If you're adding 'Great' to your company name then you've definitely got to live up to the…read moreexpectations; and these guys absolutely do so. They were Supreme Champion at the British Pie Awards in 2015 - I think they should seriously consider changing their moniker to Supreme North Pie Co. after that. You may have seen their stall at various markets around the north, from Northwich to Urmston and West Didsbury, selling their wares to the public. They also occasionally feature at festivals; I was over the moon to see them at Festival No. 6 in Portmeirion. They've a permanent unit at food-hall-heaven Market House in Altrincham, where you can order pie, mash and gravy and enjoy THE BEST pies of your lives. Their Wagyu Beef & Onion pie was truly fantastic - a must dish for the autumn months. I'd kill to learn their gravy recipe!

Greater Manchester is famous for its meat pies and the Great North Pie company can stake (or…read moresteak?) a claim to being one of the area's best pie makers. (I know that not because I've sampled all the pies of the world but because they have an impressive display of gold medals awarded by folk who have.) They have a stall at Altrincham market to buy pies to take home. But they also have a separate space in the Market Hall where you can get your pie delivered to your table. You can add mash and gravy if you want to make a meal of it. Pie choices include cheese and onion, chicken and mushroom, minced beef and onion, and steak and ale. It was hard to choose, but I went for the steak and ale, with mash and gravy. I wasn't sure I made the right choice when it came out: the mashed potato looked a little watery and the pie crust a little too well done. But the mash was fine, the gravy delicious, and the pie was truly scrumptious. The crust was firm but not tough, containing a delicious stew of juicy steak chunks in a thick beer gravy. I washed it down with a fine ale from Jack in the Box, on the other side of the hall. Eating my pie in the beautiful and historic surroundings of the Market Hall only added to the Great North Experience.

I really really really like this place - in fact it was that much of a pleasurable cake and tea…read moreexperience that I'm gonna give it 5 stars! Having a rare afternoon off recently and having our oldest child in nursery, my wife and myself had a quick trip down here and treated ourselves to 3 cakes and tea between us - the salted caramel cake was amazing and the tea tasted lovely in proper china cups. You can eat in or out with just a small number of tables for the even smaller number of days of sunny weather. I hear the afternoon tea is excellent (my wife goes regularly) - I really need to get here again soon and check it out. Tea and cake FTW!

Amist the hustle and bustle of Burton Road stands a tiny cake shop, with possibly the greatest…read morename! I absolutely love this place, I keep telling everyone I know to go and try it, so they best keep making their fabulous cakes so everyone can try them. There's only about seven or eight tables, so when I say tiny, I certainly mean it. This isn't a bad thing at all (well unless it's so busy you can't grab a table), because it means the atmosphere is great. When I visted on Saturday there was a baby shower in progress, a few friends having cake and a catch up and an adorable elderly couple having cream tea and scones. It's great, certainly a place for anyone and everyone. There's a cake counter - that's right! A whole two tiered counter displaying all the homemade goodness for the day. This is great because you actually get to see what you're ordering. I've never seen any less than six different types of cake on offer!! I booked a table for my best friend and I for afternoon tea. When we arrived the table was laid out ready and we were given our afternoon tea menu. There were four sandwich choices, multiple drinks choices (you don't have to have tea) and the best bit is that you can pick two cakes! All for the amazing price of £14.50. I had their cheese and chutney sandwich, which was full of flavour, followed by a big juicy strawberry covered in dark chocolate. Next came the freshly baked scone, with clotted cream and jam of course, then finally my cake selection, a red velvet cupcake and a chunk of cookie and cream cake. So moist, yet fluffy with a side of a sugar overdose. Ha. I was so stuffed that I couldn't manage all my cake, but that's okay because they offered me a box so i could take it away with me!

Belting breakfast freshly cooked and included a nice cuppa, fast service, great staff, easy parking.read more

Perfect road side greasy fry up place! They do a mega barm which is perfect for hangovers! Really…read morecheap and staff are fab!

Starbucks in Crewe Town Centre is a good location of Starbucks, especially for a franchise…read morelocation. I normally hate franchise locations of Starbucks due to the pricing being higher compared to regular stores, but right now they're actually cheaper for the new Red Cups. Starbucks has made their new Christmas drinks more expensive than ever this year, at least their franchise locations have seen sense here, meaning instead of £4.40 my drink ended up costing £4.19, which is around a 5% saving (of course you can still get the £0.25 reusable cup discount to make it even cheaper), and they accept Starbucks cards. The store is rather comfortable with a lot of cushioned seating,, they even have sofas towards the back. The staff seemed friendly too, they were greeting customers in/out of the store. The opening hours could be better, the store shuts early during the week at just 6 pm, but this is common for branches outside of major cities, there is a branch on Weston Road which is a drive-thru in the Euro Garages area next to Crewe Station which is open later. My beverage was okay, I ordered a Venti Iced Gingerbread latte with no topping, I would have liked my drink full all the way to the top though, but there was only a small amount missing. 4*

A shopping trip to Crewe saw is on the retail park and cold- so a trip to Costa was in order nice…read moreplace, great staff- really friendly and helpful didn't feel like just the "next customer" Only criticisms I have are that some of the tables are tiny, like ours with 4 chairs round it which ended with drinks spilt as there was just not enough room- on it or round it, And also (which is an issue for me in every Costa) the temperature of the drinks just isn't hot enough and the staff are apparently limited to how hot they can make them, not sure about anyone else but I like my hot chocolate hot!

locally made pies. Loads of different varieties, and can be served cold to reheat, or hot…read more There are also cakes which are all freshly made. Bread can be bought by the loaf, and is delicious, but its the pies that has people coming back again and again. The pastry is always thick enough to make the pie 'safe' enough to eat without getting scalding hot gravy all down your hands and face! very highly recommended, except once you've had a wright pie, no others taste quite the same.

wrights pies offer a great range of pies and pasties and don't forget the cakes…read more the food is lovely but i think that there famous meat and potato pie is not as nice as it used to be. staff are freindly and polite

All in all this bakers is well stocked and the food is lovely at really good prices. I do think its…read moreso popular that the queues reaching out of the shop is a bit annoying - especially when the weather is bad. And the step to get in the shop is totally prohibitive to anyone with wheels. However its almost part of the shops charm (!) so we allow the hassle because the pasties are soooo good. its hot and immediate grub so who's complaining? They do lovely fresh bread baked on the premises so the whole place naturally smells lovely. I would say that there isn't always an awesome range of cakes in there, but there's always a good selection, from cream cakes to doughnuts, so you'll never leave empty handed! Worth a visit.

In my opinion Millies bake the best cookies and muffins in the world and are always fresh and…read moretasty. The shop in Warrington is no exception. Even though it is a small counter they have recently placed a few table and chairs outside so you can sit and relax instead of taking away. The staff are always friendly and tell you about any special offers. The Bobbin Baskins ice cream is absolutely delicious, but is slighly overpriced when compared to other ice cream parlours in town. Well worth a visit.