Food & Drink News

Information on the food and drink events in Birmingham, from wine to real ale, fine dining, food markets and more!

Exciting developments from Digbeth Dining Club for 2017

Exciting developments from Digbeth Dining Club for 2017

Exciting developments for Birmingham’s award winning street food event coming in 2017. 2016 was the year that Birmingham’s street food scene was truly put on the map… Read more »

Burns Night – Bitter’s N Twisted venues

Burns Night – Bitter’s N Twisted venues

From Saturday 21st January, join Bitters n Twisted as The New Inn, The Victoria and Buffalo & Rye will be celebrating Burns Night with some Scottish specials,… Read more »

Nicholson’s Pubs Celebrate Scotland with Burns Night and their Whisky Showcase

Nicholson’s Pubs Celebrate Scotland with Burns Night and their Whisky Showcase

From Monday 23rd January, food and drink lovers in Birmingham are in for a treat as Nicholson’s pubs including Bacchus Bar, The Old Contemptibles and The Shakespeare… Read more »

Team behind Taste and Liquor & 21 Milk Street launch new venue!

The “new hub for global street food, diverse arts and culture” is located in Digbeth Opening later this month, the team behind Taste and Liquor with the… Read more »

Pasta Di Piazza’s Guide to a New Year Detox

With the New Year comes healthier lifestyle choices, but just because you’re on a diet, attempting to detox or trying a new fitness regime, does that really… Read more »

Join The Botanist for Gin Sense Tasting with a Difference

The Botanist Birmingham is offering something a little different this Wednesday! Gin Sense is gin tasting with a difference- gin tasting playing on all the senses. Guests… Read more »

Foodies in for a treat with upcoming events at Town Hall

In Partnership with the bookselling mini-chain Foyles, Town Hall Symphony Hall has already hosted several successful events at the iconic Town Hall, including Graham Norton and Alan… Read more »

Birmingham Whisky Club Goes Big On Burns’ This January

The Birmingham Whisky Club are beating the January blues this month by raising a dram (or several) to Rabbie Burns’. Burns’ Night is the annual celebration in… Read more »

NYE 2016 Events at Bitters N’ Twisted

NYE 2016 Events at Bitters N’ Twisted

Island Bar & The Victoria  Early Bird Ticket £12 – After Xmas day £15 – Book Via Design My Night They are joining forces to bring you floors… Read more »

Grand Central inspires Secret Santa wish list

Grand Central inspires Secret Santa wish list

Struggling for Secret Santa ideas this year? Have you pulled a colleagues name out of the hat which you were really hoping you wouldn’t? Not to worry,… Read more »

Indian street food and cocktail restaurant to open in Moseley

Indian street food and cocktail restaurant to open in Moseley

An eagerly anticipated Indian street food and cocktail restaurant has announced its opening date alongside a taster of what the menu has in store for its lucky… Read more »

Enjoy this Christmas with Bitters N’ Twisted!

Enjoy this Christmas with Bitters N’ Twisted!

The Victoria December Events Festive speed quizzes on Weds 7th, 14th and 28th ! How much do you know about Christmas? £3 to enter, £2 for prize… Read more »

Chaophraya Christmas Lunch Review

Chaophraya Christmas Lunch Review

As part of Chaophraya’s Christmas Menu launch, I was invited along with a guest to sample their delicious selection of starters and mains (with the odd cocktail… Read more »

Swingamajig festival returns to Birmingham on April 30th, 2017

Swingamajig festival returns to Birmingham on April 30th, 2017 Take a stroll under Digbeth’s atmospheric railway arches and discover an industrial wonderland of visual installations, provocative street… Read more »

Where to get Black Pasta this Black Friday!

Where to get Black Pasta this Black Friday!

November 2016 – Escape the hustle and bustle of Birmingham city centre this Friday, and head into the Jewellery Quarter for a black pasta dish, to celebrate… Read more »

Art Music and Bubbles at BM&AG in Twilight

BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM & ART GALLERY OPENS ITS DOORS IN THE TWILIGHT HOURS FOR AN EVENING OF ART, MUSIC AND BUBBLES THIS DECEMBER Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery… Read more »

New Tonic Designed For Those Who Don’t Like Tonic

The team at 40 St Paul’s Gin Bar are releasing their own tonic water today, which they believe will revolutionise the way we drink gin. They say… Read more »

Merry #Digmas: Brum’s favourite independent Christmas fair and family day out returns to the Custard Factory!

