Bristol, England - Do any ILXers reside in this fair city?

As for record shops, Idle Hands are a neat little dance specialist with a good and interesting range.
Rough Trade have just opened a very nice branch near the Lanes in town.
Plastic Wax, as people are saying, is great, along with a bunch of other indie places up Gloucester Road

pubs wise I have a list of old haunts from student days as possibilities: Highbury Vaults, Coronation Tap, Cadbury, Hope & Anchor. Anywhere newer that is worth checking out? There are a few suggestions upthread that I have noted.

Cadbury was a haunt of mine but the new owners have tried to spruce it up a bit, which of course meant sacking a bit of the life and soul out of it.
Not sure about those others.
The Bell on Jamaica Street is quite good fun
Stag and Hounds in Old Market is a fairly big pub with a good atmos and live music sometimes
St Werberghs and Easton have a plethora of decent pubs if you can be bothered to venture slightly off the beaten track. The Plough in Easton is especially good
Then there's Gloucester Road of course. A great 'audiophile bar' called Edit where they sell small plates and sometimes showcase full albums on their fancy soundsystem
The Gallimaufry is always popular but good

thanks! I know the Bell of old, always a place to go prior to Blue Mountain/Lakota/Cube etc. (showing my age again no doubt). Edit sounds like a good bet too, I think we'll be doing some hanging out round there

Bell Diner was definitely magnificent when I went there, but I hear say it went a bit downhill of late, maybe a change in owner or something. Can't speak from experience.

I was there last month and it was still very good, in my amateur estimation, which is to say I didn't notice a difference in quality from the previous time I went. It seemed unusually quiet for a Thursday night though.

sometimes happens when places switch owners, bit ropey for a bit and then gets better.

Blue Mountain and Lakota still going strong if you fancy some late-night studenty clubbing vibes. The Cube is a really good arthouse cinema now and always worth a visit.

If anyone's out at the weekend and fancies something a bit mad and different, I'm going to this: https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/#date=2018-04-14&event_id=44042

yeah the Cube was a thing back in the day, I'm happy it's still around. We're also planning to go to the Watershed, which was also a staple of student days and had good food. We'll probably visit the Arnolfini, I should think.

We wound up lunching at the Asian place in the boxparkish place called Wapping Wharf - it was good. I'm normally a bit sniffy about boxparks and similar but this one seemed a cut above, quality -wise. I was also pleased to be able to drop into the Wild Beer Co bar next door, though I imagine that can be irksome if packed.

That looks good, DL; frustratingly I'll be blowing past Bristol on the M5 at least twice this weekend but won't be stopping. TBF I'll have my dear old mum with me and alien punk is probably not her speed.

nice one. yeah I've been to that box place. It's not bad although I can't for the life of me remember what I had.

Watershed is a great cinema, if a little pricey. Not tried the food. Arnolfini definitely worth a visit, especially if there's an exhibition on

The Cube is a great little cinema, went there last friday for the Slits documentary and it was packed. The Cadbury has been completely ruined by the new owners imo, lost all of its charm and coziness. My favourite pub in that side of town is the Duke of York in St. Werbs.

Neil S: the Hope and Anchor has probably changed hands since you were there. I used to go there a fair bit when I lived that side of town some years ago but I've been past and it's been spruced up - not been in, though.

thanks guys, more great stuff today!

Tim: Wapping Wharf will be somewhere to at least have a look at, we'll likely go to SSGB, Science Museum etc.

Will: noted on the Cadbury, that's a pity, I enjoyed the down-at-heel feel, it used to have a really good jukebox too.

Kinder: thanks. One of the attractions of it was the lovely beer garden, which I suppose is still there. The weather is looking good so such a facility might well be a necessity!

that's still there and looking at the website they still have a Ploughman's menu as well a Sunday roasts so probably hasn't changed much at all!

The guys who run the H&A nowadays also run the Volunteer Tavern which is a decent little pub with a lively beer garden in summer and a decent selection of ales.

