Arnolfini Café/Bar
Reviewed by JS 2/09
16 Narrow Quay, Bristol , BS1 4QA - view map
The Arnolfini have teamed up with Barny Haughton (Bordeaux Quay), a leading light in the Bristol restaurant scene for more than 20 years, to run the Café Bar.
City Centre
Bordeaux Quay
Reviewed by JS updated 2/09
V Shed, Canon’s Road, Bristol, BS1 5LL - view map
Bordeaux Quay is not just a posh restaurant upstairs, and a cheaper brasserie upstairs, it is also a bar, deli, bakery and cookery school.
Chandos Deli
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Chandos Deli, which has branches in Clifton, Henleaze, and the centre, sells wonderful locally roasted Brian Wogan coffee, sandwiches made with local cheeses and hams, and a great range of own-made cakes – the chocolate brownies are especially good, and so are the savoury lunch-sized tarts. Their packaging is low on plastic and often consists of paper bags.
Pieminister
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All ingredients for their handmade pies are sourced from the West Country, with the exception of the lemon grass. Only free-range eggs are used in the pastry, and the company has a full traceability policy for all of their ingredients.
Taste
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A mini farmers’ market comprising: deli, butcher, fishmonger, café and restaurant. British seafood, local organically-reared beef, poultry and fresh Mendip lamb. British cheeses, local eggs, fresh organic bread and other staples.
The Bristol Sausage Shop
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28–30 The Glass Arcade, St Nicholas Markets, Bristol, BS1 1LJ - view map
Although the staff at the Bristol Sausage Shop say that we ‘shouldn’t put local ahead of quality’, having farming regions on all sides means that both criteria can be met without too much difficulty.
The Hare on the Hill
Reviewed by JM
41 Thomas Street North, Bristol, BS2 8LX - view map
An excellent Bath Ales pub within 100 yards of the excellent Hillgrove.
The Hillgrove Porter Stores
Reviewed by JM
53 Hillgrove St North, Bristol, BS2 8LT - view map
One of the very best pubs in Bristol. Situated high on a hill in Kingsdown it’s not easy to find but is well worth the effort.
The Real Olive Company
Reviewed by JS 2/09
St Nicholas Market, The Glass Arcade, Bristol, BS1 1LJ - view map
While a lot of the Real Olive Company stock cannot by its nature be locally-sourced, the company has set up the Real Artisan Bakery to supply bread to its shops.
Trethowan’s Dairy Shop
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Trethowan’s make their own Gorwydd Caerphilly at Gorwydd, the family farm just outside the village of Llanddewi Brefi in Ceredigion, West Wales. The team produce their handmade cheese using the minimum of mechanisation.
Watershed Café/Bar
Reviewed by JS 2/09
1 Canon’s Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX - view map
The Watershed menu has been ‘localised’ by Phil Haughton (Better Food Company). The food is now as organic, seasonal, locally sourced and ethically produced as the Watershed can possibly make it.
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