Best in Bristol
So, having a baby has altered my eating out habits pretty drastically. These days I care slightly less about wine lists and slightly more about highchairs and changing facilities when it comes to choosing a place to eat or drink. But our wonderful city has a great selection of independent…
Reviews
This review has been somewhat overdue as I’ve been a pretty loyal customer of Ray’s Pizza, the pop up in The Crofters Rights, for some time now. Sadly there are no pictures of the pizzas in this review as in our house they get wolfed down before I have chance to…
Reviews
We stopped for lunch at Lona’s Grill House and Juice Bar a couple of Saturdays ago – drawn in by the rather extravagant looking exterior and the promise of authentic lebanese cuisine. The restaurant, is large – very large. There’s an open grill along the wall at the side with…
Features
Since moving to Cotham and becoming a mummy, my food shopping habits have changed. The bright lights, trolleys and tannoys of the supermarkets are considerably more stressful than convenient to handle with baby in tow. By comparison, nipping in and out of the local shops of Cheltenham Road, Stokes Croft…
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I always find macaroons somewhat – underwhelming. Beautiful colours masking a wafery texture and all too often not enough flavour The whole experience leaves me feeling a bit… meh. I just don’t know what all the fuss is about. But perhaps this is just because I hadn’t tried really good…
Restaurants
The opening of Katie and Kim’s Kitchen in their new premises next door to Radford Mill Farm Shop caused something of a stir in Bristol’s foodie scene – with rave reviews from Mark Taylor and across the blogosphere the winners of last years British Street Food Awards soon found themselves…
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With a sign outside boasting of the “best breakfast in Bristol” The Bristolian Cafe on Picton Street was somewhere I simply had to try. A bright and cosy little cafe, with a blackboard of breakfast specials and a counter full of delicious salad items and cakes. I opted for The…
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Wandering down Stokes Croft in the sunshine, we were deliberating which place to try and stumbled across Tree House Cafe an organic and health food cafe which opened earlier this year. The decor is fun in a Swiss Family Robinson sort of a way, a big wooden sign out front,…
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Comfy armchairs, local art, mismatch furniture, The Social on Stokes Croft is the kind of establishment which is well suited to breakfast, lunch or drinks in the evening In typical Stokes Croft style, The Social offers simple, home cooked dishes served in a casual setting and made with local produce….
Events
A few weeks ago the lovely ladies at Prohibition Bristol invited me to join them and some other Bristol bloggers to help them choose the welcome and signature cocktail for their next event, Escape to Cuba. After a hugely successful first event back in February, the darlings, Meg and Frankie…
