Bath
BANTHON ORIENTAL SUPERMARKET
10 Brookside House, High St, Weston, BA1 4BY Tel: 01225 420468
• Wide range of cooking ingredients, herbs, spices and remedies, all with Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino and other Far Eastern influences. Open Tue-Sat 10am-5.30pm, Sun 10am-4pm
BARRIQUE
6 George St, BA1 2EH Tel: 01225 427423, web: www.barrique.com
• Pret-a-porter kegs and barrels of oils, vinegars, spirits, liqueurs, wines and champagnes alongside a carefully sourced, upmarket range of international deli produce (Italian pesto, Dijon mustard, etc). Open Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm, Sun 10am-4pm
BARTLETT & SONS BUTCHERS
10-11 Green St, BA1 2JZ Tel: 01225 466731, web: www.bartlettandsons.co.uk
• Traditional family butcher, established 1931. All meat is locally sourced and largely chemical/additive free, prepared using traditional methods. Sausages and burgers are made in-house. Good selection of cooked meats, cheeses, pastries, pickles and occasionally cakes. Open Mon-Sat 9am-5.30pm
BATH BAKERY
3 Chelsea Rd, BA1 3DU Tel: 01225 421702
37 Moorland Rd. BA2 3PN Tel 01225 481477, web: www.bathbakery.co.uk
Other branches in High St (Upper Weston), BA1 4BY; Bradford Rd (Combe Down), BA2 5BP; St Margaret’s St (Bradford on Avon), BA15 1DE
• You won’t find preservatives, mould inhibitors or bleached flour in any of this yeasty loveliness, which waltzes from sandwich loaves, organic variations, lardy cake, Cornish pasties, sausage rolls and croissants to malted, spelt, multigrain, oat, olive and rye versions. Cafe at the Moorland Road branch. Open Mon-Sat 8am-4.30pm
BATH DELI
31 Bathwick St, BA2 6NZ Tel: 01225 316265, web: www.bathdeli.co.uk
• Local cheeses, artisan bread, Wiltshire ham, charcuterie, sauces, pickles, olives, salads, pates etc alongside freshly prepared dishes-to-go, mostly locally sourced from small producers. Outlet for the Posh Tart company (www.poshtarts.co.uk). Home/office delivery service options; outside catering. Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-4pm
BATH FARMERS’ MARKET
Green Park Station, BA1 1JB Tel: 01225 787910, web: www.bathfarmersmarket.co.uk
• The one that kickstarted the whole Farmers’ Market movement, now held every Sat. Dozens of stalls sell locally produced fresh and organic meat, dairy, breads and veg, plus foods for people on restricted diets, hot food to nibble as you browse and plenty of tasting experiences. Open Sat 8.30am-1pm
BEEHIVE BAKERY
Noads Corner, Odd Down, BA2 2RX Tel: 01225 833322
• Proper, traditional, community baker. Open Mon-Sat 8am-4pm
BEN’S COOKIES
21 Union Passage, BA1 1RD Tel: 01225 460983, web: www.benscookies.com
• Funky, chunky fresh cookies (priced by the kilo) to take away or enjoy at a table on the traffic-free lane out front. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm
BEST OF BRITISH
12 Broad St, BA1 5LJ Tel: 01225 448055, web: www.bestofbritishdeli.co.uk
• Organic deli and takeaway. See Specialist Food Suppliers – Organic.
CHANDOS DELI
St George St, BA1 2EH Tel: 01225 314418
Egg Cafe, St Johns Place, BA1 1ET Tel: 01225 823408, web: www.chandosdeli.com
• Very popular deli with an eclectic range. See Specialist Food Suppliers – Bristol.
COUNTRY CUPCAKES
61 Walcot St, BA1 5BN Tel: 01225 319485, web: www.countrycupcakes.com
• Cutest cupcakes for miles around, using top-notch ingredients and decorated with imagination and flair. See website for details of where to buy the full range, order bespoke/special occasion cupcakes (including weddings, children’s parties), the Cupcake School and forthcoming Cupcake School events. Open Shop by prior arrangement only
CULPEPERS
28 Milsom St, BA1 1DG Tel: 01225 425875, web: www.culpeper.co.uk
• Wide range of herbs, relishes, pickles, spices, honey, ginger, homemade jams, fruit drinks (many organic) and stock/soup bases. Friendly, knowledgeable staff are as happy to advise on natural remedies as they are on curry ingredients. Mail order available. Open Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 11am-5pm
DA VINCI ITALIAN DELI
33 Wellsway, Bear Flat, BA2 4RR Tel: 01225 471850, web: www.davincideli.co.uk
• Properly authentic Italian cured meats, cheeses, fresh and dried pasta, breads and rolls, oils, wines and puddings, plus fresh baguettes. Outside catering service. Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 8.30am-5pm
FINE CHEESE CO
29-31 Walcot St, BA1 5BN Tel: 01225 448748, web: www.finecheese.co.uk
• Cheese lover’s mecca, featuring around 150 varieties. Also a gourmet grocery with an excellent deli, bakery and cafe, all under one roof, with everything from olive oil and homemade chutney to fine wine, chocolate and sweet and savoury delights. Website ordering/delivery service available. Open Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm, Sat 9am-5.30pm
GOODIES
2a St Saviours Rd, Larkhall, BA1 6RJ Tel: 01225 336033, web: www.goodiesdeli.co.uk
• English and continental deli with in-store French bakery. Freshly baked bread all day alongside specialist beers, organic wines and inspired selection of cheeses, olives, filled baguettes, pastries, etc. Open Mon-Sat 8.30am-5pm
GUILDHALL DELICATESSEN
8a Guildhall Market, BA2 4AW Tel: 01225 427195, web: www.bathguildhallmarket.co.uk/the-guildhall-delicatessen
• Wide range of continental and local meats, homemade cakes, olives, jams and chutneys, cheeses and vegetarian, Indian and Italian specialities. Catering service. Open Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm, Sat 9.30am-5.30pm
LONDON ROAD STORES
3 Cleveland Place East, London Rd, BA1 5DJ Tel: 01225 336307
• Excellent source of lesser-spotted (in Bath, anyway) West Indian cooking supplies, including fresh yams, mangoes, plantains, coriander and ackee. Extensive range of spices, including the infamous West Indian hot pepper sauces. Also doubles up as a traditional English corner shop. Fresh bhajis, pakoras and Greek pastries often appear on the counter. Open Mon-Sun 10am-8pm
MANGIA BENE
5-6 St James St, BA1 2TW Tel: 01225 336106
• Enticing range of largely Medi-sourced cheeses, smoked and cured meats, wine and champagne, handmade chocolates. Outside catering service, small cafe. Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 8.30am-5pm (cafe till 4.30pm)
MINERVA CHOCOLATES/BATH CHOCOLATE MUSEUM
15 Abbey Church Yard, BA1 1NA Tel: 01225 464999, web: www.bathchocolatemuseum.com
• Massive range of indulgent, flamboyant confectionery, from carefully made truffles and pralines to exclusive handcrafted chocolates based on characters and fables from Bath’s past (hence the ‘museum’). Cafe serves up what’s probably the best hot chocolate in Bath, and the live chocolate-making demos/workshops (see website for details) are great fun. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm
NIBBLES
Stall 53, Guildhall Market, BA1 4AW Tel: 01225 460213
• Quality cheeses from around the UK and further afield, alongside British and continental bacon and hams at wallet-friendly prices. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm
NEW PARKER’S BAKERY/FRUIT & VEG
51-52 Guildhall Market, BA2 4AW
• Thoroughly decent greengrocer and bakery at the heart of the thriving Guildhall Market. Open Mon-Sat 9am-5pm
PAXTON & WHITFIELD
1 John St, BA1 2JL Tel: 01225 466403, web: www.cheesemongers.co.uk
• Established in 1797 and holders of no less than three Royal Warrants. Premier-quality traditional English and continental cheeses, luxury olive oils, pickles and preserves, good selection of wines, beers and spirits and cheese-related equipment. Occasionally conducts cheese-tasting events. Online mail-order service. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-6pm
PICNICS
8 Chelsea Rd, BA2 3DU Tel: 01225 482045
• Lovely, lively, long-standing family-run deli specialising in authentic foods imported from the Med. Cured meats, olives, cheeses, speciality oils, etc, plus a fine deli counter. Open Mon-Sat 8.30am-5pm
POLISH DELICATESSEN
James St West, BA1 2BX
• Lots of traditional Polish foodstuffs including some fascinating sweet treats. Open Mon-Sun 10am-6pm
PRIOR PARK GARDEN CENTRE & FARM SHOP
Prior Park Rd, BA2 4NF Tel: 01225 427175, web: www.priorparkgardencentre.co.uk
• Garden/pet care centre incorporating a thriving cafe and well-stocked farm shop. Stocks produce from butcher Jon Thorner (Shepton Mallet), Hobbs House bread, dairy from Ivy House Farm, Paxcroft Farm eggs, Marshfield Farm/Bakery ice-cream, cakes and biscuits and a small range of Bath and Abbey Ales. Impressive range of jams, chutneys, cooking sauces, larder essentials, frozen ready meals/pies etc, wines and ciders. Visit towards closing time to benefit from bargain prices for fresh produce. Open Mon-Sat 8.30am-5.30pm (summer 6pm), Sun 10.30am-4.30pm
REAL ITALIAN ICE CREAM COMPANY
17 York St, BA1 1NG Tel: 01225 330121
• One of only a handful of authentic Italian gelaterias in the UK.
