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Watch classic films in the sun at the Outdoor Street Food and Film Festival
Sun, food and a whole roster of classic films: what more could you want?
*SNIIIIIIIIF* You smell that? That is the smell of summer, folks, because it’s in full swing and just dying for you to take advantage of it. So why don't you do it at Rum Runner Yard's Outdoor Street Food and...
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Drink prosecco and jump into an adult ball pit at this big kids festival
Your inner-Big Kid is waiting to be unleashed... and who can say no to a glass of prosecco?
Things were undeniably a lot easier when you were a kid: didn’t have to pay tax, there were no deadlines other than how fast you could run down a hill, and there was no pressure to find a boyfriend...
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YouTuber Nisha Katona's Mowgli restaurant comes to Birmingham bringing authentic Indian street food
While Birmingham isn’t a stranger to a celebrity restaurant, it’s not every day that an internet celebrity moves into town. Well, YouTuber Nisha Katona has already earned her stripes, having three successful Mowgli restaurants in Manchester and Liverpool and has set her sights on the...
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Take a trip back to science class at the Heisenbar
Take a trip back in time to your science class days... except with more booze.
If anything proves that science isn't just for nerds, it’s that cocktails are basically a science now. So if you spent more time in chemistry staring at whatever sex you fancied than listening to your...
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World-famous celebrity restaurant The Ivy is moving to Birmingham
After celebrating 100 years of hosting the most exclusive celebrities in London, the Ivy is expanding to Birmingham to give Temple Row a bit of glamour. Taking the spot of Louis Vuitton as they move elsewhere in the city, they’ll be delivering all-day dining in an upmarket brasserie style....
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Mad O'Rourke's shifts focus from its pies, opening a micro-brewery in Birmingham's Digbeth
Famous piemaker Mad O'Rourke's is shifting its gaze away from all things shortcrust for a brief period, instead focusing on opening a micro-brewery in Digbeth. Based on the banks of the River Rea, Dig Brew Co will serve its guests a range of freshly made beers and cask ales, all concocted in the...
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Meat Shack to bring their monster burgers to permanent City Centre home
After five years serving up mouth-watering burgers to the people of Digbeth Dining Club, The Meat Shack has found its home in Birmingham’s Southside. Their permanent shack is channelling a speakeasy vibe, offering cool surroundings as you munch on their range of delicious burgers. Each are...
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6 Reasons Why Birmingham is the Best City in the UK
Let’s just get it out there now: Birmingham is the best city in the UK. Britain’s second city? Who are they second to? No, give me a bit of Brummie any day, the city with the best food, live music, and arts in the country, with a strong independent culture to boot. And if you...
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Three Church Road Offers Afternoon Tea, Lunch And Dinner In A Georgian Manor
Under the watchful eye of former Gordon Ramsay chef Hari Krishnamurthy, Three Church Road has opened in Edgbaston. Set in a Grade-II listed building that was once the home of the Royal School for Deaf Children, the restaurant is spread across a series of drawing rooms and features a mix of...
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The big kids behind Kongs arcade bars plan to open a third venue in Birmingham city centre
The team behind Kongs is spreading its wings, opening a third site on Birmingham's Bennetts Hill. The group has already made a splash with their first two venues in Cardiff and Bristol, and will now look to offer the same nostalgic feeling to Birmingham's revellers. Armed with arcade games - think...
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Articles by month
July 2017
- Watch classic films in the sun at the Outdoor Street Food and Film Festival
- Drink prosecco and jump into an adult ball pit at this big kids festival
- YouTuber Nisha Katona's Mowgli restaurant comes to Birmingham bringing authentic Indian street food
- Take a trip back to science class at the Heisenbar
June 2017
- World-famous celebrity restaurant The Ivy is moving to Birmingham
- Mad O'Rourke's shifts focus from its pies, opening a micro-brewery in Birmingham's Digbeth
- Meat Shack to bring their monster burgers to permanent City Centre home
- 6 Reasons Why Birmingham is the Best City in the UK
May 2017
- Three Church Road Offers Afternoon Tea, Lunch And Dinner In A Georgian Manor
- The big kids behind Kongs arcade bars plan to open a third venue in Birmingham city centre
April 2017
- Posh sushi is on the menu at new Brindleyplace restaurant bar OKO
- Did you know there was a rage room in Birmingham?