OT: The title of this thread is a total throwback to when people online felt compelled to speak like medieval courtiers, before the whole 'fedora, milady' stuff happened

another place to go is King Street and Welsh Back which are both chocka with olde fashionedy pubs and various converted barges. Three Brothers Burgers do a hassle-free lunch for a decent price, and if you like strong cider the Apple barge is great

The Old Duke on King St is great for live Jazz

I've been to the Apple fairly recently, it was good fun and notable for vomiting students just outside

If anyone happens to be about on the 11th May, I'm putting on a new wave disco at the Stag & Hounds in Old Market https://www.facebook.com/sciencedisco/

nice to accidentally meet Willl of this board the other day at a mutual friends' birthday party. Ilxors should have a special 77 tattoo branded onto their foreheads so we can recognise each other without a 40 minute preamble.

If any other Brizzlers happen to be about this evening, I'm putting on a little new wave, electro and disco night at the Stag and Hounds: https://www.facebook.com/events/153781205472037/

I'll be back in town for the Flipper and mclusky shows in a couple of weeks, and staying down inbetween.

What's new in Bristol? Haven't really paid attention since the container village opened behind M She'd.

Very disappointed to read that Bar Buvette closed; consoled myself that I'd still be able to drink too much delicious wine at Le Poivrot until I read that that had closed also. Anyone have any preferred places to drink excellent wine by that glass in Bristol, places that are neither loud nor snooty?

Bell's Diner gone too, I note. Small sadnesses.

loads of restaurants seem to be closing right now :(

I recognise it's a long shot but if any of you are in the vicinity of the UWE Bower Ashton campus anytime in the next month, there will be a show of some of my printing / book work in the library there (I'm setting the display up on Friday morning).

I have the privilege of having a wander around Bristol without anything to do and I’m reminded how much I love it here. It’s one of my favourite places in the world.

<3

If I'm in the campus area (not actually too likely but who knows?) I'll pop in!

Here’s a documentary about 20th Century Flicks in Bristol, somewhere I spent large amounts of time in when I was a student in the 90s, renting lots of kung fu and Hong Kong action flicks, as well as “prestige” films. It’s now the “last video shop in the world” apparently. I visited a couple of years ago and they still had my account on file (no fines thankfully)!
https://kottke.org/20/02/the-last-video-store

Yes! Saw that shop when I was in BRL recently and thought wtaf

they gave me a couple of posters, which was really nice of them! must try to get to a screening next time I'm in town.

you can rent it out for private screenings. Still not done it though. I should fix that

I used to about 20 metres away from 20th Century Flicks back when it was in Clifton, and when VHS/DVD rental was a thing. Their 'world cinema' selection was second to none and the staff were always happy to give an opinion or recommendation which was refreshing after years of browsing in faceless Blockbusters.

Also when we lived there the wine bar / club directly below our flat used to have PeeWee Ellis from the JB's playing every few weekends and we could hear him wailing 2 floors below us. This combination of facts made the insufferably posh prickishness of Clifton bearable for the year we lasted before moving back to where normal people live :)

used to *live* ...

I don't think I ever went in to the wine bar, sounds like I should have given it a go!

We never went in either as a: we were the poorest people in Clifton and b: our lounge pretty much sounded like the club once it got going.

Bristolers, I'm putting on a new free "Global Beats" type night at Cosies in St Paul's next week in case anyone's about

https://www.facebook.com/events/745232679486744

Here's where I'm playing on NYE. Really chuffed to be on the outdoor stage for 11.30-1am. just gotta think of an appropriate banger to play at midnight

https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/#date=2021-12-31&event_id=70061

Got to be On a Ragga Tip.

I mean, that's a good choice! They've asked me to play "High-life, afrobeat, disco, psychedelic" and indoors it's more bass-oriented stuff (i think they're trying to limit the amount of tear out shit outdoors). I was kind of thinking Angelique Kidjo's version of Once In A Lifetime could work, although I'm sure I could get away with a bit of SL2.