REAL MEAT CO
7 Hayes Place, BA2 4QW Tel: 01225 335139, web: www.realmeat.co.uk
• Established over 21 years ago. All meat (from sausage rolls to steak, chops and cooked ham on the bone) has been reared according to a strictly monitored welfare code, and lacks hormones, growth promoters, pre-emptive medication and additives. Ready meals and pies, plus dairy produce, free-range eggs, chocolate, breakfast cereals, puddings, wholefoods, preserves and - rather unexpectedly - an excellent vegetarian larder range. Friendly, knowledgeable staff; local delivery service. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm
SAUSAGE SHOP
7 Green St, BA1 2JY Tel: 01225 318300, web: www.sausage-shop.co.uk
• Dozens of speciality sausages handmade with the finest ingredients by E-number-free traditional methods. Favourites include the Somerset Scrumpy, traditional Cumberland, and Newmarket chipolata. Gourmet/exotic delights, vegetarian/gluten-free versions and award-winning black pudding. Deli counter offers olives, cured continental meats and their own locally famous pork pies, takeaway hot sausages of the day, plus lots of mustards and tracklements. Great recipe ideas on website. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm
SEASONS WHOLEFOOD
10 George St, BA1 2EH Tel: 01225 469730
• Popular, well-stocked health food shop with serve-yourself bins for dried fruits and nuts, cereals and mixes, beans and pulses. Good choice of fruit and herb teas and coffees, plus tins and packets for veggie store cupboards. Staff are knowledgeable and helpful. Takeaway counter for frozen yogurts in summer, homemade soups in winter, plus salads and sandwiches. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm
SOUTHSIDE FOOD CO-OP
Twerton, Whiteway & Southdown Tel: 01225 787924
• Offers people in south-west Bath fresh, high-quality vegetables, fruit and eggs at wholesale prices, with bags of seasonal, locally grown produce, or order from their price list. Collect orders on Wed from Twerton (and save 50p), or they’ll deliver to homes in Twerton/Whiteway/Southdown. Also run courses in simple, healthy cookery. Host a city-wide initiative, with volunteers offering drop-off points in their own homes and receiving credits towards the cost of their own boxes of fruit and veg. Produce mostly grown in Batheaston by a traditional market gardener, with minimal use of sprays and chemicals. Co-op membership £1 per year.
STOKES THE GREENGROCERS
38 Moorland Rd, Oldfield Park, BA2 3PN Tel: 01225 424414, web: www.stokesplc.com
• The original Stokes went into administration last year, but fortunately this lovely shop is back on track again courtesy of Argyle Trading/Premier Fruits, who responded to demand from locals and brought this longstanding branch of the greengrocer back from the brink of collapse. A keen supporter of local growers, the new-look Stokes continues to stock all manner of five-a-day essentials from pink ladies to pineapples, Maris Pipers to mouli, at very healthy prices. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm
THAI BALCONY MINI MART
40 Monmouth St, BA1 2AN Tel: 01225 337213
• If you can’t get a table at the popular Thai Balcony restaurant, DIY at home instead. Everything Thai, from storecupboard ingredients (noodles, dipping sauces, exotic fruit in cans, jars, soup bases) to frozen dim sum, fresh herbs and spices and freshly cooked Thai ready meals to take away, and some fascinating fish in the freezer. Staff are happy to talk you through the whole lot. Open Mon-Sat 10am-8pm
THOUGHTFUL BREAD CO
Unit 1E, Charmborough Farm Rural Industrial Estate, Charlton Rd, Holcombe, Radstock, BA3 5EX Tel: 01761 239074, web: www.thethoughtfulbreadcompany.com
Shop: Green Park Station Market, Green Park Rd, BA1 1JB
• Ethically minded, environmentally friendly bakery producing a wide range of fresh and seasonal baked specialities, also supplied to many of Bath’s best restaurants, cafes and delis. Buy direct from the bakery itself (visitors welcome!), or visit the stall at Green Park Station Market. Open Shop: Mon-Sat 10am-4pm. Bakery: see website
VOM FASS
Shires Yard, BA1 1DN Tel: 01225 447660, web: www.vomfass.net
• Exquisite oils, vinegars, wines, liqueurs and spirits, available straight from the cask in any quantity. Speciality chocolates, regular tastings and personalised inscription/gift-wrapping service. Free delivery on £45+ online orders. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm
Bristol
NEW A BAR OF…
71-73 Covered Market, St Nicholas Market, BS1 1JQ Tel: 0117 927 9918, web: www.abarof.co.uk
• Chocolate cigars! How ace is that? That’s Father’s Day sorted, then. As featured in Vogue, this chocolate nirvana stocks an astonishing array of truffles, bars and ice-creams looking as gorgeous as they taste. Everything from Italian sipping chocolate to gluten-free, dairy-free and wheat-free options. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm, Sun (first monthly) 11am-4pm
ABOUT SOUP
Glass Arcade, St Nicholas Market, BS1 1LJ Tel: 07980 710246
• Salads and soups (sweet potato & coconut, Moroccan red lentil) amid an award-winning, extensive range. Also at Corn St’s Farmers’ Market. Bread supplied by neighbouring artisan baker. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm
NEW ALMOUROL
54 Filton Rd, Horfield, BS7 0PB Tel: 07768 439775
• The South West’s only Portuguese and Brazilian mini-market, family-run and stocking savouries, desserts, snacks, sweets, soft drinks and spirits from the lands of fado and carnival. Helpful website in English and Portuguese. Find everything from oils, sauces, meats, cheeses, fish, baking products, cereals, baby foods and sweets to pasta, tinned items and tea. Onsite cafe serves desserts and deli treats to go with your coffee. Open Mon-Sat 9am-7pm
ATTIC
115 Coldharbour Rd, Redland, BS6 7SD Tel: 0117 909 0357, web: www.attictea.com
• All-The-Tea-In-China, in case you were wondering. With a brilliant selection of around 20 different teas, these specialists will help you explore this most gracious of drinks via tastings and notes, including the health benefits from drinking certain teas at certain times of the day to maximise wellbeing. The emphasis is on loose-leaf tea (try before you buy) - Attic’s blended herbal versions hit the spot whether you want uplifting or relaxing. Onsite food means tasty mezze.
AVON BAKEHOUSE
240 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8NZ Tel: 0117 942 1391
• Toques (chefs’ hats, don’tcha know) off to Avon Bakehouse, whose special Richard Bertinet sourdough bread won Best Baked Product category in the Soil Association’s Sept 2010 awards. Rustic rye, white and brown, and seasonal specials like hot cross buns sell like the proverbials, with everything made onsite from traditional methods for fresh results. Wide range of artisan breads, including olive breads, cheese plaits, French loaves and bagels.
BAR CAKE
Tel: 0117 967 0245, web: www.barcake.co.uk
• Their carrot cake bagged a one-star gold at 2010’s Great Taste Awards, after their lemon & poppy seed cake, Belgian chocolate, cherry & coconut flapjack and orange almond chocolate truffle winning gold at the 2007 awards, and their dark chocolate & beetroot grabbing more glory in 2008. Further endorsement has come with Michelin Star-garnering chef Chris Horridge likening Georgina and Tom’s cake to his mum’s. The bro-and-sis duo make “cakes for discerning adults” at their Kingswood bakery, enjoyed at places like MeMe Chocolat in Clifton, Tobacco Factory and Watershed, among numerous other outlets.
BAY TREE
176 Henleaze Rd, BS9 4NE Tel: 0117 962 1115
• Popular shop stocking a wide range of organic and natural foods, and one of the largest selections of vitamins and minerals in Bristol, plus various herbal remedies and homeopathic medicines. Cafe at rear of the shop sells homemade produce to eat in or take away.
