Tag: Bristol
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Gigi Pizza, Bristol: A Slice of Cool in the Coolest of Cities
Pizza. It’s no longer just food, is it? It’s a way of life. A cultural moment. Where once you’d pop out for “a pizza,” now you find yourself wading knee-deep in existential questions. What sort of pizza are we talking about here? Is it artisan? Sourdough? Neapolitan? Detroit-style? Vegan? Bristol, the city that could gentrify…
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A Christmas Miracle at The Granary Club
Picture the scene: it’s the office Christmas party. You know the type. The “celebration” where enthusiasm is proportionate to the amount of Pinot Grigio consumed, and nobody really wants to be there except Sandra from accounts (until she’s crying in the corner). The buffet is a fluorescent homage to beige, the wine a choice between…
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Review: Graft Graffiti Workshop, Bristol
Let’s face it. Corporate team-building activities are, more often than not, the stuff of nightmares. You know the drill: you’re lumped in with colleagues you actively avoid in the office, sent to a field in the middle of nowhere, and made to build a bridge out of twigs or solve a “problem” no one cares…
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Goram & Vincent: Where the View Outshines the Kitchen
There’s one place everyone brings friends or family who are seeing Bristol for the first time: to marvel at the Clifton Suspension Bridge. It’s an obligatory pilgrimage for visitors, even if the iconic view has been marred by scaffolding for two years now. Most people head to The White Lion, the pub next door at…
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KIBOU Review: Refreshingly elegant
Stepping into KIBOU Japanese restaurant in Clifton is like stepping into a vivid daydream conjured by the most inspired of culinary minds. It is, quite simply, now firmly my favourite place in Bristol. The food is very, very good. No, scratch that. The food is so delectable it borders on divine. Start with the soft…
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Up, Up, and Away: The Magic of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
In a world where events often feel like they’re churned out on a conveyor belt of mediocrity—each one more predictable than the last—the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta is the glorious exception. Held every August at the sprawling Ashton Court Estate, this isn’t just another date on the city’s calendar. It’s a spectacle, a piece of…
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The Travel Critic 