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Street Food Inspired Cafe Opens At The Custard Factory
Fresh, healthy and ethical, Digbeth's newest cafe, Kanteen is the permanent iteration of last year's Another Pop-Up in Digbeth. Nestled in the heart of The Custard Factory, its an ideal brunch and lunch destination, with a unique and varied menu that runs from lamb meatball hotboxes to Clonakilty...
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New glamorous cocktail bar and party spot in Arcadian Centre
Olivia's Townhouse is a new bar concept headed to Birmingham this September. Boasting a £1 million refurbishment to the Reflex Bar space where it stood before, expect two floors of clubbing, an outside garden area and glamorous cocktails from this Broad Street
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Birmingham's newest Indian restaurant blends Asian flavours with fun British gastro pub vibes
Sitting on Birmingham's Constitutional Hill, Hen and Chicken is a new Indian restaurant that serves authentic Indian dishes in a chilled out, British gastro pub atmosphere. The food menu features recipes that are found across the Subcontinent, including the likes of Punjabi tharka dahl, chilli...
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Yeee-haw, come to this new Texan sports bar for full racks of ribs served by cowgirl waitresses
Yeeeeeee-haw, The Texan Roadhouse is here and it’s so American that they're just one rodeo away from singing Cotton Eyed Joe. Seriously, they are bumper-sticker-about-guns proud of being American, boasting a full red, white and blue colour scheme, bulls’ heads on the walls and bright...
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Famous Digbeth Dining Club trader The Indian Rasoi have found a permanent home - and a new name
Can a city have too many Indian restaurants? While that remains to be seen, what separates Birmingham’s stock is that they all offer something different – you’ve got Michelin-star quality food in venues like Varanasi, and you’ve got relaxed yet delicious eateries like The...
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Live jazz music and prohibition cocktails at new 1920s bar Cafe Colette
The 1920s are back, baby, and it’s just as debauched and extravagant as before. Well, that’s the plan with Café Colette, an art deco bar hoping to encapsulate the spirit of flapper and party woman Colette, who escaped an unhappy marriage to discover true freedom. The bar leans...
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Renowned Waterloo Street Fumo is opening a second branch in The Bullring
Starting off as a hairdresser, Carlo Distefano has turned his San Carlo group into an empire. With a series of restaurants across the world, the group are now adding another venue to their roster as they take over Searcys Balcony Bar and Brasserie in the Bullring's Selfridges. In its place a second...
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Expect masterclasses, wine tastings and chocolate-filled screenings at the week-long food festival coming to Brum
A week-long food festival is taking place in Birmingham's Mailbox this August.
Time to put on your eating trousers and head over to the Mailbox as the spot celebrates one of the best things in life: food. For a whole week during August, restaurants, bloggers and pop-ups will be joining forces in...
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Suds & Duds washes away as The Launderette takes its place on Gas Street
The Launderette is a new secret cocktail bar that's opening in Birmingham in the near future. Moving into the former residence of Suds & Duds on Gas Street, the new bar will likewise hide behind the facade of a retro launderette, complete with soap machines, tumble dryers and steel washing...
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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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October 2017
September 2017
- New glamorous cocktail bar and party spot in Arcadian Centre
- New neighbourhood restaurant to replace Two Cats Kitchen
- Birmingham's newest Indian restaurant blends Asian flavours with fun British gastro pub vibes
- Yeee-haw, come to this new Texan sports bar for full racks of ribs served by cowgirl waitresses
August 2017
- Famous Digbeth Dining Club trader The Indian Rasoi have found a permanent home - and a new name
- Live jazz music and prohibition cocktails at new 1920s bar Cafe Colette
- Renowned Waterloo Street Fumo is opening a second branch in The Bullring
- Expect masterclasses, wine tastings and chocolate-filled screenings at the week-long food festival coming to Brum
July 2017
- Suds & Duds washes away as The Launderette takes its place on Gas Street
- 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