NEW BEESES BUTTERNUT DELI
Wyndham Crescent, BS4 4SX Tel: 0117 977 7412, web: www.beeses.co.uk
Also at Wells Farmers’ Market (Sat 9am-3pm)
• Formerly Butternut Deli, now renamed and operating out of Beeses Bar & Tea Gardens’ premises beside the river in St Annes, where Phil and Lindy conjure up sublime cakes and savouries. Three types of brownies (original, toffee pecan, double chocolate), quality round cakes (coffee & walnut, dark ginger, Victoria), pastry tarts and gluten-free choices. All meat for their homemade pies (free-range chicken & mushroom, beef & Guinness) comes from Taste in Barrow Gurney, with veggies getting a broccoli & stilton variety (also available as a quiche). Four other quiches include smoky bacon & mature cheddar. Orders taken for collection from Beeses during opening hours (see Bars, Bristol) or at Wells Farmers’ Market.
BREAD SHOP
18 Chandos Rd, BS6 6PQ Tel: 0117 904 7227
• Salad bowls have arrived and they’re due to expand their range at this very-long-established bakery (with bygone Hovis sign above the door to prove its history). Regulars come from far and wide for bread, cakes, sarnies, pastries and great slabs of pizza from this institution serving up love with their loaves. One shop window functions as a noticeboard promoting local events. Open Mon-Fri 7.30am-4pm, Sat 8am-2pm
BREADSTORE
45 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8AD Tel: 0117 942 1654, web: www.thebreadstore.co.uk
• It’s comforting to know you can still buy a doughnut middle from the Breadstore for 6p - possibly the most affordable item anywhere in this guide? This big-hearted bakery also does a fine line in looking after tired revellers returning home along Gloucester Road in the wee small hours. Wonderful selection of around 40 different kinds of loaves, rolls and sticks, including organic, olive, walnut, basil, cranberry, nut. Excellent sundried tomato bread, low-salt soda bread, and rye and white sourdough loaves. Good range of cakes and croissants, pizzas and pasties, and always something tasty in yesterday’s half-price bargain basket. Open (officially) Mon-Sat 7am-6pm
BRISTOL SAUSAGE SHOP
28-30 Glass Arcade, St Nicholas Market, BS1 1LJ Tel: 0781 747 8302, web: www.bristolsausageshop.co.uk
• Main attraction is the 20-strong banger range, which includes the St Nicholas 1743 (pork, cider, chives, wholegrain mustard). Up your brekkie ante with Bury black pudding (the world’s finest) plus white pudding, bacon, condiments, goose fat and bangers & mash or sausage sandwiches to take away. About 90% of what they buy is reared, grown, produced or sourced locally - pretty much everything except the aforementioned Bury black pud and Spanish chorizo. Stock addictive Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding. Lovely English honeys, too. Open Mon-Sat 10am-4.30pm
BRISTOL SLOW FOOD MARKET
Corn St, BS1 Tel: 0117 922 4014, web: www.bristolslowfood.org
• Held first Sun of the month, 10am-3pm. Find the very best local, seasonal, traditionally produced food and drink from all corners of the region, plus a fine selection of traders with produce from further afield, such as Italy and Spain. Everything you need for a perfect Sunday lunch, as well as cheese, bread, sausages, beer, cakes, preserves, olive oil and fine wines, Somerset cider, perry and apple brandy. Hot food, plus regular cookery demos from some of Bristol’s best chefs.
BRISTOL SWEET MART
80 St Marks Rd, Easton, BS5 6JH Tel: 0117 951 2257, web: www.sweetmart.co.uk
• Now incorporating the Fish Bazaar, so pick up exotic frozen fish like pangasius, magur and boal from places like Thailand, Bangladesh and the West Indies while you’re getting the rest of your ingredients. The mart’s international reputation is largely due to the success of its website, with recipes and email updates. A must for any lover of Indian food, but they also stock plenty of other Asian, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and African treats, plus shatkara, a particularly dry lemon used as a palate cleanser. Guava jelly, aloo gobi pie, Mexican orange blossom honey, halal meat and a vast range of chilli sauces. Fine ethnic snacks include samosas, kachori and aloo tikki, and an excellent, steadily growing organic selection includes bread, milk, coffee, dairy, pulses and grains. Lots of Indian sweets and ice-creams. If they haven’t got it, they’ll do their best to find it for you.
BRITTAN’S PORK BUTCHERS
17 Wade St, St Judes, BS2 9DR Tel: 0117 935 1800
• Bath chaps had been sold at this historic Bristol butcher just off the end of the M32 for almost 200 years until September 2010, when the demands of filling in the suddenly-deemed-requisite paperwork brought the end of an era. Despite this, this traditional butcher offers just about every conceivable and cookable part of a pig you can imagine, from trotters to ears and all parts between. Supply bacon, offal, wonderful faggots and more than 400kg of chitterlings a week to restaurants, caterers and the public.
CHANDOS DELI
Quakers Friars, Cabot Circus, BS1 3BU Tel: 0117 927 9543
Bristol University Sports Centre, Tyndall Ave, BS8 1TQ Tel: 0117 922 7700
97 Henleaze Rd, BS9 4JP Tel: 0117 907 4391
6 Princess Victoria St, Clifton Village, BS8 4BP Tel: 0117 974 3275
121 Whiteladies Rd, Clifton, BS8 2PL Tel: 0117 970 6565, web: www.chandosdeli.com
• Richard Bertinet bread has been added to the Chandos Deli range since last year’s guide, with his sourdough baguettes used in one of the takeaway options here. This popular deli stocks an eclectic range of cheese, charcuterie, fresh bread, olives, homemade savoury tarts and cakes, fantastic wines and award-winning sandwiches. Products are sourced directly from Italy, France and Spain, as well as local British producers. Clifton Village branch has a fab fresh fish counter - whole turbot, lobsters, fresh gleaming mackerel, plump juicy scallops. Open Henleaze: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 8am-5pm. Princess Victoria St: Mon 9am-5pm, Tue-Fri 8.30am-7pm, Sat 9am-5.30pm, Sun 10am-4pm. Whiteladies Rd: Mon-Thur 7.30am-4pm, Fri 7.30am-5pm, Sat 8.30am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm. Quakers Friars: Mon-Sat 9.30am-7pm, Sun 11am-5pm. Bristol University (term-time): Mon-Fri 7.30am-7.30pm, Sat 9.30am-4.30pm
NEW CLIFTON CAKES
120 St Georges Rd, College Green, BS1 5UJ Tel: 0117 927 7693, web: www.cliftoncakes.co.uk
• Light, airy cafe along from the Central Library serving cake, coffee and strawberry & chocolate kebabs. Home to some extraordinary chocolate workshops, training devotees in chocolate sculpture and truffle making. For the ultimate hen party, how about getting the bride to make a life-sized chocolate stiletto, as stocked by Liberty and Harvey Nicks? Tastings and team-building events, too. Open Mon-Sat 8.30am-5.30pm
COURTYARD FARM SHOP
Ashton Ct, Long Ashton, BS41 9JN Tel: 0117 953 1800
• Opened in spring 2009 at Ashton Court Estate, selling local, organic and other produce, including Mark’s (wild yeast) Bread, Easter Compton meat, North Somerset’s Rose Farm preserves, Guilbert’s chocolates, Fine Cheese Company cheese and Dorset Cereals. The estate’s own venison, formerly sold here, can now be bought through the Visitor Centre. Open Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun 9am-5.30pm
DAVE GILES
170 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8NU Tel: 0117 942 5667
• Supporters of the Gloucester Road Alternative Bag campaign, Dave Giles have been around for some 20 years now. The organic milk they supply via Jess’s Ladies has even longer lineage, with many cows being descendants of the herd of 1955 – Bluebird, Gypsy and Glow-worm. Find mostly locally sourced, organic/non-organic meat, cheese, preserves and other goodies. Most meat comes from Somerset, with organic pork from Salisbury, plus organic chicken and loads of great sausages. Traditional farmhouse cheeses from Alvis Bros (the people behind Lye Cross Organics) and preserves and chutneys from Rose Farm in Weston-super-Mare.
