Never mind the wind and rain, we’ve got a jam-packed month of brilliant food and drink events lined up, and they’re almost all indoors!
From a retro ski lodge to wine festivals and a meal themed around the last night of the Titanic (!), there are plenty of weird and wonderful ways to spend your month. Let me know what you get up to!
News
It’s that time already – Bristol Christmas Market returns from 3rd November until 23rd December. The Jäger Barn Bar is back in the middle of Broadmead, plus the Alpine bar at the end nearer Cabot Circus, both serving up mulled drinks, Baileys hot chocolate and other festive drinks. You can also browse food stalls with bratwurst, Yorkshire pudding wraps, hog roast rolls, crepes and more.
Sticking with the festive theme, Winterland is back at Propyard from 25th Nov with a roller disco, boules, retro arcade games and an ’80’s-themed ski lodge bar, serving up festive drinks, hotdogs and sweet treats.
The Scrandit have a few more pop-ups this month, including Woei Lee showcasing the best of Malaysian street food from 2nd-5th, Mei Mei’s Street Cart doing Chinese comfort food from 9th-12th and The Street Taverna serving up Greek Cypriot dishes from 16th – 26th.
She Drinks Beer is back The Good Measure on Tuesday 7th – all are welcome for their anniversary beer launch.
The Pata Negra pop-up continues at Bambalan until 25th Nov – get involved with their menu of tapas, pintxos, sherry and great wine. There’s a special celebration of Spanish food and drink on Thursday 16th too!
Festivals and celebrations
Put on your party pants and get along to one of these special events!
- Sat 4th – Spirit of the South West Festival, a day of tastings, cocktails and treats from local producers (£15)
- Thu 16th – Sun 19th – CAMRA Beer Festival at City Hall (£14)
- Sat 18th – Bristol Wine Festival at Bristol Old Vic (£35)
- Sat 18th – Averys Celebration of Wine (£30)
- Sat 18th – Prohibition Party at Bristol Distilling Co. (£25)
- Fri 24th – Sun 26th – The Kings Head 363rd birthday celebrations
- Sat 25th – Belgian beer festival at The Portcullis, Clifton
Dinners
Treat yourself to a memorable meal…
All About the Cooks are running their latest series of supper clubs at Starlings in Clifton – take your pick from Middle Eastern, Latin American or Pakistani menus.
- Wed 8th – Sherry Week Tapas Night at Spirited with 6 tapas and 6 paired sherries (£50)
- Fri 10th + 11th – Titanic’s Last Meal at DoubleTree by Hilton Cadbury House, three courses and theatre performance (£80)
- Brazilian food and live music at Cafe 5
- Wed 15th – Beer & Food Pairing with Lost & Grounded Brewers at Strawberry Thief (£40)
- Thu 16th – Autumn Supper Club with Ubuntu Food at The Sundial Kitchen (£52)
- Thu 16th – Swinney Wine Dinner and Vertical Tasting at The Great Wine Co, Bath (£99)
- Fri 17th – Woei Lee’s Malaysian Supper Club at Starlings (£45)
- Sat 18th – Buskers’ Ball: Feast at the Arts Mansion, three courses and an evening of live music (£80)
- Sun 19th – Bottomless Burger Club at Burger Theory (£39.50)
- Wed 22nd – Lebanese Fundraising Feast at Lido ( £65)
- Thu 23rd- 5 course paired sherry dinner at Gambas (£65)
- Thu 23rd – Optical Delusions: An Artistic Soiree with Sickboy at Harvey Nichols (£45)
- Fri 24th – Beer & Fondue evening at The Ostrich (£25)
- Fri 24th – Rino Di Donato Italian/Japanese supper club at Starlings (£68)
- Fri 24th – Sun 26th – Woei Lee pop-up at Nomu
- Sat 25th – AP. Chef Ethical Fish Night Supper Club at Better Food (£35)
- Sat 25th – Buskers’ Banquet x Magari @ The Cider Box (£45)
- Tue 28th – A Black Heart & Bad Decisions supper club at The Scrandit (£35)
- Thu 30th – Dinner and panel: How Can Food Empower Communities? at Patagonia (£14.50)
Classes, tastings and tours
Try something new this month!
