and on the street in town....
...huge crowds watch the buskers in the sunshine.
Friday, 22 April 2011
Well, not quite the Left Bank...!
and on the street in town....
...huge crowds watch the buskers in the sunshine.
Friday, 8 April 2011
Coming to Chester soon...
HURRAH!!!
The sun is shining and Patisserie Valerie is coming to Bridge Street very soon!
There is already (at least) one in London, near Dover Street and another in Oxford town centre...really pleased to have a Patisserie Valerie coming here to Chester town centre.
They sell the most wonderfully created and delicious cakes and huge plates of scrambled eggs and smoked salmon Will post pics as soon as it opens...
The sun is shining and Patisserie Valerie is coming to Bridge Street very soon!
There is already (at least) one in London, near Dover Street and another in Oxford town centre...really pleased to have a Patisserie Valerie coming here to Chester town centre.
They sell the most wonderfully created and delicious cakes and huge plates of scrambled eggs and smoked salmon Will post pics as soon as it opens...
On the street...
Friday, 25 March 2011
Cafes, part ll...
I've been meaning to write about Oddfellows for some time. Situated on Lower Bridge Street on the way to the River, Oddfellows is housed in an old hall, where the group used to meet (I'm sure j will post about it's historical background soon) and it retains many of the original Georgian features, including beautiful stairways and floors.
The place has been very sensitively restored but not without introducing slightly avant-garde furnishings along the way, which only add to its appeal.
These images are just of the downstairs cafe, known as The Pantry, with its amazing floor of patchwork Spanish tiles; funky ceiling lights and super-sized chairs.
They do a delicious Pea & Ham soup, but don't have that if you are VERY hungry, rather go for the Market Menu, which is very reasonably priced and also rather good!
More to follow about upstairs and the beautiful rooms they have available for overnight stays, the garden and the bar upstairs. pw
The place has been very sensitively restored but not without introducing slightly avant-garde furnishings along the way, which only add to its appeal.
They do a delicious Pea & Ham soup, but don't have that if you are VERY hungry, rather go for the Market Menu, which is very reasonably priced and also rather good!
More to follow about upstairs and the beautiful rooms they have available for overnight stays, the garden and the bar upstairs. pw
Charity Shopping...
Chester is actually pretty good if you like Charity Shopping; all the four main streets emerging from The Cross are good sources of cheap stuff!
Watergate Street has Cancer Research and Age Concern; Northgate Street The Red Cross and The Hospice Shop; if you go down Bridge Street to the traffic lights and turn right, on the way to the Grosvenor Museum is Save the Children; up Foregate street you can find Frodsham street, where loads of charity shops live, including Oxfam (if you like M & S!!!).
Val and John charity shopping in Frodsham street today...
...and on the street, literally, some poor baby's lost blankie.
Watergate Street has Cancer Research and Age Concern; Northgate Street The Red Cross and The Hospice Shop; if you go down Bridge Street to the traffic lights and turn right, on the way to the Grosvenor Museum is Save the Children; up Foregate street you can find Frodsham street, where loads of charity shops live, including Oxfam (if you like M & S!!!).
...and on the street, literally, some poor baby's lost blankie.
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Sunny Chester mid-week...
On the street today, cafe society was booming, people enjoying the warm spring sunshine drinking their coffee at tables on the pavements...inside Carluccio's, shoppers buying their brilliant pasta and parmesan.
The scaffolding has disappeared from The Cross, so at last you can see it again...
Just before lunchtime, it looks a bit quiet...walking home along the Medieval Bridge Street Row, as usual very quiet as there are few shops here now; Interior Designers & Art Gallery Jamandic are along here but they are moving soon. The building is beautiful inside, with a tiny hidden garden at the back....will try to get some pics.
On the street, amazing bikes...
...and
... friendly Big Issue vendor Miroslav Juliny, Miro for short.
Friday, 18 March 2011
Andrew Duggan photographer....
Carluccio's Andy Duggan is not just a waiter, he's also a photographer...check out his brilliant shots of Chester and Liverpool at his super blog;
You can contact him at: andrew.duggan@me.com
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