Merry #Digmas: Brum’s favourite independent Christmas fair and family day out returns to the Custard Factory!

Kick off the festive season in style at #Digmas, Birmingham’s favourite independent Christmas fair and family day out. The fun-filled event will return to the Custard Factory… Read more »

Birmingham restaurant raises £2000 for victims of Italian Earthquake

With the help of its customers, Jewellery Quarter’s very own Pasta Di Piazza has successfully raised £2000, which will be donated to the Italian Red Cross. At… Read more »

Celebrate National Cappuccino Day with Cucina Rustica

To celebrate National Cappuccino Day, on Tuesday 8th November, Cucina Rustica will be offering free cappuccino’s for guests to enjoy when they open their doors at 11am…. Read more »

Bierkeller in Brum for Christmas Lillian Keen

Bierkeller in Brum for Christmas Lillian Keen

The Bierkeller is set to open in Birmingham in just over a month making its arrival in time for Christmas. The Bierkeller is a unique German Bavarian… Read more »

Christmas Hamper Digbeth

Christmas Hamper Digbeth

After our sell out first year Digbeth Christmas Hamper is back! Birmingham’s oldest boozer is taking all the best bits of crimbo and rolling them into one…. Read more »

Festive Feast with a Difference in Birmingham

City centre bar, The Botanist is shaking up the traditional Christmas menu with a turkey version of its famous Hanging Kebab. The festive classic will be given… Read more »

Tinsel + Tidings, Bar + Block’s contemporary Christmas menu

Tinsel + Tidings, Bar + Block’s contemporary Christmas menu

Tinsel + Tidings will be Bar + Block’s contemporary Christmas menu from 22nd November. Alongside their selection of high quality meat cuts and rotating steak specials on… Read more »

Best cafés and coffee shops in Birmingham

Frosty mornings, numb fingertips and a murderous-caffeine deficiency all call for a steaming haven in a cardboard coffee cup. Now, I’m a student so I relate to… Read more »

Birmingham restaurant joins the fight in standing up to cancer

Manager of Cucina Rustica, Afif Akhtar has decided to donate £2 for every table served in the restaurant from Friday 21st October to Friday 25th November, to… Read more »

Halloween High Spirits at Bitters n Twisted Venues!

Halloween High Spirits at Bitters n Twisted Venues!

There’s a whole line up of spooky events at Bitters n Twisted venues this Halloween, details of the various goings on are listed below: The Victoria Friday… Read more »

Digbeth Mela Launches in Birmingham!

Digbeth Mela Launches in Birmingham!

Digbeth Mela Launches in Birmingham: A modern celebration of South-Asian Arts, Music, Food & Culture! Presented by the people who produced The Eastern Electronic Festival, Holi Rave… Read more »

The Birmingham Whisky Club Celebrates Its 5th Birthday

Since 2011 the club has built up a loyal following of 1000’s of whisky lovers, drank through 5,000 bottles of whisky over 200 different events, worked with… Read more »

Dares Bar Launch – Craft Beers, Cocktails and Live Music!

Dares Bar Launch – Craft Beers, Cocktails and Live Music!

The guys at Amusement 13 Birmingham wanted a Craft Beer and cocktail offering in the newly refurbished venue and so they asked Dare’s. The Dares Pop up… Read more »

Old Crown Whiskey Cub Competition

Old Crown Whiskey Cub Competition

Competition time! We have 1 pair of tickets up for grabs for the @Old Crown Whiskey Cub: Regions of Scotland. Enjoy a 2 hour tutoured whiskey tasting… Read more »

Coffee and Cakes with a ‘Be At One’ Twist

The cocktail institution Be At One is shaking up the traditional coffee morning to help raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. Be At One has 33 bars… Read more »

Birmingham on Film season and Original Patty Men.

Birmingham on Film season and Original Patty Men.