DR BURNORIUM’S HOT SAUCE EMPORIUM
Exchange Hall, St Nicholas Market, BS1 1JQ Tel: 07855 395150, web: www.hotsauceemporium.co.uk
• Those with asbestos mouths who want to make steam come out of their ears should head to this, the only shop of its kind in the country, for around 200 of the world’s finest hot chilli sauces, spicy barbecue sauces, wing sauces, salsas, hot mustards, chilli rubs and seasonings, with plans for the shop to launch its own range. Find Blair’s Death Sauces from New Jersey and Marie Sharp’s offerings from Belize, plus fiery snacks, chilli extracts and chilli-head gift packs. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm
EARTHBOUND
8 Abbotsford Rd, Cotham, BS6 6HB Tel: 0117 904 2260
• Friendly local shop run by an ever-helpful husband-and-wife team. Visit (free short-stay car parking outside) for an excellent range of organic and fine foods, good-value wholefoods, organic fruit and veg, fine breads and superb chocolates. Local produce is important: pates from Bath’s Natural Vitality and bread from Hart’s Bakery in Cotham, plus Helsett Farm organic Cornish ice-cream. Marmalade, chutneys and jams from Stroud’s Kitchen Garden, and handmade organic choccy from Austria’s Zotter. Large range of pasta, pesto, juices, teas and coffees, ethically caught canned fish (mostly in organic oil) and Fairtrade goodies. Open Mon-Sat 9am-6pm
ESSENTIAL TRADING
Unit 3, Lodge Causeway Trading Estate, Fishponds, BS16 3JB Tel: 0845 458 0201, web: www.essential-trading.coop
• Supplier of natural and organic wholefoods to many of Bristol’s retailers, restaurants and cafes. All products are GM-free, vegetarian or vegan, and many are Fairtrade. International partnerships with organic farmers and co-ops mean they can source fab-quality foods at excellent prices: the Italian ‘tomatoey stuff’ is a must-buy. Ever-growing own-brand range includes organic (and Fairtrade) coconut milk, dates, quinoa, basmati, goji berries, chocolate spread and pastas in shops throughout the area. Manufacture, mix and label wholefoods for stores around the UK. Essential also have two 100% vegetarian shops, Harvest Natural Foods, in Bath and Bristol.
R GINGELL BUTCHER
19 Nags Head Hill, St George, BS5 8LN Tel: 0117 967 2142
• Fantastic, quality, traditional butchers making their own bangers, with chilli, low-fat and gluten-free varieties. The unsmoked back bacon is particularly renowned, the staff friendly, the sauces, chutneys and preserves locally sourced, and the pies things of wonder.
HARVEST NATURAL FOODS
11 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8AA Tel: 0117 942 5997, web: www.harvest-bristol.coop
• With apologies to Sgt Pepper, it was 40 years ago this year that these specialists in vegetarian and vegan wholefoods began, and they’ve been taking care of hearts – lonely or otherwise – ever since. Shop with a clear conscience for certified organic fresh fruit and veg and gluten/dairy-free alternatives, without a GM ingredient in sight. Dispensing bins hold organic nuts, seeds, grains and dried fruit. Deli sells freshly made rolls, fresh snacks and cakes, Fairtrade chocolates and coffees.
HARVEY NICHOLS FOODMARKET
Quakers Friars, Cabot Circus, BS1 3BZ Tel: 0117 916 8898, web: http://www.harveynichols.com/
• Emporium of specially sourced products from around the world. As well as a wide range of the best produce from independent suppliers, hundreds of exclusive products proudly wearing the Harvey Nicks label.
HERBERTS BAKERY
Wellington Ave, Montpelier, BS6 5HP Tel: 0117 924 7713, web: www.herbertsbakery.co.uk
• A Bristol baking institution, based in Montpelier for four decades now. The mural alone, covering one side of this much-loved, distinguished bakery, justifies any journey. Different types of bread and cakes draw inspiration from around the globe - Irish soda, Tuscan and Grecian olive, Italian tomato, American bagels, Swiss rye and overnight dough made to a traditional English recipe. Pasties, sandwiches and drinks, too. Also deliver wholesale to loads of outlets, sandwich shops and restaurants.
JOHN SHEPPARD BUTCHERS
Unit 6, Ashley Trading Estate, Ashley Parade, BS2 9XS Tel: 0117 955 7775, web: www.johnshepparddirect.com
• Their locations may have changed in the 60-plus years they’ve been in the trade, but the Sheppard family’s commitment to quality has been a permanent fixture. Supplying some of the country’s finest restaurants and hotels, they offer home delivery of fresh meat - everything from steaks to roasting joints. Hugely popular packs and hampers for special occasions, BBQs and dinner parties. Excellent, easy-to-use website: order hampers, BBQ packs and joints.
KALAHARI MOON
88-91 Covered Market, St Nicholas Market, BS1 1JQ Tel: 0117 929 9879, web: www.kalaharimoon.co.uk
• Explanations of the differences between droewors and boerewors await at this South African one-stop shop supplying excellent options in both. They’ve increased their biltong range - drop in for a fascinating expansion of your culinary horizons. Drinks, sweets, gifts, papers and music also on sale. If you’re after something not in stock, they’ll do their best to order it in. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm
KIN YIP HON SUPERMARKET
16a-16b St Thomas St, BS1 6JJ Tel: 0117 929 9098
• Excellent city-centre Chinese specialists with helpful staff and everything you could ever need for your oriental banquet, including seafood and frozen meat. Fresh foods like tofu and Chinese vegetables, full range of oils, pickles and flavourings, fresh and instant noodles, Chinese beer and rice wine, plus authentic kitchenware. Very competitive prices. Open Daily 10am-5.30pm
NEW KINGSWOOD FARM SHOP
23 Regent St, Kingswood, BS15 8JX Tel: 0117 967 0773
• What was Stan Butt’s Kingswood operation has become the Kingswood Farm Shop since last year’s guide. One of Eating Out West’s earliest-opening establishments - drop in for bacon or bangers for your breakfast. Ten different kinds of sausage include pork & stilton, chilli & garlic, curried goat. Burgers come in pork, beef, chicken and lamb varieties. BBQ packs and onsite deli. Open Mon-Sat 6.30am-5pm
LA RUCA
89 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8AS Tel: 0117 944 6810, web: www.laruca.co.uk
• This local speciality health food shop serves cosmopolitan, globally inspired meals and a good selection of natural and organic foods. Deli counter bargains include wrapped vine leaves, falafels, spinach & couscous tortilla and the renowned veggie chimichangas. Huge amount of Fairtrade teas and coffees, delicious chocolate, herbs and spices, organic soups and cheeses and wonderful olives. Everything’s sold by the friendliest, most helpful staff.
C&T LICATA & SON
36 Picton St, Montpelier, BS6 5QA Tel: 0117 924 7725
332 Gloucester Rd, Horfield, BS7 8TJ Tel: 0117 924 7718, web: www.licata.co.uk
• The Licata story started in 1957 when the Licatas - Carmelo and Teresa – left the Sicilian village of Aragona to come to Bristol, forming their company two years later. Still very popular with locals and Italophiles alike in search of a prosciutto or parmesan fix, they also operate as a wholesaler, stocking catering-sized mounds of mozzarella, huge bags of pizza flour and tins of every conceivable bean or vegetable. Good selection of cheese, salami, excellent olives, good vegetables, flour, polenta, Italian wines and beers and biscotti. Dozens of different types of pasta - often cheaper than the supermarket.
LOVELY DRINKS
Old School Mill, Home Farm, Barrow Court Lane, Barrow Gurney, BS48 3RW Tel 0845 224 1086, web: www.lovelydrinks.co.uk
• From tiny, tiny acorns! It all began in 2008 when Rick Freeman was given the recipe for elderflower cordial. He began production in his garden shed; things took off and he planted 100 elderflower trees in 2009. Lovely Drinks now supply every one from London’s National Gallery and Royal Academy to Jodrell Bank. Kew Gardens sell 1,000 bottles weekly – and that’s before summer’s even kicked in. Closer to home you’ll find them at places like Arnolfini, Boston Tea Party, Chandos Deli, River Cottage Canteen and Tyntesfield. Still a family concern, their drinks are made using elderflowers, fresh ginger, lemons, lavender, single-variety Somerset pressed apples and other English fruits and flowers. Their apple & blackcurrant variety bagged Gold at last year’s Great Taste Awards. Rick tells us he’s now working on a recipe for cherry sparkle…
MANOR KITCHEN
3 Soundwell Rd, Staple Hill, BS16 4QG Tel: 0117 956 9291, web: www.manorkitchen.co.uk
• Four generations of the Bracey family have been trading in Staple Hill, providing homecured artisan hams, speciality roast meats, handmade pies and deli produce. With award-winning, home-produced foods and knowledgeable staff, they support local, small, specialist producers, farmers and businesses by carefully selecting products including handmade chutneys and pickles, cheeses, handmade cakes and rare-breed pork sausages. National Great Taste Awards Gold winners in 2005 for their home-produced gammon, and two Silvers at the 2006 Taste of the West Awards (where they’ve bagged nine in total).
MARK’S BREAD
291 North St, Bedminster, BS3 1JR Tel: 07910 979384, web: www.marksbread.co.uk
• The wonder of the slow food movement in action. Using organic flour from Gloucestershire’s Shipton Mill, their wild breads – no commercial yeast here – come in varieties like Bristol sourdough, miche and malthouse. Also produce rye and spelt wheat-free breads, and yeasted breads in baguette, ciabatta and olive sunshine varieties. New products include brownies, flapjacks and croissants, with wholesale deliveries made to pubs and bars along North Street on an authentic Dutch bicycle! Plans underway as we went to press for a 4ft loaf – as big as the oven will take – for the Southville Arts Trail. Bread is sold Mon-Sat direct from the oven from 8am, with baking usually over by 1pm, and sales continuing until 6pm or until sold out. Also at Southville Community Centre (Thur 4.30-6.30pm). Friendly chap, helpful staff, enthusiastic customers!
