Food and Drink in Liverpool

Liverpool’s food and drink scene. The best bars, restaurants and pop up food events

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    The Brink; Afternoon Tea

    The Brink has always been a favourite of ours. Since it opened in 2011 it has led the way in creating a diverse and imaginative dry bar and eatery as well as playing host to up and coming musicians and performers. It has become an integral part of Liverpool’s social scene.   We headed down on a sunny Saturday afternoon in need of a sit down and some serious refreshments. Opting for the afternoon tea…

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    ‘Peepl’; The New Project From Independent Liverpool Celebrating Independent’s Day

    4th July is around the corner, and why is that important to me I hear you say? Well, other than Independence Day there’s something that Independent Liverpool has cooked up for us locals… When the fourth comes around, we will be given the chance to get all kinds of amazing discounts from our original and local shops, bars and restaurants, including The Richmond Hotel, Resurrection, Soul Café, House and Djangos Riff amongst many, many more. In…

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    ‘Maray’ The Force Be With You; Maray, Bold Street, Review

    Your nan would be horrified by Maray- unfinished wooden tables, school chairs, bare concrete floor and pictures on the walls that are definitely NOT horses running through the waves on a beach. Everyone else will love it. It’s kind of ace. Achingly hip but friendly and unsnooty. Seating is mainly one long table through the middle, with some smaller tables towards the back and some bench seating round the sides. There’s a short, sharp lunchtime…

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    Africa Oyé 2014 Preview; Sefton Park 21st & 22nd June

    With the recent spell of glorious weather we’ve been having set to continue, it seems only fitting that this weekend should see the return of Africa Oyé. Now in its 22nd year the African music festival is the largest of its kind in the UK and, without a doubt, one of the cultural highlights of the summer for Liverpool. The two-day event celebrates African music and culture and looks to showcase the very best of…

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    Free State Kitchen Review

    Burgers. Great, aren’t they? Not on a first date or if you give even an iota about your waistline. But otherwise, they’re great. Well, they’re not great if you wanted a salad, obviously. But, taking all of that into account, they’re great. And they are pretty freekin great at the little gem that is Free State Kitchen. Nestled just off Hope St, near the Everyman, on Maryland St, its signage is pretty low key but…

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    Liverpool Team Up With Barcelona To Create First LIV-BCN Music Festival At Kazimier Gardens

      ‘Focused on music (but also including illustration and gastronomy), LIV-BCN isn’t about bringing Barcelona to Liverpool, it is a real exchange, a cultural meeting between the two places, artists and publics to experience and share.’ LIV-BCN The festival line up includes both local Liverpool artists (Broken Men, Dominic Dunn, Etches & Ghostchant) as well as some of Barcelona’s finest (DJ Coco, Joana Serrat & Begun). LIV-BCN at Kazimier & Kazimier Gardens; Saturday 21st June 3pm-3am.…

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    Mad Hatter Brewing Bank Holiday Event 23rd-25th May

      Local Brewers Mad Hatter Brewery are holding a special bank holiday event with plenty of beer, snacks,cake and live music. Located in the ever expanding Baltic Triangle, Mad Hatter have found themselves a cosy spot to host their festivities on the corner of Watkinson & Jamaica St (Click the link here for the location http://instagram.com/p/nk7YVTzYBu/) #MadHatSpring is this weekend. Live music // beer cocktails // bar snacks // cakes // raspberry & strawberry beer //…

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    Light Night Review

    There is a certain charm Liverpool has that is impossible to ignore, and the city certainly lived up to its reputation last Friday night. The annual culture festival, Liverpool Light Night, took place across the city at over 40 venues, showcasing the best arts and culture exhibitions the city has to offer. The exhibitions showed incredible variety, ranging from Chinese calligraphy to ice sculpting,reminding the public just why Liverpool held the ‘city of culture’ title back…

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    ‘The Best Route To Beirut’ – Bakchich Bold Street

    Bold Street is booming. It has an embarrassingly good selection of places to eat right now and that is something to celebrate. And everybody knows that the best way to celebrate is with Lebanese street food. And, as luck would have it, you can fill your boots with it at Bakchich. Open from 8 in the morning if you’re in need of a full Lebanese breakfast or Breakfast Beiruty, it then segues into a selection…

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    Meat & Liquor, Lark Lane; Review

    Fancy a proper burger? Get down to Meat & Liquor. This new establishment on trendy Lark Lane has all the elements you’d expect to find of an American burger joint and bar. Meat & Liquor (M&L) opened its doors in December last year and fits in well on one of Liverpool’s liveliest streets. Meat & Liquor is joining the ranks of the burger trend that seems to be popping up through the city and if…

