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21 new food and drink openings to look forward to in Bristol
Scarcely a week has gone by in the last few years without at least one new opening in Bristol, although recent months have also seen the closure of high-profile names including Jamie’s Italian, Byron and Spuntino.
Opportunity always beckons, however, and into Spuntino’s former home at Cargo 2 in June will be appearing Gambas (whose paella served at Sunday’s Cotham Hill street party is pictured above), a new tapas bar from the team behind Bravas.
One of the most exciting new openings to look forward to is a development kitchen from Casamia, due to open at Finzels Reach alongside a new brewpub and brewery from Left Handed Giant.
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Finzels Reach will soon be welcoming Casamia’s new development kitchen and Left Handed Giant’s new brewery
Keep a look out for further new openings being announced at Finzels Reach, alongside other major new city centre developments Redcliffe Quarter and Redcliffe Wharf, as well as further expansions of the Cargo shipping containers at Wapping Wharf.
Another exciting new addition to the city will be coming from the team behind The Gallimaufry on Gloucester Road, who are keeping tight-lipped about future plans. Nearby the Galli will be vegan restaurant Koocha on Zetland Road.
In Clifton Village, Bar 44 promises modern Spanish dining. And sticking to a numerical theme, 1766 will be the new restaurant within Bristol Old Vic when its new front of house opens.
Bristol’s love of burgers shows no sign of slowing down, with Honest Burgers opening on Clare Street in the Old City, Burger Bear due to open on Gloucester Road in early June and Dirty Burgerz looking for a site south of the river.
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If meat’s your thing, keep an eye on Cargo 1 favourites Pigsty opening their second restaurant on Gloucester Road and Miller & Carter opening a steakhouse in the Marriott Royal’s restaurant on College Green.
Other second sites to look forward to include Woky Ko opening on Queen’s Road in Clifton on Tuesday, Pizzarova arriving at the bottom of Park Street, Happy Bird coming to Baldwin Street and Taka Taka opening on Bridewell Street.
The Wooden Walls, housed within a former carpet shop on Broad Street in Staple Hill, is set to become Bristol’s fourth micropub, while the much-missed Roll for the Soul could soon become Quay Street Diner.
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A new restaurant like nothing else is set to be Smoking Bowl in what was most recently Sticks & Broth on Stokes Croft, promising a family friendly restaurant specialising in Mexican, Korean and Japanese food.
New bars include the former Bordeaux Quay transformed into Revolucion de Cuba, the team behind Flipside Cocktail Club opening Faraway Cocktail Club on Small Street, Loose Cannon opening in the Harbourside, the luxurious-looking Alchemist moving into what was formerly Rise on the Clifton Triangle and the team behind Love Saves The Day opening Theatre Cafe Bar in Eastville Park from June to August to complement the production of Romeo & Juliet in the old swimming pool.
Bubble tea fans should keep an eye out for Happy Lemon, while ice cream aficionados hope the Heston Blumenthal-style theatre of Cardiff’s Science Cream finds a Bristol site soon.
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