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Passionfruit and ricotta crumpets at Albatross – where brunch is taken to another level
The Old Bookshop is brilliant for roast dinners, live music and drinks
Ivory Flowers is running seasonal wreath workshops
Albatross Cafe This has got to be one of our favourite North Street additions – first flagged up to us as a beautiful venue in which to to indulge in the trendy espresso martini, served up in gorgeous Jericho Studio Pottery which can be purchased afterwards if you fall in love with it – it’s only sold at Albatross. Recently we popped into the pastel and neon paradise for brunch – which it does unbelievably well. Think toasted banana bread with mascarpone and lemon curd; granola bowls packed with vibrant fruits; mustard and apple rarebit toasties.
Leveret Cask House Formerly The Hare, number 51 relaunched as Leveret (satisfying fact: a leveret is a baby hare) in September after six years in its previous incarnation. Expect belgian beers, South West ciders, classic cocktails and more at this privately owned, dog-friendly taproom. The building has been in use as a public house for over 150 years and in its back room you’ll find photographs from the owner’s family photo albums, depicting happy Bedminster days from the 1930s to 1970s.
Spielman Theatre Tobacco Factory Theatres’ brand new second venue is a big development for its talented team as it means they can now welcome 30,000 audience members each year for an additional 360-plus performances. It’s now able to run five young theatre-maker groups each term and the Young Producer Scheme has increased from six to 10 places, running for the whole educational year rather than six months. The state-of-the-art new theatre also provides an engine room for artists to research, develop and share new ideas. See Sophie Hates Theatre on 1 December or puppet show Beasty Baby (6 December to 6 34 THE BRISTOL MAGAZINE
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Have a sit down at Hobbs House January) at the Spielman or The Borrowers (until 20 January) at Factory Theatre.
Trylla Contender for quirkiest newcomer, Trylla popped up fairly recently, selling gifts handmade on-site in the basement studio, retro toys, homeware, clothing and accessories; running knitting, macrame and clay clubs; and hosting small-scale workshops at the back of the shop. Trylla means ‘to enchant someone’ or ‘to turn someone or something into a troll’ according to owner Alice Astbury, a northern maker with an interest in illustration and ceramics. Her space can seat up to 12 people, and if you have an idea for a workshop you would like to see in the community or need a place to meet as a group, send Alice an email and she will see what she can do.
North Gallery Workspace Slap-bang in the midst of this quick-developing creative quarter, North Gallery Workspace – brought to Bristol by cousins Lawrie Gunning and Lenny Chilcott, and their uncle Andrew Price – is a multipurpose new venture to be run by local artists of all ages and mediums. They’ll be renting walls (as well as hotdesking/co-working and evening class/event space) but won’t charge commission so all profits from work sold go to the artist. Anyone with a wall will be expected to muck in with the collective, doing a shift every week or so which will involve sitting in with the art for a couple of hours – sounds alright to us. There will be high-speed broadband, free tea and coffee, flexible desk rental – you can buy days to use as and when you like. Just down the road off East Street, meanwhile, another arts collective, Caraboo Projects, has moved into an abandoned building and transformed it into workshop space