Cocktails in Manchester

Shake your own means less grief for the bartender and more fun for you

MANCHESTER Ever ordered a cocktail and then had to wait for ages while some cocky bartender shakes, stirs and shows off? Well, at the newly opened Southern Eleven, you can avoid the problem entirely. In a UK-first, drinkers can choose to have shakers and shots brought to their table so that they mix their own.

This neat trick also extends to the food, with pots of BBQ sauce and special brushes on-hand for diners to add a bespoke touch to chef James Hitchen's house special: racks of hickory-wood- smoked pork ribs. And if you fancy a bit of this DIY action from home, the kind people there have even devised a cocktail, especially for us.

3 Hardman Street, Spinningfields, tel: +44 (0)161 832 0482, southern11.co.uk

Mix your own

Ingredients

40ml cranberry vodka
20ml cranberry juice
20ml violet liqueur
10ml violet syrup
15ml lemon juice

Shake all the ingredients with ice and serve in a chilled martini glass. Garnish with an edible flower.

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