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I really enjoyed Barrio alto for some boozing in the evenings. Tight streets where it feels like loads of people have just thrown open there windows and started selling cocktails and drinks out of them. Some proper bars too but I really liked the slightly chaotic feel of it all. Not sure if it’s like that all week or maybe more on weekends. If going to classy bars and stuff is more your cup of tea might not get the job done but i really enjoyed it, felt a bit more unique than your average bar street / area i went on a stag do years ago but flew in a day earlier and did a whistle stop tour of main tourist bits on day 1 before everyone else turned up and and it was mainly just drinking. Really nice city I thought. I reckon a walking tour could be a good shout as someone suggested earlier

Had dine in at nutmeg once years back and really enjoyed. Had a few takeaways since as it’s often on Uber eats and they send through discounts. Understandably didn’t stand out quite as much as a takeaway as the presentation element of the dishes isn’t there. Still very nice though I believe they have opened a small plates place down next to hippodrome in last year but not checked it out yet. Mate who is a Bristol food influencer went in for the launch and the pics looked great had meal in mint room one and it was nice but the few extra £ on everything made a massive difference on the bill at end. Might have been a couple of expensive Indian spiced old fashions on there that didn’t help either ha Rasassy in hotwells is a takeaway fave of mine , never had dine in there though. always find coronation curry house a bit of an odd one. It’s ranked as pretty much top restaurant in Bristol on Tripadvisor , and although the food is nice, the restaurant itself is pretty no frills. Can’t quite work out how it has reached its incredible rating. Is it because the guy who runs it is meant to be a top bloke?

As in Detroit style pizza ? Yes it was great , really different to most other pizza places I have been too. even though it’s extremely thick base it’s not heavy at all. It’s full veggie in terms of topping choices which wouldn’t be my normal pref , but we had one with plant based pepperoni on it and didn’t really notice the difference its called pizza is lovely and they run it from the upstairs in Renatos. They still sell pizza by the slice in downstairs bar also , but that is a more conventional style / thinner base Got a feeling they ran it out of the orchard pub for a bit years back but I didn’t try it then

Sprints have been added as the main support for the idles Cardiff castle gig so if anyone is going to that , I would def recommend getting in earlier enough to catch their set in full beforehand

Cracking gig , top pizza upstairs in renatos before , and unexpected highlight was being warm enough to sink a few beers post gig out on beer terrace. Summer is coming , happy days Just booked English teacher for November in SWX. Album out today getting great reviews

Yes going with 3 mates will come and say hello if I see you in there before the set starts gonna check out that Detroit style pizza place upstairs in renatos before the gig think they used to do it out of a hatch in the orchard years back. Never had it but heard good things and a bit different to all the other sourdough stuff most places are doing these days (although no complaints with sourdough pizzas)

Must admit it did not. Went with my wife rather than with a big group. Ordered a fair few dishes but the aubergine didn’t jump out on paper over some of the others we ordered. the octopus was one of best dishes I have eaten in Bristol though. we also didn’t order any desert as the wife has no sweet tooth so we often skip it and just get a couple extra dishes earlier in meal I do like a desert tho so will save space for it next time

Went here a few weeks back and it we really good went to Gambas a couple of months back and thought that was great too. Gambas prob edged it if I had to pick a winner

SZA headlining pyramid stage is def the biggest stretch I have ever seen at glasto before. Not really a RNB vibe at glasto generally, pretty ploddy, no bangers. Can only see it being a binfire to the smallest pyramid crowd on record appreciate she has lots of ‘global streams’ , but it’s going to be a poor gate at the gas I reckon

There’s actually loads on I want to see but but the pyramid does look a bit sparse for my tastes LCD , Janelle Monae and probably Little Simz I will watch. Maybe Kiwanuka , maybe Paul Heaton hopefully there might be a large scale TBA to sprinkle a bit of magic on one of the days (bit like Foos last year)

Very thin lineup by normal standards but will still be class

Anyone heard anything about support acts for the massive attack show on the downs? Still nothing announced officially

Been listening to the Jessie Ware latest album today, i concur with kid it is choc full of bangers. Will go down a treat before LCD I reckon

Forwards first drop… https://www.forwardsbristol.co.uk will def get a ticket for the LCD day. Decent card for the LC day also

First 3 albums were class , one of my fav bands at that point l, 4th one felt like such a huge sellout though haven’t really listened to any of the albums release since then , but the singles I have heard from them didn’t hook me back in. have heard some of these latter albums are actually passable , but just can’t get over the 4th album trauma ha

Forwards website is now teasing Loyle Carner for the Sat , and LCd for the Sunday im gonna be all over that LCD day !

You had a tip off on this one for forwards? drop me a pm if you can’t post on forum ha I was hoping they might appear as in London weekend before, think they are at a Portuguese festival on forwards weekend. Maybe they could play Friday then fly back in for the Sunday? (aphex twin did similar I think)

Also enjoyed last dinner party album not sure it entirely deserves the hype levels that surround it , but by all accounts they put on a cracking live show too hoping they will pop up earlyish one day at Glastonbury missed recent fleece show and can’t do the academy date later in year

You may well be correct about it not being a pop up I always presume that even a place is operating out of a pub it’s more of temporary arrangement perhaps, a pop up or kitchen takeover or similar, while they test the water for perhaps a proper location of own Looking at website there is no mention of a limited period , so hopefully it stays there for good . nice to be able to get a decent pint with it at present too

Went to king st brewhouse after watching rugby in town yesterday to check out ‘eat the bird’ pop up thee they have a few places wales and south west but first time I have really heard of it . had a Korean chicken burger which has just won some national award , was absolutely banging! Cannot recommend it highly enough. shared a loaded buffalo and blue chicken fries too which was completely unecessary mindful of how big the burgers were anyway , but was also top draw

Almost popped in mowgli the other night on a walk in, but looked like there would be a wait so ducked it in the end. Maybe we dodged a bullet, although count have just been an off night on service I guess perhaps service will pick up when some of the initial crowds tail off

Have they been showing goals as they go in on sky sports news? if so, do we think they might cover the pens (if pens)

I think they are two separate boxes in the cargo bit totally independent of each other (in terms of location / building) , but they can’t be more than 100 metres apart ha

Evening. Did you eat at the full restaurant , or the new tare bistro one they have opened up (next door to 7 lucky gods). I am going to the latter in a few weeks. Looks like it’s easier to order small plates in bistro rather than the main one where it looks like more set menus

Very enjoyable went on a table of 4. ordered a load of different snacks/starters which we shared. All were nice I had a slow cook ox dish for main with Pedro Jimenez Source which was lovely. we over ordered a bit on sides. The portions on the mains were actually pretty generous , so we had a whole potato side that went spare. we were so stuffed we didn’t all get a desert but I shared a lemon posset type dish with shortbread with one of the other diners and it was amazing. service good , nice place . Would recommend. did rack up quite a bill with a few bottles of wine on top etc , but a nice evening all round