- Make Your Own Tempeh at Tempeh Meades (Wed 8th, £75)
- Good Chemistry tap takeover at The Architect in Bath, Thursday 9th November
- Whisky Lover’s Masterclass at Circumstance Distillery (Thu 9th, £30)
- Gin & Jazz at The Milk Thistle (Thu 9th, £30)
- Japanese Ramen Cookery class at Cooking It (Fri 10th, £75)
- Plantation Rum Tasting at Amathus Drinks, Bath (Fri 10th, £36)
- Blasé seafood tasting at The Bristol Loaf (Fri 10th, £65)
- Wines of Frances one-day course at The Kensington Arms (Sat 11th, £100)
- Great British Cake Off at Little Kitchen (Sat 11th, £90)
- Autumnal Orange Wine Tasting with Native Vine (Sat 11th, £25)
- CWR Rum Club: Clément at The Clockwork Rose (Mon 13th, £25)
- Nigerian Cookery Class at St Werburghs Community Centre (Tue 14th, £45)
- Waterford : Irish Whiskey and Cheese tasting at Spirited (Wed 15th, £35)
- Beaujolais Nouveau Party at KASK (Wed 15th, £35)
- Gin tasting evening at Gatsby’s (Thu 16th, £30)
- Cider vs vegan cheese at The Cider Box (Thu 16th, £23)
- Beaujolais Noveau Day at Cave (Thu 16th)
- Gin Lover’s Masterclass at Psychopomp Distillery (Fri 17th, £30)
- Italian food cookery class at Cooking It (Fri 17th, £65)
- Collabageddon at The King’s Head & Good Measure (Fri 17th)
- Wapping Wharf Gourmet Food Tour (Sat 18th, £60)
- Avon Gorge Wild Food Foraging (Sat 18th, £16)
- Champagne Alternatives tasting at Native Vine (Sat 18th, £30)
- The Bristol Winter Cider Walk (Sat 18th, £33)
- Bread Masterclass at Little Kitchen (Sun 19th, £87)
- Festive Edible Art Patisserie Masterclass at Harvey Nichols (Tue 21st, £40)
- English Sparkling Wine tasting at Cave (Tue 21st)
- Averys Staff Highlights Cellar Tasting (Wed 22nd, £30)
- Thanksgiving Eve American Whiskey Tasting with Heaven Hill (Wed 22nd, £30)
- Wine Tasting and Chocolate Pairing at The Scrandit (Wed 22nd, £45)
- Grand Christmas wine tasting at Le Vignoble (Wed 22nd, £15)
- Sri Lankan Cookery Class at Coexist Community Kitchen (Wed 22nd, £45)
- Whisky Lover’s Masterclass at Circumstance Distillery (Thu 23rd, £30)
- Cheese & Beer tutored pairing at Wiper and True (Thu 23rd, £20)
- Cheese & wine tasting at Averys (Thu 23rd, £35)
- Gin Lover’s Masterclass at Psychopomp Distillery (Fri 24th, £30)
- Food & Drink Tour: Hotspots & Hidden Treasures (Sat 25th, £55)
- Fermented food workshop (Sun 26th, £125)
- Sri Lankan street food class at Little Kitchen (Thu 30th, £73)
- Beer & cheese evening at Alpha Bottle Shop
- Elusive tap takeover at The Good Measure (Thu 30th)
New places to visit
Recently opened places include Bruhaha‘s new brewery bar in Totterdown, The Granary on Welsh Back, Wangs noodle bar and Real Habesha on Gloucester Road and Illuminati cocktail bar.
Coming soon: The return of Renato’s! This much-loved pizza bar is reopening under the management of the same chap behind Pizza is Lovely, who I enjoyed many excellent pizzas from over lockdown. I can’t wait! You’ll also soon be able to get your Pizzarova fix on Whiteladies Road, as they open their 4th restaurant in what was formerly Hubbox
A bit further down the line are a new nacho joint and live music venue on East Street in Bedminster, and the reopening of The Colosseum on Redcliffe Hill. There are also a couple of newbies opening soon in the Old City, but more to be revealed shortly!
That’s it for this month, let me know what you’re planning on booking over on Twitter or Threads, see what I’m eating on Instagram or see the latest local food news by following A Life Less Organised on Facebook.
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