Since I moved here a few years ago, Bearwood has been quietly getting all cool, with more bars and coffee shops sneaking in to put the local Costa to shame. In fact, Bearwood is home to one of my very favourite cafes, TamuCafe. Run a by a husband and wife team, Tamu has recently moved …
The Custard Factory has had more openings lately than my purse on payday, and there are some absolute gems tucked away there now after far too long being half empty. One of these new openings is board game cafe, Chance & Counters. You’ll find the cafe tucked away in the courtyard of The Custard Factory. …
A new cafe has arrived to save us from boring office lunches. The Steamhouse has opened on Temple Row, bringing espresso and fresh bagels to the city. I’ve been in twice since it opened, and I think if I still worked in the city centre, I’d be setting up camp next to the counter. The …
I was always going to love a cafe-bar with a name like the sitting room, wasn’t I? I often travel north to visit my fiance’s family, and I’ll admit to assuming that the food scene that far up the country couldn’t really touch Birmingham. Alright, it’s not Birmingham, but there are plenty of absolute gems …
National Burger Day lands on Thursday 23rd August, bringing with it an excuse to eat enormous burgers and thoroughly enjoy yourself. We’re spoilt for choice in Birmingham for purveyors of burger filth, but here’s some of my favourites, if you’re in need of inspiration. Meat shack With a website that proclaims ‘dripping filthy goodness’, there was …
Being a food and drink blogger has some occupational hazards. Hangovers is one of the big ones. After a few too many glasses of fizz at an event, or another evening where I accidentally stayed out drinking wine after a review dinner somewhere, I often find myself in need of saviour in the form of …
With so many excellent food options in Birmingham, I seem to be forever trapped in an endless list as long my arm of places I want to try, and an equally long list of places I want to go back too. If I make it back to a place within a month of visiting, it’s …
A few weeks ago a message landed in my Instagram inbox from my friend Scott, asking, “So when are you coming to review my new place?”. Seeing as ‘my friend Scott’ is Scott of Scott’s of Harborne, the new cafe-bar causing some serious buzz, I rounded up the blog squad and we headed over to …
Despite knowing that all things cool are born in Moseley, I live the wrong end of Birmingham for it, and actually rarely visit it’s many excellent eateries. However, the other week, after our final venue viewing for our wedding (naturally we’ve chosen the place we saw first), we found ourselves at a loose end in …
I am a brunch obsessive, and a cafe that serves brunch all day is my idea of my bliss. Imagine my delight when I got an invite to eat brunch for dinner at the new Wayland’s Yard in Birmingham. The venue Wayland’s Yard has been delighting brunch fans in Worcester for some time now, and the new branch …