I could blame a multitude of external factors that contributed in this website's demise. Take, for example, the fact that I usually sleep more hours per day than I am awake. There's my full-time job that I often conveniently forget about, my freelance side hustle (s) yes, plural and nearly a full two years of restaurant closures due to COVID. The truth is though, alongside those factors, I just really fell out of love with this whole thing. I put a huge amount of pressure on myself to post regularly, to attend every single event, bar opening and restaurant launch, to spend hours a day on Inst ..read more

It's been a quiet few months in Liverpool but as the city slowly starts to wake up from it's Covid-induced slumber it's more important now than ever that we support local businesses and attractions in their first tentative steps back to normality. To help us with this, our very own tourist board Visit Liverpool have launched a new campaign which aims to remind locals how fabulous our city is and get them to fall in love with it all over again through visiting some of our best spots and seeing the city 'like a tourist' might do. Love Your Liverpool With newly implemented safety meas ..read more

Well, well well, it's been a while hasn't it! I won't bore you with the story of why I've been missing again as we all know it's part and parcel of the Eat Liverpool way of life by now. So, let's get stuck in: here's 5 fab things I've eaten recently that have reserved a special spot in my brain and in my stomach. 1. The fennel sausage pappardelle from The Buyers Club I'd confidently name the Buyers Club as one of my top restaurants in Liverpool at the moment thanks to it's laid back atmosphere, eternal summer garden and effortlessly cool staff and bar menu. Don't be fooled though- the food i ..read more

It would be all to easy for this post to quickly descend in to a gushing ode to one of Liverpool’s coolest cafès bars: Ropes & Twines, but it’s not their passion for great coffee or carefully curated wine list that we’re here to dissect today, rather something a little more unusual. For in the basement of the aforementioned cafè comes a chocolate workshop and production line that would make Wonka himself start to sweat. Meet Table Chocolate, Liverpool’s first (and only) bean-to-bar chocolatiers. Like all great ideas, R&T owner Tian decided he was going to make his own chocolate after ..read more

As usual my good intentions to make this type of round-up up a monthly feature fell pitifully at the first hurdle, in other words: a busy few weeks at my day job. That means this months fab-food recommendations come 2 in 1: the highlights of two months worth of basic bitch, autumn themed, pumpkin-spiced deliciousness. In no particular order... Beef Short Rib- Pen Factory I'd need more than two hands to count the number of times I've popped into The Pen Factory for a drink but for some reason the opportunity to order from their menu has always eluded me. Their new, ever-evolving small plates me ..read more

If you saw my post a few weeks ago you'll know that September has been a month of celebrating and enjoying wines from the Loire Valley region in France.I've been sampling the bottles, making my own food pairings and even got a chance to visit the Loire valley tasting truck down at the Albert Docks. (It's a tough job, I know). As part of the celebration people across the city have been partaking in the Loire Valley Bucket List, a set route of bars and restaurants serving wine from the Loire region with special offers, promotions and discounts available. Having grandly planned to complete the e ..read more

Like wine? 'Course you do. But how much do you know about the Loire Valley? Known not just for it's stunning scenery, luxury chateaux and historic French architecture, this region in central France is known for it's famed wine producing industry and abundance of vineyards. Never been? Nope, neither have I, but this September the Loire Valley are bringing some of their most famous export over to little ol' Liverpool with a month-long celebration of their wines, free samples, tasting sessions and special collaborative events across the city. When does it start? For the first time ever the reno ..read more

Mon Dieu! Modern French arrives on Castle Street. Location & Venue It’s one of those curious facts of life that if you wait long enough for something then three of them will always come at once. In this instance I’m talking about French restaurants. Whilst Bistro Jacques, Caveau and Cote Bistro have been around for a while, French cuisine isn’t something that’s been hugely popular in Liverpool in recent years. The likes of Petit Cafe du Coin and Queens Bistro may have had a part in changing that, the former a gorgeous jazz and wine cafe, the latter a hidden bistro with a menu inspired by ..read more

 A lunch time date at the Pierhead's newest hot spot. Location & Venue:  If 'Defence Against The Dark Arts' were a Liverpool restaurant site rather than a cursed magical teaching post then it'd have to be the site of the new & Company down at Mann Island.  Despite a pretty popular location, great views and loads of attractions, the venues down at Mann Island never seem to last much past the one year mark. Take Mann Island Social for example who opened so recently I still have their launch party tote bag in my regular wardrobe rotation. They seem to have gone the same ..read more

A few months ago I ran a series of picture on my Insta stories where I showed you some of the most awful pictures I've ever taken of food and you guys loved it. There was, of course, the one where I'd constructed some sort of wedding with the decapitated heads of some king prawns. The was a picture of some cake with last night's cold, soggy chips in the background. There was a half-eaten chicken burger...I won't go on but if you want to see more of that shit show then do let me know! Fast forward a few years and I'm taking more food pictures on my phone now than I ever was before and thankful ..read more