you have the added bonus of the german market being on. One of the best in the country and very big.
Best Italian in in the city centre is San Carlo. Great food and atmos http://www.sancarlo.co.uk/manchester
followed by
Piccolino's http://www.piccolinorestaurants.co.uk/manchester.html
or something a bit lighter is Carluccio's http://www.restaurant-guide.com/carlucc ... fields.htm
Greek there is Dimitris http://www.dimitris.co.uk/ (got mentioned on royle family)
Spanish there is Grado run by Paul Heathcoate http://www.restaurantsofmanchester.com/ ... /grado.htm
Steak (Brazilian) http://www.gauchorestaurants.co.uk/rest ... manchester
Very Nice cocktail bar to end the night at Room http://www.cloud23bar.com/