"Federal's ever-inventive serves may have coffee purists spluttering into their pour-overs, but they've been a rip-roaring success, with queues forming at weekends. First opened in the Northern Quarter in 2014 by New Zealander Jon Perry and Portuguese-born Claudio Ribeiro, Federal is an affable, warm hug of a café, which has since opened outposts on Deansgate, Oxford Road and, as of 2025, Leeds."
"One of the grandest coffee shops in town, this is set in a former cotton mill overlooking the New Islington canal, resplendent in red brickwork and entered via the sort of gateway you expect fire engines to race out of. Step inside and you'll see the curved brick ceilings and elephantine iron pillars from its previous incarnation, along with wooden seating that sprawls out into a courtyard."
Manchester has a thriving independent coffee culture with a taste for quality espresso, natural wine and brunch-focused menus. Federal serves inventive beverages such as iced oat matcha with banana-bread cream and expanded from a 2014 Northern Quarter site to locations on Deansgate, Oxford Road and Leeds in 2025. Federal pairs exposed-brick ambience and foliage with a breakfast and brunch menu featuring lemon-curd porridge, Turkish eggs and Cheddar-corn fritters alongside single-origin Ozone coffee. Ancoats Coffee Co occupies a former cotton mill by the New Islington canal, preserves curved brick ceilings and iron pillars, roasts beans on site and sources beans globally.
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