MELANIE’S KITCHEN
2 Downend Rd, Downend, BS16 5UJ Tel: 0117 957 2662, web: www.melanieskitchen.co.uk
• Seasonal diaries at the ready for the Berkeley Estate venison stocked here Sept-March. Excellent Guilbert’s chocolates evince the passion Peter and Melanie have for sourcing a wide range of produce from the South West and beyond, mainly from small producers. There are always things to taste, fresh bread arrives daily from the local bakery, and there’s a great selection of cheeses and olives. Tea, coffee, preserves, local ham, cereals and a popular hamper service for gift-seekers. Onsite cafe, too. Open Mon-Sat 9am-5.30pm
MEME CHOCOLAT
19 The Mall, Clifton Village, BS8 4JG Tel: 0117 974 7000, web: www.memechocolat.co.uk
• Stylish homage to all things choccy. Drop in for chocolates to take away and box-set gifts. Cafe, too. Open Mon-Sat 8.30am-6.30pm, Sun 9am-6.30pm
T&PA MURRAY BUTCHER
153 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8BA Tel: 0117 942 4025
• Let’s hear it for the nation’s top high street, Gloucester Road, and this butcher’s BBQ that sizzles along its pavements every Saturday come rain or shine. Ten-strong, regularly changing sausage range includes pork & caramelised onion. Dry-cure bacon from Sandridge Farm, pork from Woodland Pigs on the Glos/Herefordshire border, and a range of additive-free and free-range meats. Deli side includes two-and-a-half-year-old parmesan among cheeses, chorizo, salamis, parma ham and excellent chutneys and jams. The olive oil used here is recycled as biofuel.
OLIVE SHED
Princes Wharf, BS1 4RN Tel: 0117 929 1960
123 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8AX Tel: 0117 924 0572, web: www.theoliveshed.com
• Fantastically popular dockside restaurant, which also houses a downstairs deli full to bursting with deliciousness - a lovely array of tapas, from seafood to Lombardy peppers. Gloucester Rd shop stocks an even wider range, including pickles, spices and locally made olive-oil pourers and jugs. Open Princes Wharf: Tue-Sat 12noon-10pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Gloucester Rd: Mon-Thur 9am-5pm, Fri-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 10am-4pm
PAECKERT BUTCHERS
230 Cheltenham Rd, BS6 5QU Tel: 0117 924 5454
• Traditional butcher’s shop run by two brothers. Original shop opened in Broadmead in 1962 and relocated here in the 1990s. Up to a ton of sausages traded in a busy week, including their catering supplies arm. Varieties include the flagship Toulouse, South African, Spanish and Hungarian. The pork, honey & mustard comes highly recommended and the Thai special may return come summer. Open Tue & Fri-Sat 8am-5.30pm
PAPA COSTA DELI
67 Queens Rd, Clifton, BS8 1QL Tel: 0117 929 1600
• Deli offerings have been slightly reduced here since last year’s guide as the Papa Costa Deli people concentrate on cafe and outside catering sides, but it’s still worth dropping in if you’re after continental beers from Cyprus, Italy and France or Greek cakes or cheese.
PAPADELI
84 Alma Rd, Clifton, BS8 2DJ Tel: 0117 973 6569, web: www.papadeli.co.uk
• Chef-owned/run Aladdin’s cave of delights. Dozens of artisan cheeses, excellent charcuterie and antipasti, much local sourcing and restaurant-quality dishes and cakes, made daily on site, to take home or enjoy in the air-conditioned cafe upstairs. Handmade chocolate, delicious biscuits, olives and olive oils, and everything you need for authentic paella. Popular wine-tasting eves upstairs: alfresco drinking in June, Rhone Valley in Sept, Piedmont in Oct, and November’s night looking ahead to a classy Christmas. Mail-order gifts and hampers via website or phone. Voted top in 2006’s Cheap Eats category by Observer Food magazine readers; in 2007 they featured in the Guardian’s directory and have been nominated as UKTV Food Heroes. New cafe opening at the RWA as we go to press – See Cafes, Bristol.
PAWSON’S GREENGROCERS
186 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8NU Tel: 0117 942 8464
• Wonderful community greengrocer, run by the same family for over 50 years. Ace mother-and-daughter team preside over an astonishing range of fresh fruit and veg: everydays as well as exotics, seasonal goodies, chutneys and sauces, and speciality ingredients like coconut milk. Oyster mushrooms, butternut squash, lemongrass, and an amazing variety of fresh herbs at half the price of the supermarket. The local honey is particularly sublime.
NEW RARE BUTCHERS OF SOUTHVILLE
250 North St, Southville, BS3 1JD Tel: 0117 966 3593
• Occupying premises formerly home to the legendary Bob Wherlock, this lot bring the best-quality, free-range meat from farmers across the South West. Livestock welfare is a priority, with meat carefully hung and butchered using traditional methods. Preparing all their own meat, from 28-day-aged steaks to pork belly joints, they also create classic butchers’ products including sausages, burgers, faggots, black pudding, white pudding and hog’s puddings. Chitterling and hams cooked onsite. Open Mon 8am-1pm, Tue, Thur & Fri 8am-5pm, Sat 8am-2pm
REAL OLIVE CO
40-42 Glass Arcade, St Nicholas Market, BS1 1LJ Tel: 0117 909 9587, web: www.therealolivecompany.co.uk
Also Thornbury Precinct (Sat)
• Fifty olive varieties, antipasti (feta-stuffed bell peppers), homemade hummus, pesto and more.
SCOOPAWAY HEALTH FOODS
113 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8AT Tel: 0117 987 2199, web: www.scoopawayhealthfoods.co.uk
• Over 4,000 different products for everyone from discerning coffee connoisseurs to students and families on tight budgets. Foodies will love the diversity of the range on offer to kickstart recipes from scratch. Cereals, dried fruit, pulses, nuts, baking products, herbs and spices all available to scoop, reducing waste and packaging. Much is Fairtrade; all is GMO-free and ethically produced. Lots of vitamins, minerals, homeopathic and herbal supplements, with trained staff to give advice. Open Mon-Sat 9am-5.30pm
SMITHFISH
23 North View, Westbury Park, BS6 7PT Tel: 0117 973 1666, web: www.smithfish.co.uk
• Wonderful, slightly old-fashioned, family-run shop that’s now taken a tentative step into the 21st century with a new till taking electronic payment, but the slower, more respectable pace to life remains, where smartly dressed ladies of retirement age are still addressed as Mrs So-and-So. Find kippers, mackerel, mussels, bream, cod, skate and trout. Cooked and dressed seafood/salmon platters, booked in adv for parties, etc, remain a speciality. Open Tue & Thur 8am-4.30pm, Wed 8am-4pm, Fri 8am-5pm, Sat 8am-1pm
SOURCE
1-3 Exchange Ave, St Nicholas Market, BS1 1JP Tel: 0117 927 2998, web: www.source-food.co.uk
• You’ve missed May’s ‘make friends with fish week’, which taught filleting techniques, but 2011 may still see a repeat of the previous year’s Nov oyster fest, when seven different kinds were on offer. Such initiatives evince this place’s essence: to connect with food’s source, be it field or sea. Meat from Barrow Gurney, organic chicken from Chew Valley’s The Story, free-range chicken from Devon. There’s seasonality on the fish counter where, over the course of a year, you’ll find cod cheeks, razor clams, monkfish, red mullet and brill. Off-licence and cafe add to this foodie heaven. Open Mon 9am-5pm, Tue-Fri 9am-6pm, Sat 9am-5pm, Sun (first monthly) 10am-4pm
SOURDOUGH CAFE
Glass Arcade, St Nicholas Market, BS1 1LJ Email:
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• Freshly made artisan bread, real coffee and wide loose tea selection. Sandwiches – which can be toasted – come in flavours like free-range bacon & blue cheese, and goat’s cheese, beetroot, spring onions & spinach. Open Mon-Sat 8.30am-5pm
SOUTHVILLE DELI
262 North St, Southville, BS3 1JA Tel: 0117 966 4507, web: www.southvilledeli.com
• Seasonal dining comes on a micro and macro scale here. Sandwich options change daily, and the Vacherin Mont d’Or cheese (imbued with flavour by its spruce bark wrapping) is available Oct-Feb. Spanish manchego cheese, the revered Stinking Bishop, an excellent variety of organic produce and health foods, olives, roasted peppers, cured meats, salamis and other Mediterranean fare. There are self-serve wholefoods from Bristol’s Essential Trading, beers from Bristol Beer Factory and Bath Ales, wines and spirits, plus certified organic bread from Herberts and a great range of gluten/wheat-free produce. Espresso machine, tables outdoors, and Ecover refills. Open Mon-Sat 9am-5.30pm, Sun 10.30am-4.30pm
ST NICHOLAS MARKET
Corn St, BS1 1JQ Web: www.bristol.gov.uk/markets
• Popular city-centre destination for a diverse range of foods to eat in, take away or take home, with specialist cheese, sausage, vegetarian and vegan outlets. Enjoy world foods from the Caribbean, Morocco, Italy and India. Or just a good old English breakfast. Great coffees, freshly prepared juices and smoothies. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm, Sun (first monthly) 11am-5pm
STAN BUTT BUTCHER
137 East St, Bedminster, BS3 4RJ Tel: 0117 966 3488
• Quality traditional community butcher, with excellent meat and poultry, supplying restaurants, caterers and the public.
