Bars in Liverpool
The best cocktail bars, pubs and drinking holes in the city
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Albert Dock Rum Festival; 7th & 8th March
On Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 March Smugglers Cove is taking the lead on the first Albert Dock Rum Festival. Smugglers Cove are offering seven rum tastings throughout the weekend, each with a space for up to ten people so you can bring your friends. Don’t miss out on the steel drum performance in the bar on the Saturday too. If you like a bit of carnival with your rum head along to Circo where…
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Red Door Bar; The Latest Arrival To City Centre Nightlife On Berry Street
“If Your Favourite Ain’t On The List, It Don’t Mean You Can’t Have It.” Red Door Bar’s slogan will immediately show you their confidence when it comes to conjuring up some of your favourite drinks, their intricate knowledge of all things cocktail means that, even if you can’t see what you like on their already-extensive menu, you will still more-than-likely be treated to something you fancy. Red Door Bar opened last Monday, and can be…
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Popular Irish Eatery O’Connor's Bar & Grill Set To Host A ‘Boss’ Celebration For Global Scouse Day
To celebrate Global Scouse Day this Saturday (February 28), Irish themed O’Connor’s Bar & Grill located within Sefton Park Hotel will be transformed into an ‘authentic Liverpool gaff’. Chief executive Conor O’Donovan and his team are set to go all out in delivering a unique Liverpool inspired dining experience to mark the ever so popular foodie occasion. From 12pm guests will enjoy an appropriately devised set menu, which consists of two Scouse variations served with…
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Grove Beer Tap & Grill; Review
Summer will soon be round the corner and what’s better than to enjoy your warm days than in a snazzy beer garden? The Grove Beer Tap & Grill came as a surprise to me when I arrived, I’ve never stepped foot in a bar that had that sort of Caribbean feel to it. And to top it all off, they specialise in fruit beers, and believe me, they are definitely worth exploring. My partner and…
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Competition; Win A £50 Voucher For Jamie's Italian Liverpool One
We have a great competition for one lucky person to win a £50 voucher for Jamie’s Italian in Liverpool One. Jamie’s Italian situated in Liverpool One is part of over 30 of the celebrity chef’s Italian restaurants located across the UK. Inspired by Jamie’s love of the Italian way of life. The menu is full of rustic dishes with something for everyone. The restaurant has a laid back feel and It’s also a sun trap,…
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Pattersons Bar; Review 'Serving Up Chicken & Tunes'
With Independent’s popping up left, right and centre in Liverpool at the moment, it is no surprise that the variety of places to eat is so broad. Whilst there has never been a shortage of chicken here in Liverpool, something has always been missing – Pattersons. As it remains one the best-hidden gems of the city, it’s time to share the secret. Chicken restaurant by day, bar by night, these chicken experts have revolutionized the…
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Lord Mayor Supports More Liverpool Nights Out That Don't Involve Alcohol This February
The Lord Mayor, Cllr Erica Kemp CBE is supporting people who want to make their great dry January habits stick, by attending Liverpool’s first dry social in a pub. Club Soda is a nationwide movement that supports people to change their drinking by setting their own goals and organising fun and inspiring events – members can track their progress and continue the mutual support in the online club house – joinclubsoda.co.uk. Club Soda’s first alcohol…
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DV8 Designs To Transform The Old Blind School In Liverpool Into Contemporary Bar & Restaurant This Spring
One of Cheshire’s most prestigious pub companies has appointed leading architecture and interior design practice DV8 Designs to help revamp its first Liverpool venture. The New Moon Company has enlisted managing director of DV8 Designs Lee Birchall to carry out a major creative renovation of its seventh property – The Old Blind School. Lee and his team, whose offices are based in Warrington, will transform the iconic Hardman Street grade II listed building into a contemporary urban…
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Camp & Furnace Make Film Screening's A Weekly Feature
Camp & Furnace have announced that ‘Screen’ is going weekly every Thursday beginning on January 22nd with a dystopian future double bill of District 9 and Blade Runner (Directors Cut). Then on January 29th it’s the battle of the comedy hitmen with Grosse Pointe Blank and In Bruges and a double bill of left-field life-affirming loveliness as we show Being John Malkovich then Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. Hardshakes, street food, big screen, big…
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Barley & Beans Prepares To Celebrate Its First Christmas In The City
One of Hatton Garden’s newest coffee lounge and bars is gearing up for its first Christmas in Liverpool. In line with the seasonal festivities, Barley & Beans is serving a selection of yuletide beverages including winter warmer mulled wine and cider, as well as celebratory cocktails. Director Nick Strauss said: “With it being our first Christmas in Liverpool, we wanted to celebrate Christmas in true Barely & Beans style. “For those who want to relax…
