Jamal Nicoll and Genevieve Bruwer, the couple behind Preston cafe Skinnys, know how to nail a neighbourhood venue. Their latest is Peaches, a walk-ins-only corner wine bar that, Nicoll says, “we wanted to feel dark but ... warm”.

Cafe curtains and terracotta-coloured walls fulfil the brief. The tap list ticks a lot of boxes (Guinness, Fin wine, house-batched negronis), while charcoal touches much of the menu, from kangaroo-loin skewers with pepper caramel to smoked mushrooms giving big flavour to a vegan pasta made with cavatelli.