TART CAFE & FOOD STORE
16 The Promenade, Gloucester Rd, BS7 8AE Tel: 0117 924 7628, web: http://www.lovelytart.com/
• Cafe, private dining/function room and shop selling chutneys and preserves, tea, chocolates and real fruit liquors and more, sourced as locally as possible. Jams, muesli and granola add to the range; gifts and vouchers available. Food served in the cafe can also be bought to take home. Open Tue-Sat 8.30am-5.30pm, Sun 10am-5.30pm
TEOHS
28-34 Lower Ashley Rd, St Agnes, BS2 9NP Tel: 0117 907 1191, web: www.teohs.net
• Fabulous emporium of Far Eastern foods and goods, specialising in Thai, Japanese, Chinese, Malaysian, Filipino and Indonesian items. Excellent range of oils, sauces, snacks, seasonings and lots of fresh goodies like tofu, fresh oriental vegetables and herbs. If they want to do it themselves, a Teohs’ cookery school voucher will do the trick in style.
TOBACCO FACTORY MARKET
Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Rd, Southville, BS3 1TF Tel: 07974 683038, web: http://www.tobaccofactory.com/
• Takes place every Sun (10am-2.30pm), when around 25 stalls make it very worth your while to venture out from under the duvet. Strong bias towards ethical, local, eco-friendly, Fairtrade and organic products. Cafe serves brunch from 10am. Much more than a place to shop, the market has become a focus and meeting point for the community and occasionally spills out into Raleigh Road.
TONY’S CARIBBEAN FOOD
128 Grosvenor Rd, BS2 8YA Tel: 0117 941 4266
• Our man – also called Tony – has dropped in here since last year’s guide to report on this fantastic Caribbean food shop’s ‘50-year history as a specialist supplier of spices, produce and fresh fruit and vegetables that have enabled Bristol’s Afro-Caribbean and Asian communities to cook the food they love’. Wonderful, family-run outfit stocking kingfish, tilapia, goatfish and plenty more from the sea sold whole, cut and filleted, plus cow’s foot for a tasty stew. Exotic fresh fruit and veg - from matoki (African banana), cho-cho (a type of squash) and sweet yam to akee and callaloo (broadleaf vegetable similar to spinach). Authentic treats include Busta sweets from Jamaica and Kool Aid in several varieties, with more English-type food and some organic lines recently introduced. Open Mon-Sat 9am-7pm, Sun 9am-5pm, open bank hol Mons
TOVEY’S SEAFOODS
198-200 Stapleton Rd, Easton, BS5 0NY Tel: 0117 951 0987, web: www.toveys.co.uk
• First, catch your rabbit (or if that’s too time-consuming, it and other game can be supplied by this family-run wholesaler established in 1935). Mainly known, though, for a fantastic range of fresh fish and shellfish, with suppliers across Europe. In turn, Tovey’s supply many businesses, but the shop’s also open to the public, with a range of stock capable of broadening anyone’s culinary horizons. Poultry, too. Open Mon 9am-12noon, Tue-Sat 9am-5pm
TREASURE ISLAND SWEETS
70 Covered Market, St Nicholas Market, BS1 1JQ Tel: 0117 927 9918, web: www.treasureislandsweets.co.uk
• Around 600 lines of old-fashioned and innovative confectionery. Chilli chocolate bars, plus dairy-free, wheat-free and sugar-free items. Seasonal section is top for gifts. Mail-order available. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm
TRETHOWAN’S DAIRY SHOP
33-34 The Glass Arcade, St Nicholas Market, BS1 1LJ Tel: 0117 902 0332, web: www.trethowansdairy.co.uk
• Yummy cheeses include their own Gorwydd Caerphilly. Toasties made using ‘shepherd’s’ loafs designed specifically for toasting available Wed. Wedding cakes made, cheese-tasting evenings staged. Open Mon-Thur 9.30am-4.30pm, Fri-Sat 9.30am-5pm
TWO DAY COFFEE ROASTERS
135 St Michaels Hill, BS2 8BS Tel: 0117 929 9191, web: www.twodaycoffee.com
• Cups, cafeterias, grinders – just about everything you could want for the perfect cup – alongside awesome, ethically sourced coffee beans and coffee to go. Coffees from single estates or small co-ops in developing countries - try the Sumatran Aceh Tengah or the Cup of Excellence bean. Stunning espresso range. The ‘Two Day’ name stems from their mission to sell everything within a maximum of 48 hours of roasting.
WAI YEE HONG SUPERMARKET
Eastgate Oriental City, Eastgate Rd, Eastville, BS5 6XX Tel: 0845 873 3388, web: www.waiyeehong.com
• Fantastic Chinese supermarket with around 9,000 lines of oriental cooking ingredients and equipment at amazingly cheap prices. Exotic fresh fruits and veg, plus frozen fish. Open Daily 9.30am-6pm
WILD OATS
9-11 Lower Redland Rd, BS6 6TB Tel: 0117 973 1967, web: www.wild-oats.co.uk
• Pioneering wellbeing through good eating in Bristol for years, with expert advice tailored to the individual. More like an extensive grocery than a health store, with one of the region’s most comprehensive stocks of natural foods and goodies. Much emphasis on raw (uncooked) foods. Huge selection of produce, from grains, pulses, yogurts, spreads, jams, flours and deli products to fresh and organic bread. Large deli counter with fresh gourmet sandwiches and soups. Special diets catered for. Books also stocked, plus skincare products and homeopathic remedies. Website is a virtual guided tour of the shop, while the staff, possibly Bristol’s most highly trained, are knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. Open Mon-Fri 9am-5.45pm, Sat 9am-5.30pm, Sun 11am-5pm
ZULU
27 Gloucester Rd, Bishopston, BS7 8AA Tel: 0117 909 3660, web: www.zulurestaurants.co.uk
• Impressive array of over 25 meats including wild boar, ostrich, kangaroo, python and kudu. Throw a screwball at dinner parties with chocolate-covered ants and scorpions, crickets and locusts. Onsite cafe, if you’d rather someone else did the cooking. Open Mon-Wed 9am-3pm, Thur-Sat 9am-9pm, Sun 10am-7pm
Out of Town
CANTERBURY HOUSE
10 Silver St, Bradford on Avon, Wilts, BA15 1JY Tel: 01225 309385
• Wonderful range of goodies with a strong emphasis on local sourcing. Fresh, free-range poultry, local game, free-range pork, organic Dorset lamb, fresh fish and seafood. Full English breakfasts, lunch, afternoon teas, coffee and cakes all day. Open Mon 8.30am-1.30pm, Tue-Sat 8.30am-5.30pm
CHOCOLATE ONE
Village Square, Phoenix Way, Portishead, BS20 7GP Tel: 01275 817961, web: www.chocolateone.co.uk
• Dinky, pristine little chocolate factory incorporating a fascinating array of chocolate and cake-making equipment. Display of goodies to take away or for pre-ordering includes biscotti, chocolate buttons, stylish handmade truffles and a sophisticated continental-style selection with imaginative gifts. Celebration cakes made to order. Open Mon-Sat 9am-5pm
DICK WILLOWS FARM & CIDER SHOP
Box Rd, Bathford, BA1 7LR Tel: 01225 859780, web: www.dickwillows.com
• Find everything from handmade chocolates to largely organic and/or free-range artisan breads, cheeses, charcuterie, jams, chutneys, larder/supper party necessities and even pet food at this quirky, characterful shop with a strong commitment to eco-friendly principals, regional identity and sustainable living. Dick’s own Broadlands Cider Company range (made on the premises to traditional methods from apples grown in the adjacent orchard) sits alongside local ales (including Bath Ales) and local country wines and liqueurs, while the on-site Pepperpot Cafe is an utterly charming experience in its own right. Open Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 10am-4pm
FARMERS’ MARKETS
Web: http://www.farmersmarkets.net/, www.wiltshirefarmersmarkets.org.uk
• Both reliable, regularly updated websites give full listings and details of farmers’ markets licensed by the National Farmers’ Retail & Markets Association (FARMA) - the best way to buy organic, locally grown produce of excellent quality, direct from the producers. Farmers’ markets include Bradford on Avon, Wells, Salisbury, Trowbridge, Warminster, Keynsham, Frome, Devizes and Malmesbury.
