manchester's music scene. It's moved around several venues and it's current incarnation in Stevenson Square it also has a great little cafe.


There's always a friendly, relaxed feel with their home made food and mismatched furniture. Vegan options change daily but you can usually find a soup or salad. Sweet wise there'll be cake or one of their amazing seed topped muffins. Seriously, these are some of the best muffins I've bought and muffins are one of my things baking wise. Everything is available to eat in or take out. Their soya latte is also my favourite in Manchester. The coffee is Union Hand Roasted and both the caff and decaff versions are delicious and check out their cute loyalty card where you get the records stamped. It has the added bonus that you only have to buy six drinks to claim a free one where it's pretty standard elsewhere that you have to buy nine. 

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  1. vegan.in.brighton3 September 2013 at 10:40

    I love a place with a good muffin on the menu!

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  2. Unknown3 September 2013 at 11:01

    Muffins! I didn't know this place existed! Thanks Caroline x

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  3. Tea and Sympatico3 September 2013 at 11:59

    I must just add, always check that the muffins are the vegan version. Sometimes they have a non vegan version of the seeded topped one too.

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  4. Unknown3 September 2013 at 18:46

    Thank you! I'm just getting use to Wordpress and I'm trying to figure out how to follow you haha I will have to google!

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  5. Jenny3 September 2013 at 20:10

    I didn't know about this place either; your theme's going to be very educational for me I think :)

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  6. Joey3 September 2013 at 22:05

    Muffins and records? I can see lots of well-spent hours there!

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  7. x3 September 2013 at 22:58

    I'm so jelly of you being able to go to a cafe and get vegan options! It's pretty rare here, and I really want a seed-topped muffin!

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  8. Jasmine Trinity4 September 2013 at 21:39

    At the end of the month can you do a map showing all the vegan eateries in the Northern quarter, then I can plan my visit by food! :)

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  9. Tea and Sympatico4 September 2013 at 21:44

    Haha, I was just thinking the same thing Jasmine. A map would be good. Not sure if my skills are up to it but Matt has a Geography degree so I might try and get him on it ;)

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