The Badger: A Re-launch For The Haunch....

And just like that, Manchester has yet another new pub, which looked interesting enough for me to have a wander over there to check it out. Here's what I found.....With very little build-up and seemingly little warning to other than those in the know, a new pub has just opened its doors in Manchester. It's been brought to you by the same people who have the excellent Crown & Kettle on the corner of Oldham Road and Great Ancoats Street, and the smaller Rat & Pigeon on Back Piccadilly to which to be honest I have never really warmed.The Badger, which is on Dale Street, only opened a few days ago, on Friday 1st May, with no less a figure than the mayor of Greater Manchester and 'King of the North', Andy Burnham, performing the ribbon-cutting duties. He would have found, as I and the rest of those that have already been can testify, an amazing pub interior seemingly from Victorian times. But all is not what it seems. For a start, the building was previously home to a sports bar called…