A SALE cafe that only opened six months ago has picked up an award for being the best family restaurant in Manchester.

The Bean & Brush Family Art Cafe scooped the ‘Favourite Family Friendly Place To Eat’ in Manchester award in a Mumsnet online poll this week.

The cafe, on Hayfield Street, fought off stiff competition from Croma and Dimitris in Manchester city centre to win the prize. Italian restaurant Oca, on the Waterside Plaza in Sale, picked up second place.

Voters had to log on to social networking sites to vote for their favourite restaurant in the poll.

Michelle Starling, one of the owners of the Bean & Brush, said: “It was so out of the blue. We were so pleased when we found out, and just wanted to thank our customers for logging on to facebook and twitter and voting.”

Juan Eslava, from Oca, said: “We were glad to be taken into consideration, and thanks to all those who voted for us.”