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My Bristol Favourites: Graham Taylor
Graham Taylor is the general manager at Bristol Fruit Market, which this year is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Graham has recently helped the market in St Philip’s to become Bristol’s new coach park.
Here are Graham’s top-five Bristol favourites:
The food scene
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The Ivy Clifton Brasserie
“Bristol has got the most vibrant food scene and I’ve been lucky enough to try quite a few of the restaurants. Probably the two that I like the most are The Ivy Clifton Brasserie and No. 4 Clifton Village, because they are two extremes. At No. 4 the cuisine is really nice and it’s an affordable price; it’s a really nice restaurant and it’s got a really great view. The Ivy has just got some fantastic chefs and it does fine-dining really well. Every time I come to Bristol I find something new. I’m amazed at the amount of eateries that the city has got, and the quality of them.”
The theatre scene
The Wardrobe Theatre
“I’ve just started to get into the theatre scene in Bristol. I probably go about once a week now. From the mainstream at the Hippodrome to the quirky at the Old Vic (I’m going to see Julius Caesar next week) down to the Wardrobe Theatre, where the stage is small enough so that, as an audience, you are so close to the actors that the interactions are amazing. There’s always something going on in Bristol.”
The architecture
St Mary Redcliffe
“I love the architecture in Bristol. I find that as I walk through the city you go through all the different streets and you can see all the old architecture and think, ‘wow, this is a really vibrant city’. I think the Cathedral is absolutely stunning, I love walking through Clifton and seeing the Georgian-style, and I like the Victoria Rooms on the Triangle. St Mary Redcliffe is also amazing; I really like that kind of Gothic style, and Bristol seems to have a good chunk of it.”
The harbourside
“I went out the other day with a colleague of mine on a Saturday morning and we walked the east side of the harbour, it’s absolutely stunning. Either side of the harbour you’ve got so much going on. I love the fact that Bristol is a water city, and you can get on the little ferries and end up going up to Temple Meads and end up where those lovely office blocks are now. It’s a fascinating city to see from the dockside.”
The free lectures and museums
“I love the M Shed and At-Bristol, who are always putting on something fascinating. And the fact that loads of the lectures here are free, I quite often go to a lecture which I would never have thought of attending, but one of my colleagues drags me to them, and they are fascinating. There are very few places where you find people are putting on free lectures on so many subjects.”
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