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Places to Eat in Liverpool
Crazy Pedro’s ‘That’ll Do Pig’ Chinese New Year Pizza Is Here
Just in time for Chinese New Year, the year of the pig is upon us, considered to bless us all with wealth and fortune. Now that’s something we can get on board with! So while we’re all set to get mega rich this year, how about grabbing a slice of That’ll do Pig to kick off the proceedings? Get ready to feast on pork marinated with 5 spice, ginger and honey, red chillies, spring onion,…
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Liverpool Event Reviews
Bookings Go Live For New Royal Liver Building Attraction
Tickets are now on sale for Royal Liver Building 360 tours as the countdown to its opening draws nearer. The operators, Heritage Great Britain, today unveiled a new website and online booking system for Liverpool’s newest visitor experience. Bookings will initially be available from May 2019 onwards, with earlier dates being released once the official opening date is revealed. A new team, brought in to manage the forthcoming attraction, has also been announced, led by…
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Restaurants in Liverpool
Unique Victorian Valentine’s Day Experience At The Historic Furnival’s Well
In the setting of one of the UK’s oldest public police stations, Furnival’s Well typifies the modern drinks service Liverpool is famed for. Partnering with their upstairs restaurant, Bitter Social, the venue will be curating an evening of true Victorian opulence. Lavish Cumbrae Rock Oysters are served with Champagne whilst Caviar will be served with their Liquid Aphrodisiac! Not to forget alongside a whole host of other pleasant luxuries! The Victorian Valentine’s Experience will take place over…
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Bands in Liverpool
Liverpool band Ukebox Release ‘Stay In Your Lane.’
Ukebox bring us new feel-good music from the heart of Liverpool with the release of their latest single Stay In Your Lane. The track is now available on all major digital platforms. Stay In Your Lane is the definition of a catchy tune. By combining upbeat pop melodies with a driving bassline, they deliver a truly stand out record. The band of 5 from Liverpool perform all of their songs using a range of different…
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Liverpool Events
Nile Rodgers & CHIC To Play Haydock Park Racecourse
The Jockey Club Live and Haydock Park Racecourse has announced that Nile Rodgers & CHIC will be visiting the historic racecourse on the 22 June, joining previously announced Jess Glynne (7 June) and Rick Astley (20 July) as part of their summer season of live concerts. Expect to hear some of the best-known pop anthems from the last four decades. With more than 200 production credits to his name, the scope of Nile Rodgers’ peerless influence is undeniable. As the co-founder…
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Cafes in Liverpool
Castle Street Coffee Now Open In Santa Maluco
Castle Street Coffee has launched today at Santa Maluco. This will be as a permanent feature, acting as the sister shop to Liverpool favourite, Bold Street Coffee. Graffiti Spirits Group and Bold Street Coffee began a partnership in 2018, when the popular baristas ran a pop-up at Santa Maluco during the brief closure of their permanent residency, 89 Bold Street. Fortunately, Bold Street Coffee returned to their original shop in October 2018, following the success…
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Bands in Liverpool
In Conversation With Liverpool’s Music Promoters
Okay. So you have bought your tickets and perhaps booked the baby-sitter. You are really looking forward to the gig. It’s going to be great. But spare a thought for the person hovering around, slightly anxious, never settled. This is the Promoter. The person who has turned a thought into a reality. This is the person who have made it all happen. Without their imagination and drive, you are still at home or somewhere else.…
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Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Hub Art Studios Artists Spotlight
The Baltic Triangle is probably the fastest growing and trendiest area in Liverpool and even though you can often find me around the vintage shops; having brunch or a drink; every time I go it surprises me with something new! A few months ago, I bumped into Steve Bayley, one of the artists based there, and this is how I discovered Hub Art Studios. Thank goodness! Because this place really is a hidden gem. As…
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Restaurants in Liverpool
Roast Dinner Royalty: The Best Sunday Spots for 2019
We’ve found the best Sunday Roasts so you can just go and enjoy them. Thank us later! If there’s one thing we don’t have a shortage of in this wonderful city of ours, it’s incredible spots for us to grab the perfect Sunday scran. And would it even be Sunday if this was anything other than a roast dinner with all the trimmings!? We think not… With so much choice though, it can be a…
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Things to do in Liverpool
Let Them Eat Pasta! Our morning with the fantastico Flour Will Fly…
Let’s face it; we’re all often guilty of wanting our food FAST. Whether this be speeding through a takeout drive through, or impatiently tapping our fingers on the restaurant table waiting for our starters to arrive… Sometimes it can feel as if we’ve forgotten the joy of waiting for our food, as well as the gratification that preparing it from scratch gives us. Enter Flour Will Fly. If you haven’t already heard of these guys…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
