A Bit of a Theme

 Once again we decided to make a little bit of an effort to go a bit further and go back to somewhere we'd not been for a while.

This time:  North Street.

My goodness, this place has changed so much in the last 25 years since I lived in "The Chessels".  The change has been incremental and, I would say, moving in chunks but I kinda miss living in the area.

We headed first to the Bristol Beer Factory taproom which is the pubbiest of all the taprooms, we reckon.

There were plenty of south-Bristol accents in evidence but also a lot of people who are more recent dwellers in the area.

Beer, as ever, was excellent and well worth the walk.  After two, we thought we'd amble down and try Lupe in the place that was the Old Bookshop.  We also thought we'd maybe try Eatchu - which is doing the food there.  On the way we passed several new restaurants which definitely bear a visit - next time, perhaps.

The space in Lupe is the same...and yet, somehow, not.  It feels a bit less crowded in and a little more welcoming. There were a couple of strong/ish beers we wanted to try so we bought a couple of the "West Coast" one and settled in.  The menu looked inviting so we decided we'd go for it.

Then a beeper went off.  A chap scuttled off round the corner and reappeared with a tray of food and sat to eat it.  Ah!  A Heist kind of thing - we can do that, I thought.

We duly ordered and fetched our food.

It was tasty and reasonably-priced (£20 for enough food for us both).  Maybe not as easy to eat as I'd hoped but, still, I'm really glad we tried it.

Then the walk home and I was done for the day.

It was nice to make the effort and I know the walk is good for us. Definitely worth a revisit!