Matina, Middle Eastern food, St Nicholas Market – tried and tested review

A new food stall in the food hall of St Nick’s market always creates something of a stir amongst the BS1 community. Which meant a sandwich board advertising Matina’s middle eastern fare with home made kurdish naan breads immediately caught my attention. Right at the end of the glass arcade, Matina could be easily missed [...]

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Grillstock – St Nick’s Market Review

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Grillstock BBQ Joint facebook: facebook.com/grillstockBBQ web: grillstock.co.uk twitter: @grillstock We’ve been wowed by Grillstocks BBQ fare at their annual events in Bristol before so were excited to see that they were to be the newest addition to St Nicolas Market Glass Arcade, replacing the Trethowan’s Dairy stall. One week in and the menu is simple [...]

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St Nicholas Market food hall review – Eat a Pitta (falafel)

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It was a sad day when Soup & Salad left St Nick’s market’s glass arcade However a very happy day when new stallholders Eat-a-pitta arrived! A family run business which has just gone full time after successfully running a falafel stand in Quakers Friars on Saturdays. If like me you are a lover of falafel [...]

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Source Cafe, St Nicks Market – Review

Source Cafe 1-3 Exchange Avenue, St Nicholas Market, Bristol t: 0117 927 2998 w: http://www.source-food.co.uk Previously known as taste, Source cafe is a delicatessens slash cafe on the edge of St Nick’s Market. It boasts hefty wooden tables for a spot of outside inner city dining and promotes its specials on a blackboard to entice [...]

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St Nicholas Market Food Review – Al bab Mansour (Moroccan man)

Probably the most pricey of the food stalls however quality here is very high and this is also the most nicest and most restaurant-like place to eat in St Nicks. Cous cous, falafal and succulent lamb – the flavours here are fruity and spicy – everything you expect from great Moroccan cuisine, the open front [...]

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St Nicholas Market Food Review – Portuguese man

A selection of 4-5 daily specials, pork, chicken and casserole are all around £4.00 however yu can splash out on lamb shank or fish for around £6.00. Whilst slightly more expensive these are very good. All meals come served with rice and beans, portions are large – probably the most generous on the market so [...]

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St Nicholas Market Food Hall – Sausage man

www.bristolsausageshop.co.uk Bristol Sausage Shop offer luxury sausages at their best – the ultimate British classic. Choices here are either sausage and mash or sausage sandwich and there are usually two or more sausage flavours to choose from. These are really high quality and taste amazing, my personal favourites are probably the chilli sausages. Not only [...]

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St Nicholas Market Food Review – Trethowan’s Dairy: Cheese Man

www.trethowansdairy.co.uk Perfect for a hangover or a late breakfast – the toasted cheese sarnies from here rock – and the cheese is great to buy and take away also. Not as exotic as some of the others but definitely hits the spot. Plus, a perfect place to top on much loved cheeses, from stilton to [...]

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St Nicholas Market Food Review – Spice up your life – Curry

A real Friday-lunchtime treat, curries, samosas, bhajhis – all of them good. The vegetarian and vegan options are ace. OK so its not the best quality curry in all of Bristol but its great for a lunchtime and at under £6 including rice its not too bad. Top recomendations are the onion and coriander bhajis [...]

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St Nicholas Market Food Review – Smoothies

www.thebigbananajuicebar.co.uk The Big Banana Juice Bar is one of the healthies and mopst scrumptious stop offs that St Nicks has to offer. Warning contains vitamins! Everything from wheatgrass shots to revival shakes. These smoothies are blended to order and taste fantastic – well, OK the wheatgrass shots don’t taste that great but they’re mega healthy! [...]

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