EXPLORE COLMORE
METRO Another giant of the Business
District, Metro is the go-to place for Friday lunchtime office drinks after a busy week at the keyboard. However, with Thaiinspired food and a comfortable, inviting interior, Metro offers so much more than a quick-pint pit-stop. Keep an eye out for special offers such as 2-for-1 cocktails and gin tasting events.
Over the past 10 years the Colmore Business District social scene has been transformed. Enjoy Spanish, Italian or Brazilian cuisine, fine dining, old school pubs and even a nightclub – bustling Colmore has you covered.
THEATRIX A newcomer to Colmore Business District, Theatrix was launched by the owner of the legendary Snobs nightclub and has seen the sympathetic restoration of a former banking hall on the corner of Waterloo Street and Colmore Row (most recently Nosh & Quaff and The Jaibird). Don’t just think of this as Snobs Mk-II, however, it’s a smart, premium bar, restaurant and club in keeping with the building’s listed status and heritage surroundings.
JAVA LOUNGE Occupying a prime location on Colmore Row which will only get busier when the skyscraping 103 Colmore Row tower opens for business, Java Lounge is an inviting, cosy coffee shop. All the hotdrink options you need, I speak from experience when I report the wi-fi is great and there are plenty of phone charging points to see you through your visit. Planning a client catch-up? See you there.
HOME IS WHERE DELI There’s a rumour doing the rounds that a Business District worker is yet to try Home Deli’s knockout Croque Monsieur. We refuse to believe this as it should be at the top of any self-respecting Colmorian’s (is that a thing?) lunch to-do list. If the Croque’s not for you, kick back with coffees, cold drinks and sweet treats at this laid-back, mismatched furniture-type place.
DAMASCENA Recent winner of
Café/Bistro of the Year in The Food Awards England, this beautifullydecorated Temple Row coffee shop rustles up the best MiddleEastern inspired food and drink in Birmingham. We’ve tried the Damascena Breakfast Meze and, honestly, it’s something special. With a selection of falafel, dips, flatbreads and fuuls (spiced beans), it’s a dish meant for sharing, but we all know how this story ends.
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THE ALCHEMIST
You will have seen this Colmore Row bar’s legendary dry ice-bathed, Harry Potter-like cocktail concoctions across Instagram but it’s time you experienced the magic in the flesh. Prepared and presented in style by expert mixologists, choose from the ‘Chemistry and Light’ and ‘Chemistry and Theatre’ menus, or keep it simple with a Negroni or Daiquiri from the classics selection.