FARRINGTON’S FARM SHOP
Home Farm, Farrington Gurney, nr Bristol, BS39 6UB Tel: 01761 452266, web: www.farringtons.co.uk
• The massive range at this award-winning, eco-friendly farm shop complex includes locally sourced cheese, bread, fruit, veg, ready meals, homemade soups and Fairtrade goods. Recently revamped cafe (which now includes the Udder Room, complete with alfresco called the Cow-Pat-Io, also available for private hire) serves lunches and snacks freshly prepared on the premises and largely wrought from produce available in the shop. Farm itself regularly hosts educational visits, tractor tours and events (see website). Children’s party and outside catering service, Rural Business Consultancy, and Loyalty Card offering great discounts and bonuses to regular shoppers. Open Mon-Sat 8am-7pm (cafe 9am-5pm), Sun 10am-4pm (cafe 10am-3.30pm)
GORGEOUS FINE FOOD & HAMPERS
8 Nichols Rd, Portishead, BS20 8TD Tel: 05602 759082, web: www.gorgeous-food.co.uk
• Specialist pastas, rice, oils and other tasty stuff incorporated into exclusive luxury food hampers that can be tailored to individual dietary needs. All produce is carefully sourced from small and specialist producers around the world, many of whom have attracted acclaim from the Macrobiotic Society, Guild of Fine Food, Soil Association, etc. Mail-order.
HOBBS HOUSE
Bakery: Unit 6, Chipping Edge Estate, Hatters Lane, Chipping Sodbury, BS37 6AA Tel: 01454 321629
Shops: 39 High St, Chipping Sodbury, BS37 6BA Tel: 01454 317525
18-20 Church St, Tetbury, Glos, GL8 8JG Tel: 01666 504533
4 George St, Nailsworth, Glos, GL6 0AG Tel: 01453 839396, web: www.hobbshousebakery.co.uk
• Highly acclaimed bakery with a fantastic reputation for range and imagination, winner of countless awards for their artisan breads and baked goodies, including an organic range. Supplies many of the region’s best shops, restaurants and takeaways. Open See website for individual outlet details
INDULGENCE
12a Hill Rd, Clevedon, BS21 7NZ Tel: 01275 878978, web: www.indulgencechocolates.co.uk
• Bespoke chocolate and confectionery specialists offering a sumptuous range of classic, contemporary and quirky sweet stuff including celebratory cakes, wedding/christening ‘favours’ and party supplies. Luxurious handmade Belgian chocolates, kiddie-themed novelties, gifts, recipe books and more complete the Willy Wonka experience. Orders taken in the shop, by phone or via website. Open Tue-Sat 9am-5.30pm.
LOVEJOYS
53 High Street, Melksham, Wiltshire SN12 6JY Tel: 01225 708838, www.lovejoyswholesale.com
• Specialists in sourcing the very best local produce (including vegetables, fruit, dairy products and bread) from the immediate surrounding region, available to customers either direct from the lively greengrocery shop or wholesale to restaurants, cafes, etc within a one-hour radius of their West Wiltshire wholesale base.
MANOR FARM SHOP
Upton Cheyney, Bitton, Bristol, BS30 6NQ Tel: 0117 932 3064, web: www.manorfarm-shop.co.uk
• Tucked away up a narrow, winding side road between Bristol and Bath, the signpost from the A431 and a massive word-of-mouth reputation keeps this 280-acre, organic, family-run farm (with cafe) extremely busy. Buy meat, homemade sausages, pies, faggots, bacon and venison from the farm, and grab vegetables, groceries and dry products while you’re there. Cafe serves scrumptious homemade stews, soups, panini, coffee, tea and cakes. See website for regularly updated news. Open Fri-Sun 10am-6pm
MARSHFIELD ICE CREAM & BAKERY
Marshfield, Chippenham, Wilts, SN14 8LE Tel: 01225 891221, web: www.marshfield-icecream.co.uk
• Ice-creams made with milk from their own organically reared herd, cream from neighbouring farms and a whole range of natural, largely locally sourced ingredients (including fudge and chocolate). Excellent fresh bread from the bakery. Call/visit website for opening hours and details of farm tours.
PJ’S FARM
Copperfield Farm, Marshfield Lane, Beach, BS30 6NP Tel: 0117 932 4173, web: www.pjs-farm.co.uk
• Home to a rare breed of pig known as the British Lop. Small but perfectly formed range of handmade sausages, bacon, ham and various cuts of pork (including roasting joints and tenderloin). If you can’t hoof along to the farm itself, find PJ produce in Bath. Open Farm: call in adv. Stall at Bath Farmers’ Market every Fri-Sat.
PUMPKIN DELI
1 The Borough Mall, The Borough, Wedmore, Somerset, BS28 4EB Tel: 01934 713289, web: www.pumpkinwedmore.co.uk
• Star-spangled roll-call of local producers includes Hobbs House bread, chutneys and preserves from James’ Chocolates, Bee Farm Somerset Honey, Luscombe Organics drinks and Mendip Moments ice-cream, plus locally produced cheeses, homemade quiches, tarts, handmade chocolates and a ‘Home Entertainment’ menu. Fully licensed cafe with outside seating. Open Mon-Sat 8.30am-5pm
PUXTON PARK
Cowslip Lane, Hewish, Weston-super-Mare, BS24 6AH Tel: 0844 800 2295, web: www.puxton.co.uk
• Incorporating two restaurants, children’s play area, falconry centre, working organic dairy farm, educational facility and a fabulous farm shop, set in acres of lush Somerset farmland. Farm shop specialises in high-quality local produce from Somerset-based producers, including an onsite butcher who sources meat from within a 35-mile radius. Restaurant food is made from the same fresh ingredients you can buy in the shop. Open Park daily 9am-5.30pm, shop 8am-6pm (9am Sun)
SANDRIDGE FARMHOUSE BACON
Sandridge Farm, Bromham, nr Chippenham, Wilts, SN15 2JL Tel: 01380 850304, web: www.sandridgefarmhousebacon.co.uk
• Specialise in two methods of curing bacon: Wiltshire Curing (no water added, so really sizzles when it hits the pan) and Dry Curing (packed in a salt, molasses & spice mixture for 28-56 days). Try the ‘Devyses’, with its rich flavour of hops, or the ‘Golden Rind’, naturally smoked over oak and beech sawdust to recreate the essence of farmhouse inglenook smoking. Speciality hams, too. Open Tue-Sat 9am-5pm
NEW SCALLOP SHELL
Whiterow Farm, Beckington, nr Frome, Somerset, BA11 6TN Tel: 01373 831641, web: www.thescallopshell.co.uk
• Fresh fish and seafood (and all the advice that comes with it) courtesy of former FishWorks head chef Gary Rosser, shipped direct every morning from the fishing ports of south Devon and Cornwall from suppliers committed to sustainability, including small artisan fisheries whose livelihoods depend on the future availability of their catches. Deli-counter classics (seafood salad, prawn cocktail, potted shrimps, taramasalata, dressed crabs and lobsters) are freshly prepared daily on the premises, there’s a cookery school attached, and online ordering/home-delivery service available Wed and Fri to Bath and surrounding areas. Open Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, Sat 9am-5pm
SKIDMORE’S
Old Bell House, 17 High St, Sherston, Wilts, SN16 0LH Tel: 01666 840268
• Quality butcher specialising in delicious homemade sausages and fabulous game (organic and locally sourced). The owner’s grandmother used the word ‘tracklements’ to describe savoury, saucy accompaniments, and her grandson revived it: Skidmore’s are now the main outlet for these quintessentially English treats, offering over 50 varieties, including the world-renowned cider mustard with honey. Open Mon & Thur 8am-1pm, Tue-Wed & Fri-Sat 8am-3pm
TORTWORTH ESTATE SHOP
Box Walk, Tortworth, nr Wotton-under-Edge, Glos, GL12 8HF Tel: 01454 261633, web: www.tortworthestateshop.co.uk
• Browse, taste and buy produce from over 100 local suppliers including estate-reared, prize-winning aged beef, local lamb, free-range pork and poultry, local honey and eggs, Hobbs House bread, vegetables, cheeses and fruit juices, alongside homemade pies, savouries, cakes and a fantastic range of coffees, handmade chocolates and soaps. See website for news of fascinating foodie events. Open Mon-Sat 9am-5.30pm
WING OF ST MAWES: THE CORNISH FISHMONGER
Unit 4, Warren Rd, Indian Queens Industrial Estate, Indian Queens, Cornwall, TR9 6TL Tel: 01726 861666, web: www.thecornishfishmonger.co.uk
• Suppliers to numerous restaurants and members of the public, Bob Wing delivers fresh, expertly and sustainably caught fish and shellfish from Cornish waters to your doorstep, anywhere in the country, within hours. From Falmouth Bay king scallops, silvery Newlyn hake and deep blue Padstow lobsters to hand-picked Cornish crab meat, River Fowey mussels and hand-sliced smoked salmon.
