Birmingham Food & Drink

Birmingham has a huge range of food outlets to cater for all tastes - and is particularly famous for it’s range of Indian food and the ‘Balti’ curry dish!

Food in Martineau Square

Martineau Square is a great destination for those that can’t decide what they want to eat and are in a hurry - it’s a fast food paradise!

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Boozing in Brum, drinking in the City Centre

Birmingham’s “golden mile”, Broad St, is awash with the sort of chain bars (Australians, Vodka Revolutions etc) that I like to avoid, but it’s not a bad place if you wish to indulge. Here are a few other city centre establishments that offer something a little different:
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Birmingham: It’s Not Sh*t - a few things to do in Brum

I run a website called Birmingham:It’s Not Sh*t, and since WordCampers may be making their first visit to our wonderful city I’m going to try to point you in the direction of some good (cheap or free) things to do, places to go and er, things to see.

First batch is shamelessly copied and pasted from a couple of articles I wrote some time ago for The Guardian (so if you’ve read it before you’ll know why). I’ll do some more stuff over the next week or so, so if there are any Brum-related questions, fire away in the comments:

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Bacchus Bar - upmarket and unusual!

The Bacchus Bar Yell map link is an unusual venue located below the Burlington Hotel in Burlington Arcade - and is less that 5 minutes walk away from venue of WordCamp UK 2008!

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Baguettes are quick, easy and cheap

There are a couple of baguette shops around, which offer the cheapest fast food meals and are much better than Mc. Donalds or Burger King! Baguette Du Monde is particularly worth recommending for their meal deals, and there is one within 5 minutes walk of the venue!

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