A Pilgrimage to Duke Street
Pilgrim triumph in the third episode of BBC Two’s My Million Pound Menu, earning investment to bring their restaurant and bar concept to life at Liverpool’s eagerly-anticipated Duke Street Food & Drink Market, launching April 2019. Drawing inspiration from the ancient pilgrimage, the ‘Camino de Santiago’, Pilgrim challenges the traditional ‘tapas’ model of Spanish dining with a flexitarian, sustainable menu, which explores the flavours of the Iberian Peninsula. Founded by Managing Director, James Duffield; Chef…
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Music
Sound City reveals main wave of artists
Sound City has announced its main wave of artists for this year’s 12th festival, following on from 2018’s spectacular sold out weekend. As the UK’s leading independent festival for emerging talent, it is a definitive zeitgeist of sounds, styles and cerebral sessions. There’s a heady mix of amazing music from across the world mixed with a world-class conference, Sound City+, and a vibrant range of wider arts to be edified by and immersed in. Taking…
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Review
Liverpool Author Clare Coombes Releases Fascinating Historical Fiction Book
Retelling of MS St Louis refugee tragedy through fiction backed by Holocaust and ship survivor A new book will relate the plight of the St Louis refugees to a new generation, 80 years after the events that caused many to flee Nazi Germany on the ill-fated ship. We are of Dust by Liverpool (UK) author Clare Coombes starts on the night of Nazi rioting 9th-10th November 1938, known as Kristallnacht, for all the broken glass in Jewish…
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Activities in Liverpool
Visit Liverpool’s Best Sightseeing Spots with a Tour Bus
Are you planning on visiting Liverpool in the near future? Or maybe you’re a long-time resident looking to get a bit more out of home? Liverpool has a range of fantastic attractions and historical locations, but it can be quite difficult squeezing so many activities into one day. With the City Explorer tour bus, you can hop on and hop off at the best sightseeing spots throughout the city. There’s even an onboard tour guide…
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Restaurants in Liverpool
Bitter Social brings Italian romance to Liverpool this Valentine’s Day
Pop-up food and drink pairing venue Bitter Social is encouraging scousers to say “Ti amo” to their loved ones this Valentine’s Day during a special Italian-themed dinner. The restaurant has teamed up with artisanal Italian vermouth company Mancino to host a four-course food and drink pairing evening – From Mancino, with Love – with European Ambassador Domenico Carella. Guests will be taken on a journey through the world of vermouth – a wine fortified with…
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Activities in Liverpool
Bongo’s Bingo Reveals March Shows In Liverpool
Special guests Boyzlife return for 4 consecutive St Patrick’s Weekend events. Bongo’s Bingo is incredibly proud to reveal its March dates for Liverpool. The action returns to Camp and Furnace, one of the region’s most iconic venues which has hosted some incredible Bongo’s Bingo shows during the last few years, and is the spiritual home of the ground-breaking concept. And it wouldn’t be March without some very special Bongo’s Bingo guests dropping in to help…
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Activities in Liverpool
Junkyard Golf Club Coming To Liverpool This March
The UK’s leading crazy golf brand Junkyard Golf Club; Home of crazy golf, mad cocktails, bad puns and wicked beats, has announced it will open in Liverpool this March. Following on from the explosive success in London, Oxford, Manchester and Leeds, Junkyard Golf Club will launch its fifth venue this spring, in the heart of the city, inside the legendary Liverpool One. Junkyard Golf Club will be bringing a whole new batch of madness. The…
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Vegan Places in Liverpool
CAN Waterloo: Plastic Free Vegan Bar
After a brief residency in the Peaky Blinders Food Court, CAN, Waterloo have a permanent home on St John’s Road in Waterloo. Owners Ryan and Lou are have created an eco-friendly, vegan haven that is all about the food. We popped in on a Saturday afternoon to taste some of their delicious pies and learn more about the plastic free can bar. We ordered the Mushroom Bourginon pie with red wine gravy and mash and…
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Bands in Liverpool
Artists Announced For Merseyrail Sound Station Music Development Programme
12 local musicians have been selected to take part in a music development programme designed by Merseyrail and Liverpool music magazine Bido Lito!. Following an open call to musicians based in the city region, a diverse selection of artists will now undertake an eight-week programme of activity. The musicians involved include a rapper from Norris Green, a Liverpool-based Hawaiian singer-songwriter and an indie pop artist from Wirral. The new project provides extensive development sessions and mentoring…
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Liverpool Music Scene
Dig Vinyl Relocating To Resurrection Bold Street
Hidden away beneath the hustle and bustle of Liverpool’s iconic Bold Street lies Dig Vinyl, an independent record shop built around a medieval well and a true passion for music. Established in March 2014 and quickly becoming a destination for tourists and locals alike, Dig Vinyl was the inevitable product of decades worth of record dealing, DJing, band managing, record label running, and music making of it’s founders, Anthony Nyland and Carl Emery. Stocking a…
