After a couple of months off, the monthly guides are back! So now you can go back to planning where you’ll quaff and scoff over the coming weeks, with lots of new places to check out too!
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Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: FebruaryWelcome to cosy season, time for festive markets, dark beers, mulled beverages and STODGE. Read on for lots of tasty ways to enjoy the month ahead, and let me know what you’re planning on doing over on Instagram.
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: NovemberWelcome to autumn, and all the cosy vibes and deliciousness that entails, No mentions of pumpkin spice here, instead I’m all about heavy red wines, hearty stews and ales in tiny pubs, all of which you can achieve with the events listed below.
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Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: OctoberIt’s 10 days late, but better late than never! Despite the delay, I couldn’t miss out on telling you about the exciting events and openings this month, and it’s definitely a bumper month for festivals and new places.
Remember to let me know over on the socials what you’re going to book – I love hearing what you all get up to!
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: SeptemberIt’s a packed August ahead, with bank holiday festivals, new openings and some fun workshops to sink your teeth into. Let me know what you get up to!
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: AugustOn we trot into July, even though it feels like it’s been July for weeks with this heat! Luckily there are plenty of opportunities to cool off in beer gardens, restaurants terraces and at food festivals this month.
If there’s one thing I’d say this month, it’s to book a table at one or two of your favourites, because it’s been a brutal few months for hospitality businesses and if there was ever a time to show your appreciation, now’s the time. Alternatively, leave a lovely review on your platform of choice, or recommend your fave places to your pals, every little helps!
And now, on to the tasty events happening this month…
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: JulyHere it is, we’re into summer and my birthday month! And before I head off on holiday for a week, here I am putting together your guide for all things delicious this month.
Don’t forget to tell me what you’re planning on booking over on Instagram, I’m nosey like that. And if you want to show your appreciation for this guide, you can set up a subscription or shout me a birthday sangria to say cheers if you like. On we go!
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: June 2025May is a great month, because we get two bank holiday weekends to start and end the month, and seeing as it’s the final month of my 30s, I intend to spend a lot of them celebrating.
Read on to see some picks for the long weekends, plus festivals, tours, tastings, special dinners and a few new openings. Tell me what you decide to go to on Instagram!
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: May 2025What’s not to love about April – the flowers are back, we have a four-day weekend in the middle of the month, and it’s just about acceptable to sit in a beer garden again.
Lots of events are being added all the time for this month, so I’ll be updating this guide over the next few weeks – let me know what you’re planning to go to over on Instagram !
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: April 2025Here we are, on the brink of spring finally! I can almost taste the pub gardens.
As we emerge from our winter hibernations, there’s plenty to tempt you out, whether you’re looking for a slap-up dinner, beer festival, gin making class or want to visit a brand new restaurant.
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: March 2025It’s my first guide of 2025, and I don’t know about you but I’m fired up for another year of good eating and drinking!
Read on to find out what’s opening this month, where you can celebrate Valentine’s Day, or where you can just enjoy a good munch. Let me know over on Instagram where you decide to go!
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: February 2025Welcome to chilly December! This month is a slightly abridged guide, as I know most of you have too many appointments already, or don’t want to leave the comfort of your sofa.
If you’re looking for some last minute food-related gift ideas, I have tons on my Bristol Gift Guide!
If you are looking for some delicious things to do, here are a few suggestions…
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: December 2024As we ease ourselves from a fairly mild autumn into the festive and frosty vibes of winter, it’s important to have some things to look forward to as the nights draw in!
Read on for lists of special dining events, boozy festivals, and whether you’re ready for it or not, Christmas shenanigans.
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: November 2024We’re properly into autumn now, and I for one can’t wait to hit up some cosy pubs and get merry at an Oktoberfest party or two. There are also lots of exciting new openings this month celebrating everything from the harvest to Day of the Dead , so make sure to add them to your list.
Let me know what you get up to over on the Threads or Instagram!
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: October 2024That cold twang is in the air, we’re on the way out of summer already. Although I’m happy with slightly chillier evenings as long as the rain stays away – I’m more of a cosy corner person than a sunseeker anyway. Roll on the red wine and comfort stodge!
This month sees a bunch of Oktoberfest events, foodie festivals and a hoard of new openings, so get your stretchy trousers on, and let me know what you get up to over on the Threads or Instagram!
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: September 2024What a sweltering start to August! All I seem to be craving at the moment is seafood and Margaritas, which sounds fine and dandy until I remember what an expensive habit that would be. If anyone would like to do a prawns & margs deal for summer, I’ll be at the front of the queue.
As you’d expect for a month with (hopefully) good weather and a bank holiday, there are plenty of festivals, snazzy dinners and other fun events to keep yourself busy. Let me know what you end up going to over on Instagram or whatnot, I love being nosey!
Oh and if you find this roundup handy, you can choose to buy me a cuppa to show your appreciation if you like – I’m always chuffed when anyone does!
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: August 2024There’s a lot to pack into this month, summer really is in full swing! Bristol’s flagship festivals are coming up, plus a couple of new ones, and there’s a bunch of new places for you to visit too. Read on and see what you fancy eating and drinking this month…
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: July 2024Welcome to my favourite month, and not just because it’s my birthday month (cheap plug) but also because it’s usually the best for reliable beer garden days and barbecues.
There’s plenty to get your teeth into this month, from big beer festivals to a bunch of new restaurant and bar openings. Scroll on down to find out more…
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: June 2024May has to be one of the best months – not only are there two bank holidays, but festival season is getting in full swing, alfresco spots are opening up and there’s a proper buzz in the air.
As you can tell from the mega guide below (honestly, I’d get a cuppa before you start reading), Bristol is ready to party this month!
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: May 2024The guide is a bit late this month due to Easter frivolities and illness, but that means I can also extend it to include early May bank holiday events, happy days!
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: April 2024My first events round-up of 2024, and it’s already a packed one!
It’s the first proper month of the year when we can start venturing out and making fun plans again, so read on for dinners, Valentine’s Day events, new openings and lots more.
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: February 2024Hello from a misty and frosty corner of Bristol – it feels like the right time to say that I’m feeling suitably festive and excited by the prospect of lots of cheese, stodge, stouts and mulled beverages over the coming weeks.
There’s plenty going on across the city to get you in the party spirit, take a look below and let me know over on the socials (tweets or Insta) what you’re booking – or take a look at my Bristol Foodie Gift Guide for some present-buying inspiration.
There won’t be a guide in January as I always take that month off, but you can keep up to date with more food news from me on Twitter, Instagram or follow this blog on Facebook – I’ve also added some January events in below if you want to be get some stuff booked for 2024 (or buy as a gift).
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: December 2023Never 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!
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: November 2023Get fully into the swing of autumn with these events, whether you fancy a warming wine or whisky tasting, a cosy cookery class or popping into a new bar or restaurant.
Let me know what takes your fancy over on Instagram or Twitter, I love being nosey!
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: October 2023There are some final festival flourishes this month, as well as some intriguing new openings, and more than enough other events to keep you well fed and watered. It’s going to be a good one, whatever the weather!
Continue reading Bristol Food & Drink: September 2023
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