  • Nolita Cantina; The Boldest of Bold Streets Burgers

    Nolita Cantina; The Boldest of Bold Streets Burgers

    Bold Street is awash with great places to eat nowadays; almost every taste is catered for. Nolita Cantina caters to meat lovers, and boy does it cater well. Nolita is styled after New York burger and deli joints, and as a result offers a great range of deli sandwiches and meaty dishes (as well as vegetarian options for those less carnivorous). The Restaurant itself manages to be long and narrow without feeling cramped, with an…

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    New York Bakery Co. Brings A Mini Taste Of The Big Apple To Liverpool

    Authentic bagel expert, New York Bakery Co., will be treating hungry passers-by on Liverpool’s Wall Street to a true taste of New York – giving away thousands of its delicious new Mini Bagels on Wednesday 16th April from 10.00am – 4.00pm Soak up the sights and sounds of New York City as New York Bakery Co. brings Liverpool a real flavour of the Big Apple. Featuring iconic landmarks, bagel stalls and so much more, this will…

  • The Egg Cafe; Review

    The Egg Cafe; Review

    Whilst out and about in Liverpool, any vegan, or even vegetarian, may find it fairly difficult to discover a café or restaurant skilled in this specific meatless cuisine and dietary requirement. However, open 9am-10:30pm on the weekdays and 10am-10:30pm on the weekend, located a stone’s throw away from the central train station and down a quiet street covered in creative street art, The Egg Café can be found behind a rustic entrance and up two flights…

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    East Avenue Bakehouse Is Rising Fast

    This new addition to the eclectic and already vibrant Bold Street is not just your average café. This all female-led bakehouse opened its doors on 8th coincide with International Women’s Day and has already made a blooming impression on the foodies of Liverpool. Named after the street where the business partners, Jo Byers and Charlotte and Ellie Jones, grew up, East Avenue Bakehouse (EAB) prides itself on their speciality breads, which are all freshly baked…

  • Baltic Social; Another Sparkle In The Ever Growing Baltic Triangle

    Baltic Social; Another Sparkle In The Ever Growing Baltic Triangle

    Update August 2022: The Baltic Social is now permanently closed. Do you like shiny, glitzy places? Do you like indifferent service from po-faced staff? Do you like overpriced food that’s style over substance? Yes? Well, you go find somewhere like that, go on, and leave the rest of us to enjoy the lovely Baltic Social. You really wouldn’t like it… Where Elevator used to be, on Parliament Street it’s a great space with stripped wooden…

  • Sapporo Teppanyaki Restaurant; Duke Street

    Sapporo Teppanyaki Restaurant; Duke Street

    The rule of Sapporo Teppanyaki is it’s all about spectacle. It’s about those places we saw on American TV in the mid to late 90’s where things were cooked in the middle of your table, and it took us staunch Brits a while to catch up. Me and the boyfriend took full advantage of one of the menu’s special offers by going on a Monday. This is the day when Sapporo’s offers customers a steak…

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    BBQ Bootcamp In Liverpool 9th-11th May

    The Monkey Shoulder Trailer tours the UK this summer for a series of Scotch and BBQ events. It will roll into Liverpool from 9-11th May. Don’t know your brisket from your baby back ribs? Monkey Shoulder will be at your service this summer with its new BBQ Bootcamps. Hosting DIY cocktail experiences, the best barbequed meats in the land and enough music to keep the festivalgoers stomping, BBQ Bootcamp will be stopping off at three cities and two festivals during…

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    Salthouse Bacaro

    Turn your back for a minute and a new bar or restaurant opens in Liverpool. One of the most recent, and most hotly anticipated, is Bacaro on Castle Street. The sister restaurant of Salthouse Tapas and Hanover St Social, it offers a menu of ‘small plates’ of Italian delicacies. Think ‘Italian tapas’ and you’re just about there. So there are cured meats and charcuterie, salads, little pizzas called pizzete and meat and fish selections. Like…

  • The Attic; Parr Street

    The Attic; Parr Street

    Previously the 3345 bar, named after its address on Parr Street, The Attic is a bar with some serious class. The seemingly never ending set of stairs may drain you but once beaten you’re treated to an experience akin to walking into a musician’s house in the middle of a drunken night in. The lights are dim, every surface a dark shade of sexy. The walls exhibit pictures of past musicians, each of which acting…

  • Smugglers Cove; Review 2

    Smugglers Cove; Review

    Smugglers Cove is now The Botanist. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. Some PR people have been very busy promoting Smuggler’s Cove since its opening; very busy indeed. The buzz has been inescapable and Twitter is stuffed with people marvelling at the themed decor, posting instagrammed photos of the cocktails and proclaiming the food ‘the best meal I’ve ever had’. So it would have been rude not to check it out. I went…