Eating Out

Eating Out: Pizza Workshop, Bristol

| adamcockle

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One thing.  Made well.  Thats the motto of the latest newcomer to trendy North Street in Southville, Bristol.  Boasting a menu of just 6 classic pizza’s (and one or two specials) does Pizza Workshop bring enough to the table (geddit!?) to compete with the big chain pizza delivery places already at home on the high street?

The restaurant itself boasts a casual aesthetic with Wagamamas style bench seating that has you shoulder to shoulder with your fellow pizza lovers.  The menu presents you with 6 classic, uncomplicated pizza choices, a million miles away from the crazy combinations and inch thick piles of toppings that you might find elsewhere.

Made with a thin, crisp sourdough base, the pizzas are topped with a tomato sauce that is made simply from crushed San Marzano tomatoes and finished off with Fior di Latte mozzarella – pizza purists rejoice!

I plumped for the Number 3 – a delicious combination of mushrooms artichokes and olives – and, while not the hubcap sized portion you might expect in the likes of Pizza Hut and Dominoes, I received a perfectly meal-sized pizza, a steal – in my opinion – for only £8.50.

So – the final verdict – do Pizza Workshop do that thing that they do, and do they do it well?  Well, the answer is a definite yes, and I look forward to returning to try options 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 – though can a bring myself to ask for a number 2 (snort) in polite society?

Follow the link below for Pizza Workshop’s website.

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Eating out: Spitfire BBQ, Bristol

| adamcockle

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Spitfire BBQ is a new addition to the popular Bristol Harbourside. Boasting ‘caveman style’ cooking and speciality dry rubs and sauces, it promises to be a carnivores paradise.

The first thing that strikes you when you enter Spitfire BBQ is the reassuringly authentic smoky atmosphere. Combined with the cosy American diner style booths and quirky decor, one immediately gets the feeling that the food is going to impress.  The waiting staff are casual, friendly and efficient.  The drinks menu boasts a fine selection of classic cocktails and other more original creations, along with an impressive number of beers and ciders.

And so to the food, and meat is certainly the word of the day.  From starters to sides and mains, meat is the star.  Burgers, sausages ribs and steaks, all topped with, wrapped in and adjacent to even more meaty treats.

My starter was one of the few options that came sans-pork (plenty of that to come later) – the Braai bread, a gorgeous, moist bread dough cooked directly on hot coals and served swimming in scrumptious garlic butter.

This was followed by a main of Spitfire ribs.  These signature ribs are available in three sizes – small, big and huge.  I ordered the ‘big’ – and boy do they mean big!  I was presented with a slab of pork belly that could easily have fed 4 people.  The meat was smoky and charred on the outside, but deliciously melting and moist on the inside, and all coated in a delicious, but not overpowering, BBQ glaze.

My sides consisted of the aptly named dirty fries – chunky, skin on chips topped with pulled pork – and some rather pedestrian onion rings (the only disappointment in an otherwise thoroughly satisfying meat-feast).  This was all washed down with a couple of pints of wonderful FUBAR pale ale from Welsh beer heroes Tiny Rebel Brewery.

In conclusion – leave your vegetarian friends at home and embrace your inner caveman, Spitfire BBQ offers a selection of food guaranteed to tickle any carnivores fancy.

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