Organic
BEST OF BRITISH
12 Broad St, Bath, BA1 5LJ Tel: 01225 448055, web: www.bestofbritishdeli.co.uk
• This welcoming, well-stocked deli and takeaway uses and supplies 100% organic ingredients and mostly British produce, much of it locally sourced. Organic gift hampers; free city-centre delivery for £25+ orders. Open Mon-Fri 8am-6pm, Sat 10am-6pm
BETTER FOOD COMPANY BIG SHOP & CAFE
Bristol Proving House, Sevier St, St Werburghs, Bristol, BS2 9QS Tel: 0117 935 1725
NEW BETTER FOOD COMPANY FOOD HALL & DELI
94 Whiteladies Rd, Bristol, BS8 2QX Tel: 0117 946 6957, web: www.betterfood.co.uk
• Acclaimed, exemplary purveyors of all things organic, now available from a food hall and deli on a brand new Whiteladies Road site, too. Fresh fruit and veg from the BFC’s own organic farm overlooking Chew Valley Lake, fresh local meat, poultry and line-caught fish, artisan breads, organic cheeses, olives and sausages and all kinds of everything else, from vodka and non-homogenised milk to chocolate, Welsh bacon, Cornish chicken and books, clothes, beauty and homewares at the original St Werburghs site, which also features a fabulous cafe serving excellent breakfasts and wholesome food all day. Veg Box delivery service (free delivery for £15+ orders). See website for great seasonal recipes, plus news of local campaigns and events. Open Sevier St: Mon-Fri 9am-7pm, Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 10am-4pm. Whiteladies Rd: Mon-Sat 8am-8pm, Sun 10am-6pm
BORDEAUX QUAY
V-Shed, Canons Way, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5UH Tel: 0117 943 1200, web: www.bordeaux-quay.co.uk
• Stylish eco-haven, home to a cookery school, bar, restaurant, brasserie, deli and bakery producing traditional and modern breads, pastries, tarts, pan au chocolat, cookies and muffins. BQ’s guiding principle of sourcing the very best local, seasonal, sustainable and organic produce is writ large at every turn. Open See website
HARVEST
37 Walcot St, Bath, BA1 5BN Tel: 01225 465519, web: www.harvest-bath.coop
• An entirely GM-free, totally organic zone, stocking everything from organic fruit and veg (much of it sourced locally) and organic bread to Fairtrade chocolate, teas, coffees, organic wines, international specialities and products from the Essential range. This workers’ co-op offers a comprehensive self-service herbs and spices section, bins for cereals, dried fruits and pulses, and loads of gluten/dairy-free products. Deli section stocks fresh, locally prepared vegetarian/vegan rolls and specialities, plus their famous luxury gourmet hummus. Children’s playpen stocked with toys for stress-free shopping. Open Mon-Fri 9.30am-6.30pm, Sat 9am-6pm
MASALA
18 North St, Southville, Bristol, BS3 1HW Tel: 0117 963 6062, web: www.masala.uk.com
• Unique organic ethnic shopping experience, stocking an eclectic range of locally sourced, largely Fairtrade/organic products. Fine selection of local cheeses and dairy produce and fresh fish direct from Cornwall, alongside a huge range of global recipe ingredients, and lots of Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and Asian foods, organic herbs and spices, and locally made frozen curries. Open Mon-Sat 9am-6pm
NATURAL VITALITY
Tunley Farm, Tunley, nr Bath, BA2 0DL Tel: 01761 479555, web: www.natural-vitality.co.uk
• Delicious and nutritious organic vegetarian and vegan food (including legendary dips) supplied to farm shops, wholefood specialists, delis, grocers and cafes around the region. Also available direct from their stalls at Bristol and Bath’s weekly Farmers’ Markets. See website for list of stockists.
RADFORD MILL FARM SHOP
39-41 Picton St, Montpelier, Bristol, BS6 5PZ Tel: 0117 942 6644
• Bristol’s original wholefood and organic food suppliers. Vast range of GM-free and organic products at really reasonable prices. Small deli offers local cheeses, vegan and vegetarian specialities, sandwiches and cakes. Fresh juices in the cafe - they’ll juice just about anything they sell in the shop. Open Mon-Fri 9am-7pm, Sat 10am-6pm
SHEEPDROVE ORGANIC FARM BUTCHERS
3 Lower Redland Rd, Bristol, BS6 9TB Tel: 0117 973 4643, web: www.sheepdrove.com
• Bristol’s only fully organic butcher. Superb organic lamb, mutton, beef, pork, chicken, black and white pudding and turkey direct from their Berkshire farm. Organic wines, own-brand honey, preserves and flour, too. Online and phone ordering available. Open Mon-Sat 8am-6.30pm, Sun 10am-2pm
SUE’S PANTRY
Cheapside, Langport, Somerset, TA10 9PW Tel: 01458 252853, web: www.suespantry.co.uk
• Healthy, wholesome, organic produce available online or directly from this charming, characterful shop. Large selection of vegetarian/vegan foods and loads of dairy/gluten/wheat-free products, plus specialist teas, pulses, etc. Locally sourced produce includes honeys, handmade cheeses, award-winning jams and pickles and smoked fish. Easy-to-use website with info on local professional advisers, and links to ethical and environmental organisations and groups offering dietary advice.
TOBACCO FACTORY MARKET
Raleigh Rd, Southville, Bristol, BS3 1TF Web: www.tobaccofactory.com
• Food, crafts, clothes and other items, with occasional live music and other events, a strong community vibe and a strong bias towards organic and local products. Open Sun 10.30am-2.30pm
WHITELADIES FARMERS’ MARKET
Whiteladies Rd/Apsley Rd, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 Web: www.sustainableredland.org.uk
• Locally produced, fairly traded, largely organic goodies in a lively atmosphere. If you’d like to get involved in organising, publicising or trading at the market, visit the website. Open First and third Sat of month, 8.30am-2pm
WRINGTON GREENS ORGANIC FARM
Nates Lane, Wrington, N Somerset, BS40 5RS Tel: 01934 863636, web: www.wringtongreens.co.uk
• Freshness, flavour and food miles are the three guiding principles at this complex with top-quality market garden. Fully organic farm follows the Soil Association’s strict environmental standards across every inch of their 25 acres. Stocks Herberts bread, Somerset Dairy organic milk and cream, Yeo Valley and Godminster organic cheeses. Box scheme delivers to Bristol and North Somerset, or can be pre-ordered and collected at the farm shop (see website). Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm (7pm Tue), Sat 9am-1pm
Home Deliveries
BETTER FOOD CO
Bristol Proving House, Sevier St, St Werburghs, Bristol, BS2 9QS Tel: 0117 935 1725, web: www.betterfood.co.uk
• Deliver fruit and veg boxes across Bristol and areas of neighbouring counties. See Organic for more info.
JP ORGANICS
Littledown Farm, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5TH Tel: 01225 460674, web: www.jporganics.co.uk
• Family-run business operating weekly/fortnightly organic veg box delivery scheme in the Bath area. Produce, sourced as close to home base as possible, includes veg, fruit, eggs, Hobbs House bread, Adey’s Farm meat and dried goods, all certified by the Soil Association.
RIVERFORD ORGANIC
Wash Barn, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0LD Tel: 0845 600 2311, web: www.riverford.co.uk
• Established in 1987, Riverford are now one of the country’s largest independent growers, delivering boxes of organic produce (veg, fruit and/or meat) to households across the southern half of the country every week using local distributors.
WILTSHIRE FARM FOODS
Tel: 01225 756019, web: www.wiltshirefarmfoods.com
• Menu contains around 175 different frozen dishes, from roasts, pies and stews to coq au vin or fillet of trout with prawns. Very reasonably priced, and popular with senior citizens and people with limited mobility. ‘Mini Meals’ for those lighter appetites. Vegetarians and restricted diets well catered for, and weekly selection packs offer particularly good value for money. Free delivery, and friendly drivers will even put the meals in the freezer for you.
WRINGTON GREENS ORGANIC FARM
Nates Lane, Wrington, N Somerset, BS40 5RS Tel: 01934 863636, web: www.wringtongreens.co.uk
• Box scheme deliveries to Bristol and North Somerset. See Organic for more info.
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