Bars
Ghost signs walking tour of the Birmingham’s historic Jewellery and Gun Quarters
Sunday 10 Sept 2017 | 2pm – 4.30pm Days Square, Albion Street, Jewellery Quarter B1 3AA Brum’s Ghost Signs documents old hand painted advertising signs on brick walls in Birmingham, England. These signs are often called or known as ghost signs. Tracey Thorne who collects and collates these images […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreSpecial Delivery: Historical Letterboxes of the Jewellery Quarter
Thursday 7 Sept 2017 | All day 1000 Trades, 16 Frederick Street, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham B1 3HE The distinctive letterboxes of the Jewellery Quarter were forged in the Georgian era, as secure portals for precious metals and stones. Two hundred years later they remain an iconic detail of this […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreThe new ‘Gunmakers Arms’
We’re happy to say we had a refurbishment and are now the new Gunmakers Arms! Don’t worry we’re not changing our name. We reopened the pub on Saturday 3rd June after being closed for around three months! This was longer than we expected or wanted. However when you’re dealing […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreSee inside the city’s new live music bar which is selling MOONSHINE
Time for jazz hands Birmingham. A new cafe has opened in Jewellery Quarter hosting live jazz events. RJJZ Cafe also doubles up as a bar serving wines, spirits beers and moonshine! The spirit, a clear unaged whisky, has a potentially lethal alcohol content and was illegal in many countries. […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreNow you can get a gin and tonic SLUSHY – and have it delivered to the park
It’s the ultimate summer drink for lovers of gin – a G&T slushy. And now you can have the thirst quencher delivered to you while you’re sunbathing in the park or your back garden, thanks to Deliveroo. 40 St Paul’s, on Cox Street on the edge of St Paul’s […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreDavenports brewery to open two new Birmingham bars later this year
Original web page at Davenports brewery to open two new Birmingham bars later this year A Black Country brewery is planning to open two new craft beer bars in Birmingham later this year. Davenports will launch the venues, called Dares, in the former Jewellery Quarter police station in the Big Peg building and the old…
Read More200 year-old Birmingham pub opens its own backyard brewery
Original web page at 200 year-old Birmingham pub opens its own backyard brewery One of Birmingham’s oldest pubs is moving ahead with the times – by opening its own backyard brewery. Two Towers Brewery is not content with simply running The Gunmakers Arms close to St Chad’s Cathedral. It’s now built its own brewery in…
Read MoreSee inside latest Birmingham boutique hotel before it opens
St Pauls House Hotel on St Pauls Square, Birmingham. Birmingham’s newest boutique hotel is due to open its doors this week – so what can you expect? The 34 room hotel, bar and restaurant Saint Paul’s House has been created above former The Rope Walk pub in St Paul’s […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreOasis caricature worth £1,500 stolen from Lord Clifden pub
Graham Smith, the owner of The Lord Clifden pub in Hockley. Police are hunting a thief who snatched a rare caricature of Liam and Noel Gallagher – worth £1,500 – from the wall of a Birmingham pub. The limited edition artwork of the Oasis brothers , one of just […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreBrown Lion Makes Some Noise!
Two Towers Brewery’s JQ tap house, The Brown Lion on Hall Street, is having an opening music launch on 19th February, starting at 3PM. As well as the usual favourites of Baskerville, Jewellery Porter and BSA brews, there will be a free buffet and music from Steve Ajao and the aptly-named Thirsty Work. The Brown…
Read More