- Atul Kochhar's NRI is the 'not really Indian' restaurant coming to City Centre's Mailbox
- Mexican market food comes to Birmingham as Wahaca opens new venue on Temple Street
March 2017
- Over 200 bottles of craft beer to be served at Clink Beer's second site in Harborne
- Siamais is bringing exciting pan-Asian cuisine and lavish Thai aesthetics to Brindleyplace
- Pintxos is bringing a daily-changing Spanish tapas menu to Birmingham City Centre
- Birmingham's first all-vegan eatery to bring organic, gluten and sugar-free dishes to the city
- The Button Factory Jewellery Quarter - Birmingham Restaurant Review
February 2017
- Holi Festival returns for 2017 with street food, DJs and a massive after-party
- Revolucion De Cuba set to open their 13th venue in Birmingham City Centre
- The Lobby on Hill Street - Birmingham Bar Review
- That's amore! A festival dedicated to pizza is coming to Birmingham
January 2017
- Team behind The Botanist to open new canalside restaurant and bar
- Jackson & Rye set to bring American style dishes & rye spirits to Birmingham's city centre
- The Wolf brings shine to Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter with commitment to quality beers
- Varanasi Broad Street - Birmingham Restaurant Review
- Cadbury Creme Egg Cafe popping up in Birmingham for two chocolate-filled days
- The Charter Rooms fuses Victorian aesthetics with modern gin in Birmingham
- Popstar to bar staff: The Vamps singer Bradley Simpson to open gin bar in Birmingham
December 2016
- Winter Social plans to storm Birmingham Christmas Markets with local talent
- More than 300 types of wine served at Bottles Birmingham
November 2016
October 2016
- Le Bistrot Pierre - Birmingham Restaurant Review
- Growing wild in Birmingham's city centre, Smultronställe looks to stun with its unique concept
- Satisfy that breakfast 'Kraving' - Cereal Killer Cafe to open in Birmingham
- Small plates and high chai are on the cards for new Moseley Indian restaurant
- Prestigious Cairn Group opens a new restaurant-bar in Birmingham's beating heart
August 2016
- Pasta Di Piazza Jewellery Quarter - Birmingham Restaurant Review
- Fish and chips just got fresh and healthy in central Birmingham
July 2016
- It's all going to be wine in Moseley
- Harborne's Comida finds a new tapas-friendly home in the heart of Edgbaston
- Seafood enthusiasts Lobster Peninsula hopes to stick out in historic digs
- Wood-fired pizza from new intimate, Jewellery Quarter restaurant
- Tom Aiken's eatery empire set to expand onto Birmingham's ever-growing market
June 2016
- We try out the Spit Wine and Spirit School at The Plough
- Refined table-service cocktail bar settles in a JQ basement
- Balcony, brunch and Robata bites from JQ's new Button Factory
May 2016
- Bored of the city? Escape to the greenery of this rural retreat
- Legendary Argentinian steakhouse to come to Birmingham's Colmore Row
- Brazilian steakhouse takes on Birmingham with churrasco meats
- Rofuto - Birmingham Restaurant Review
- 5 Best New Openings in Birmingham
April 2016
- Rub Smokehouse - Birmingham Restaurant Review
- Harvey Nichols Dining - Birmingham Restaurant Review
- The taste of Italia comes to The Cube with MPW's fourth restaurant announced
- Bavarian stompers and booze to take on Broad Street
- Bar + Block - Birmingham Restaurant Review
- Beloved party bar Be At One soon to be in Birmingham
- Boutique hotel, restaurant and bar complex rises in the Jewellery Quarter
March 2016
- Rendezvous with Asian funk fusion at Rofuto
- Get your craft pints and bites at Birmingham's The Pig & Tail
- JQ welcomes specialist craft beer venue in Grade II listed site
- Dedicated steampunk bar and club opens in the city
February 2016
- Birmingham lands new Japanese dining spot. Have a look, you Nozomi parkers.
- Brum gets beefed up with this new bbq frenzy
- Restaurant chain 'Beefeater' is warped into 2016 with its new, edgier diner, Bar + Block
- Mr White's English Chophouse - Birmingham Restaurant Review
January 2016
- Popular Broad Street site undergoes £1.4 million refurb ahead of summer-time opening
- Time tested brewery Dares to open a new bar near Digbeth
- The Stable - Birmingham Restaurant Review
- Italian restaurant tipped to open as part of The Grand regeneration on Colmore Row
- French Bistro heading to Birmingham's effervescent canalside
- Exclusive cocktail bar chain eyes site at revamped Grand Hotel
- New Brummie bar Bourne with a love for raw juice, coffee and cocktails opens
- Butchers Social team announce plans for autumnal opening
December 2015
- Buffalo & Rye Birmingham - Restaurant Bar Review
- Speakeasy cocktail bar hides behind facade of Gas Street launderette
November 2015
- Meating Birmingham - Restaurant Bar Review
- Self-professed 'Patty Pimps and Purveyors of Filth' score permanent restaurant
- Tapas Revolution - Birmingham Restaurant Review
- Urban cocktails and craft beers coming to Peaky's in Digbeth
- New burlesque venue from Medusa Gentlemen's Club
- Marco Pierre White carves onto the chophouse scene with new venture at Hotel La Tour
October 2015
- Japanese themed cocktail and party bar arrives in The Mailbox
- European foods from The Epicurean come to Edgbaston
- Syrian supper club will put on Middle Eastern banquet in aid of refugees
- No need to be sour-dough, as Birmingham gets a brand new pizza restaurant on John Bright Street
- Let's meat at Birmingham's new Meating place. You in?
- Nosh & Quaff - Birmingham Restaurant Review
- Paranormal activity detected at the Malmaison hotel this Halloween...
September 2015
- The UK's biggest burger battle comes to Birmingham
- Premium G&T lounge bar comes to city centre
- Vagabond supper club settle in City with a brand new bar concept
- Go big or go home with brand new clubbing spec on Broad Street.
- All the classics, cocktails and fun time partying comes to Broad Street with the launch of Karaoke Box
- The Revolution heads to the Midlands with Madrid inspired tapas in tow
- Praza By Pushkar - Restaurant Bar Review
- Birmingham snags new Indian supperclub in the shape of Manchester's The Spice Club
- Bitters 'N' Twisted team bring the Buffalo to Birmingham with new diner inspired opening
