Food & Drink

What's On News See inside new New York themed cocktail bar opening in city centre

Manhattan Ave opens in John Bright Street in September

What's On News The Birmingham shopping centres facing a gale-force High Street storm

Giant shopping centres are not immune from the financial hurricane battering retailers

What's On News Here's when Pinocchio Italian restaurant is opening at The Mailbox

The independent will replace Strada at the canalside shopping and food complex

What's On News First ever Craft Drink Festival axed at NEC as organisers go into voluntary liquidation

Massive two-day event with hundreds of breweries and distilleries was also to feature live music, cinema and street food

What's On News Popular Yates pub in Sutton Coldfield closes soon to be replaced by Slug and Lettuce cocktail bar and restaurant

The new bar will focus on cocktails and 'quality food' and will transform from a 'relaxed' daytime venue to a 'lively' night time one

What's On News All you need to know about Birmingham's first Gin in the City festival this weekend

Here are all the gorgeous gins, you can drink at over 40 bars this weekend

What's On News Saturday Kitchen chef Atul Kochhar pulls out of planned Birmingham restaurant move

The restaurant launch had already been delayed for several months

What's On News This is when Birmingham's first late night bowling alley and beer pong venue Lane7 is opening

Lane7 offers pool, beer pong, a retro games arcade and karaoke

What's On News Building work begins on the new McArthurGlen Designer Outlet village in Cannock

This is the huge new shopping centre that's being compared to Bicester Village

What's On News Brum Fest 2018 drops booze bid after complaints

Locals had complained the booze licence would generate crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour

What's On News Brum Fest 2018 booze bid sparks controversy and complaints

The event promises a host of musical performers including singers who have appeared on The Voice and The X Factor

What's On News Futuristic new look revealed in major redesign of The Fort Shopping Park

Amazing CGI photos reveal a huge makeover for the shopping park

What's On News Birmingham bar Bierkeller applies for a roof terrace beer garden

It is proposed the beer garden would be available from 11am to 9pm every day

Food & Drink Inside Baked in Brick - possibly the coolest new restaurant in Birmingham

Digbeth Dining Club regular behind Baked in Brick has opened his first restaurant

What's On Colmore Food Festival is back and this is what you can eat

More than 30,000 people set to attend Colmore Food Festival 2018 in Birmingham city centre on July 6 and 7

Commercial Property The beat goes on as The Flapper live music venue is given lease extension

Bands can now book gigs again at the The Flapper for another year

Food & Drink Stirchley real ale bar Wildcat Tap given green light to expand

Two years after opening the independent craft beer bar is moving to a bigger site

What's On News See inside Birmingham city centre's new craft beer pub Head of Steam

Birmingham city centre's latest pub will welcome drinkers, diners and dog lovers too

What's On News Birmingham Coffee Festival is back and it will be very different

Celebration of all things coffee is first major public event at Custard Factory since it was revamped under new ownership

What's On News Argentinian steak restaurant to take over former M&S site

Meat feast restaurant Fiesta del Asado heads for Shirley

What's On News Inside celebrity chef Aktar Islam's dazzling new Birmingham restaurant

The Great British Menu winner and Saturday Kitchen regular has opened a massive bar and restaurant on Summer Row

What's On News New chicken restaurant The Rebel Chicken opens in Jewellery Quarter - and it has a huge beer garden The Rebel Chicken offers rum, reggae and roasts as well as outdoor space where you can enjoy alfresco drinking and DJs

What's On News Carluccio's pushes on with restaurant closures - putting 500 jobs at risk

Carluccio's is owned by Dubai-based Landmark Group, which bought the business for £90 million in 2010

What's On News These Birmingham restaurants have been named among the best in the UK

Birmingham has three restaurants in SquareMeal’s top 100 UK restaurants outside London

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Benjamin Zephaniah Birmingham writer Benjamin Zephaniah has book adapted for the stage Writer Benjamin Zephaniah tells Roz Laws about fighting wars and learning to read

Find Things To Do Cuckoo comedy writers' fight to set a sitcom in Birmingham Remember that TV drama set in Birmingham, where supernatural energy lines met under Spaghetti Junction?

Film & TV Battle scars have left Warrior star Tom Hardy a lot wiser Tom Hardy is a chameleon in the purest sense of the word and it’s his ability to transform himself for roles that means he’s not instantly recognisable.

Music Boy George's Birmingham memories and the Culture Club reunion Andy Coleman speaks to Boy George about turning 50 and the future of Culture Club.

Theatre Michael Praed comes before a fall from grace Michael Praed tells Alison Jones why we have a different appetite for scandal in these days of Jade Goody and Jeffrey Archer

Birmingham Town Hall The Birmingham choir that's not very vocal about its many triumphs!Founded in the 1880s, Birmingham Choral Union is still going strong. Christopher Morley finds them in fine voices ahead a concert at St Paul’s in the Jewellery Quarter

Marks & Spencer M&S confirms Walsall store closure date High street retailer says it will shut up shop at The Saddlers Centre in August as part of wider reduction in portfolio of stores

Education Armonico Consort going supersize for its surround sound shows Warwickshire’s Armonico Consort are taking on two massive polychoral works from the 16th century. Christopher Morley talks to its artistic director

CBSO Concert hall's winning friends in high places As the Opening Festival of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire continues apace, Christopher Morley talks to its principal, Julian Lloyd Webber

The Cube Birmingham New bowling to launch at The Cube this summer Boutique operator Lane7 confirms it will launch its latest venture in The Cube in August

Lifestyle Brendan Lynch won't hang up his apron after The Great British Bake Off After 10 weeks of pastries, pies and the odd soggy bottom, Birmingham's Bake Off finalist Brendan Lynch is putting his feet up.

Local News Lordship titles for sale at under £20 - and the peers don't like it Having a title is big business, with vendors promised red carpet treatment for an outlay of a few pounds.

Business Rich List 2013: No.34 - Rashid and Aziz Tayub (£160m)Rashid Tayub, 63, and his brother Aziz, 56, run the Leicester-based food distribution and property company Crown Crest.

Local News Teenagers who died in Smethwick canal kept relationship secret A teenage West Midlands couple who died in a canal lock kept their relationship secret from their families because of their different backgrounds, friends have said.

Local News Sex club to open until 6am A Birmingham lap dancing club has been given permission to remain open until 6am six days a week sparking fears of a creeping spread of the city's infamous entertainment zone into the leafy suburbs.