Katie Kirwan

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Katie Kirwan is Head of Brand & B2C at DesignMyNight and a recognised nightlife and hospitality expert with over 13 years of experience, having visited more than 500 of the UK's best restaurants, bars and cultural experiences.

Her expertise is regularly featured in The Times, Time Out, The Standard, and Bar Magazine, and she has more than 880 articles to her name at DesignMyNight.

Favourite cocktail bar

Black Dove, Brighton
Favourite restaurant

Bonsai Plant Kitchen
Special skill

Finding the best taco restaurant nearby.

Recent articles...

The Mesmerist - Bar Review

The Mesmerist
The Lanes

When you walk past a piece of taxidermy do you skip with peculiar glee? When you glaze over a cocktail list do you foam at the chops? Then you best...

Secret Dining Society returns for yet another mysterious meal

You are cordially invited to a meal of.....wait, okay, so we haven't got the foggiest what kind of a meal you're invited to. but that's all the fun of Soul...

Celebrate World Gin Day with the Bitters 'N' Twisted gang

World Gin Day is upon us this Saturday and it looks like the ever popular bar chain, Bitters 'N' Twisted, are here to help us celebrate. Introducing and influencing some of...

Le Truc throws a Bastille Day party at the Arcadian

Got a hankering for all things European? Love the independence of the French? Or just fancy chowing down on some of the finest street food in Birmingham? Well then, you're...

Great British Pub Awards 2013

Hailed as the 'one to win' and entered by pubs and local boozers the UK over, the Great British Pub Awards are back for their sixth year of boozy award...

'Swap 'Til You Drop': Vintage clothes swap party

Got some old wares that you fancy donating to a better cause? Feeling that it's time to be out with the old and in with the....old, this Winter? Then The...

Film and Supper Club at the UCC

What do we want? A new movie club! When do we want it? Now! Those heart warming folks at Urban Coffee Company just can't help themselves when it comes to...

The Lord Clifden Winter Sessions

The Clifden
Jewellery Quarter

Not ones to be bogged down by a bit of barmy winter weather, the Jewellery Quarter's most bustling beer garden is set to come alive this chilly season with a...

Moseley's pub scene continues to flourish with The Village

The Village
Moseley

A new body for the dated femme fatale that was The Village Inn, £400k has gone into the refurbishment of this traditional Moseley pub, soon to transform it into a...