Regency Wharf host 3 days of outdoor cinema with Flatpack’s “Birmingham on Film” season and Original Patty Men. Take Me High – 19.00-22.30, 6th October – £15… Read more »

The Best Pizza in Birmingham by Megan Matthews

When the moon hitting your eye looks like a big pizza pie, that’s probably your body telling you that you need a slice – or, more realistically,… Read more »

Pasta di Piazza celebrates 21st anniversary with big Give-Away!

Pasta di Piazza celebrates 21st anniversary by giving away hundreds of bags of pasta in Birmingham City Centre which people can redeem for a free meal! September… Read more »

A Celebratory Weekend for Grand Central Shoppers

September 2016: – This weekend will mark one year since the launch of Grand Central – Birmingham’s most talked about shopping centre. To celebrate the first birthday,… Read more »

Night and Day Markets Halloween Weekender

Night and Day Markets Halloween Weekender

After the huge success of the inaugural Night & Day markets earlier this year Seasonal Markets and the Hare & Hounds are delighted to announce the return… Read more »

Celebration of Global Chicken Wings in Digbeth!

Celebration of Global Chicken Wings in Digbeth!

We all know we love a good old chicken wing, well now experimental street-food organisers Taste and Liquor are bringing a whole new meaning to finger–licking-good as… Read more »

Nicholson’s UK Beer Showcase for Brum

Nicholson’s Pubs Launch Beer Celebration in Birmingham Showcasing the UK’s Best Beer (17th September – 15th October) This Autumn, from the 17th of September, Nicholson’s pubs The… Read more »

Brummies are Generous, Chocoholics with a Shoe Fetish?!

This month marks the first-year milestone for Grand Central; one of Birmingham’s most talked about developments in decades, which introduced a number of premium brands that the… Read more »

Alchemy Arrives in Heart of Brum

Alchemy Arrives in Heart of Brum

Popular bar and restaurant brand, The Alchemist, took over the home of the iconic Bullring Bull in Birmingham last week, as they prepare to make their debut… Read more »

Restaurant’s charity for Italian earthquake victims

Manager of Pasta Di Piazza has decided to donate £1 for every dish served in the restaurant throughout September, in a bid to help Italian earthquake victims…. Read more »

Reggae Caribbean Cookout

12.00-18.00 4th & 18th September Coffin Works 13-15 Fleet Street, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B3 1JP Reggae Caribbean Cookout event in Birmingham 876StreetFood continues to bring a little… Read more »

Quiz Night Hits All Right Notes at The Botanist

Quiz Night Hits All Right Notes at The Botanist

Bringing music to the ears of quiz fans across the city, The Botanist will host its music quiz on Wednesday 31 August, in its brand new basement… Read more »

Bitters N Twisted August Bank Holiday!

Bank Holiday – 26th – 29th August at Bitters N Twisted venues Victoria Friday 26/08/2016 For BH Weekend : Happy Hour 5pm-9pm Friday – Sunday 2-4-1 cocktails… Read more »

Taste & Liquor and Mr Hyde’s National Burger Day Party

Taste & Liquor and Mr Hyde’s National Burger Day Party

Taste & Liquor and Mr Hyde’s National Burger Day Party 2016, comes to Birmingham – Saturday 27 August. When it comes to an excuse to bite into… Read more »

Bar + Block restaurant review

Bar + Block restaurant review

Bar + Block is a modern yet homely restaurant in the heart of Brum’s business district. I had heard good things about the food, so a chance… Read more »

Aria Restaurant review by Amy Stutz

Aria Restaurant review by Amy Stutz

Located inside the luxurious Hyatt hotel, situated on Broad Street in the heart of Birmingham’s city centre, is the Aria restaurant. Serving high-quality cuisine in a contemporary… Read more »

Finals of British Street Food Awards 2016 heading to Digbeth!

The end of August will see an exciting development in Digbeth as Digbeth Dining Club starts its Autumn Series with a phase of new plans for Lower… Read more »

Low ‘n’ Slow H&H August Takeover

We’re delighted to announce that Birmingham BBQ specialists, Low ‘n’ Slow, will be taking over the H&H every Thursday to Sunday throughout August. The offer will kick… Read more »