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Constellations & The Observatory NYE Party '14
Constellations & The Observatory NYE Party 14’; 31st December 2014 7pm -5am With DJs Dan Le Sac, Bernie Connor, Mixnots, Hold It Down & Benny Maths and more TBA “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to make and end is to make a beginning. S. Eliot As the last gasps of this year fan the flames of the next, and a setting sun melts…
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City Celebrates Launch of New Hatton Garden Eatery Barley & Beans
Hatton Garden’s newest eatery Barley & Beans has received the city’s seal of approval as part of its official launch. More than 50 guests descended on the quirky venue to welcome its recent arrival and meet director Nick Strauss and his team. As well as raising a toast to the eatery, local businesses from around the area sampled Barely & Beans’ innovative food, which put a contemporary twist on all-time favourites. Nick said: “The team…
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'Barley & Beans' Cafe & Bar; Review
Barley & Beans is a relaxed and informal place in a quieter area of town. A stone’s throw from Moorfields and the Ship & Mitre (a mighty fine real ale pub), the menu boasts one of the most authoritative breakfast/brunch selections in the city. As the proprietor states, breakfast should not be wasted, confined to the am. Afternoon breakfast should not be the sole domain of the bleary-eyed, hungover student. If you want Eggs Benedict…
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Vice's MUNCHIES Food Channel Feature Liverpool In 'The Guide To The North'
Vice’s MUNCHIES food channel have teamed up with Hungryhouse to create a 5-part series called ‘The Guide to the North’ – exploring food culture in all its weird and wonderfulness in the North of England – we feel it’s a really under-explored area on the UK food map. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBqsScfZOAU] The first episode was around Whitby and Middlesborough, and episode two, focuses on Blackpool, and Liverpool – including traditional Scouse at Maggie Mays, The Baltic Bakehouse,…
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Halloween At Camp & Furnace
Camp & Furnace are doing it big for Halloween. FREE ENTRY FOR BOTH EVENTS! Screen Monday 27th October From 6pm-late +18 only; Cocktails, Candy & Carnage Featuring: Beetlejuice A Nightmare on Elm Street The Evil Dead Free – but booking essential. Go to http://www.opentable.co.uk/camp-and-furnace Halloween Food Slam Friday October 31st From 6pm-late Tattoos, Burlesque, Face/body painting, Fortune telling, Dr Jekyll’s Cocktail Bar, PLUS DJs Monkey, Morf, Mina and The Mighty Mojo.
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Dead Fest; Zombie Flashmob Bar Crawl Heading For Liverpool This Halloween
Dead Fest is an event brought to us by Purple Revolver, described as a Zombie Flashmob & Bar Crawl. They will be attempting to break the UK record for the most zombies in one city this Halloween. Last year a crowd of 300 created zombie mayhem and it looks like this year will be even bigger. It’s guaranteed to be good fun. Locations on the bar crawl will include; Heebie Jeebies, Aloha & Salt…
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Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia; Review Part Two
It’s not every Friday afternoon I get to sip beer, in the sunshine, in the presence of some of the most awe-inspiring psych bands I’ve ever heard; the beginning of Liverpool Psych fest 2014 was happily one of those times. Purple Heart Parade kicked off the weekend in Blade with a ragingly energetic set after recently releasing a cassette on local North West label Blak Hand Records. Their roaring vocals and feedback reverberated off the…
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Wookie Launches Hot Plate At 24 Kitchen Street
Hot Plate is a new night aimed at celebrating some of the most exciting upcoming and established acts in electronic music. Their recent announcement of upcoming shows sent shockwaves through the city. They launch their autumn event series on October 2nd with heavyweights Channel One Sound System, Wookie and Illaman. It’s been a long time since Channel One have been up to Liverpool. With one of the best known and greatest sound systems in the world, they’re…
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The Liverpool Irish Festival Returns With Film, Arts, Music, Food & Football
The 12th Liverpool Irish Festival returns to the city this October celebrating Liverpool’s unique relationship with Ireland and showcasing the finest in contemporary and traditional Irish culture. From the English première of Seamus Heaney’s final works to a celebration of Gaelic football with the first Liverpool Irish Festival Cup and a talk by John Larkin QC, Attorney General for Northern Ireland, this year’s Festival is bigger than ever spreading across ten days in a cavalcade…
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The Elephant Bakehouse Woolton; Review
Woolton Village is a funny place: leafy and quiet during the day, with its Farmer’s Market and little old cinema; hotbed of teenage drinkers and a bit like the Wild West at night. Always has been. But things are looking up. Simon Rimmer, Scouse celeb chef, massive LFC fan and inventor of pulled pork has just opened the old Elephant pub as The Elephant Bakehouse. Big refurb and it’s looking pretty again with a much…
