Diffusion photography festival – Old Tram Shed Cardiff
The first thing that hits you is the size of the space – the 2nd is the smell of motor oil and old worked metal (just like my dad’s old lathe in my youth, a reassuring smell) and the sound of the broken roof fans – clicking along. It’s been a while since it was used as...
Pub News: Landlord of the City Arms Cardiff is now looking after the Park in Barry
Cardiff Camra Pub of the year City Arms Landord Chris Partridge has headed to the wilds of Barry to look after the Park (http://www.sabrain.com/park) , which Brains is hoping to turn into a Real Ale mecca in the home of Gavin & Stacy. I have only been to the park twice – and only once...
This post should have been about great beer in Bath – but cider in Cardiff will have to do
I spent a great weekend in bath with some old school friends (Welsh friends, I did not go to school in Bath ) – just to say that the Salamander and Raven pub where the most frequentest stops and had great ale even if – but the Pulteney Arms was a right gem after the...
Wally’s Kaffeehaus at Wally’s Delicatessen, Cardiff
Mrsuw treated me to lunch today at the newly opened Wally’s Kaffeehaus upstairs in the famous Wallys Delicatessen in Royal Arcade in Cardiff. I was expecting wooden cladding and grandeur with chandeliers as it’ was touted as a Viennese Coffee House. But it was modern and light which was a bit disappointing as the mrs had talked...
Oktoberfest – City Arms – Cardiff – Friday 23rd September to Sunday 9th October 2011
I love this time of the year (no not because it’s my birthday soon) it’s Oktoberfest and if you can’t make it over to Munich then lots of UK locals should be doing something. One of my locals the City Arms in Cardiff is having one – and if it’s anything like their American festival...
Yeeha – The City Arms Cardiff – American Beer Festival
As you know July the 4th is the start of shedweek, but it’s also American independence day – but which came first? The Brains Brewery house in the Centre of Cardiff, the City Arms is having an American beer festival from today 1st July until 10th July – on the opening night, today the great...
Snack based island & Cardiff institution – The Hayes Island Snack Bar is it closed?
UPDATE Food writer Stephen Nottingham thankfully reports that it’s just temporary – great news for Cardiff & snack fans. A spokesman from First Cafes, who own the snackbar, reassurred me this afternoon that The Hayes Island Snack Bar was merely being refurbished. Hopefully Stephen will tweet the first roll served on reopening. Recently featured in...
St David’s Day – A tour of the Brains Brewery & drinking in Cardiff pubs what could go wrong – nothing
When you get off a train at Cardiff central on a Monday morning after a rugby international you are greeted first with the sound of the dive bombing seagulls from the River Taff, then the more welcoming smell of beer being brewed from the Cardiff brewery that is S A Brains – it’s a smell...
So Cardiff is to a get monorail – again – “That’s right! Monorail!”
People who know me – know I am a grumpy sheddie most of the time – and even mrsuw has her moments – but I normally don’t grump much in my blog posts (beer & sheds are my norm) but when one idea for Cardiff keeps coming back again and each time nothing happens. Plans...
Beer we are in this club together : Cardiff Beer Club launches
The excellent City arms in Cardiff now has a Beer club for it’s customers. For every £1 you spend we’ll give you a point on your card. Overnight we’ll turn your points into money for you to spend in the pub. We’ll give you 10p for every point you have! You can then use your...
New Years Eve 2010 in Cardiff – Good pubs shut shock
I spent the late evening on Friday in Cardiff with the Mrs, her brother and his mrs. We watched the early fireworks from a great vantage point and went out for a few pints of ale and some food around 9.30pm, but there was not much choice. To my horror all my normal watering holes...
