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Shoppers at Southgate will soon be able to enjoy food and drink along with their retail therapy, as a varied quartet of restaurants and cafes will be opening this summer at the £360-million development.

Multi-cuisine restaurant chain Jimmy Spices and independent shop Cake Cafe are among the new arrivals.

Caffe Nero will open its third outlet in the city, while PizzaExpress will launch a restaurant to complement its Barton Street site.

Cake Cafe is being launched by Poppy Clark and Mark Powell, who have run The Bridge Coffee Shop at Pulteney Bridge since 2008. The shop is to open on the 23rd of June and will specialise in fine cakes, while also serving coffee, baguettes, paninis, soup, quiche and cream teas.

Jimmy Spices, which began in the West Midlands, is a new name for Bath and serves Indian, Chinese, Thai and Italian cuisine served from an open-plan buffet kitchen where you pick and choose the ingredients and the chefs cook them for you on the spot

Jimmy Spices and PizzaExpress have no firm opening dates but will open during the summer.…

As of today the thrilling new Bath Restaurants website is now live, with a fab new look and content.

The old site has now closed.…

The Green Street FishWorks Restaurant and Fishmongers has closed after a wrangle over the buildings redevelopment. This has nothing to do with recent financial problems associated with the FishWorks Company, and they are actively looking for new premises in Bath. The three London FishWorks Restaurants are operating normally.

The twelve members of staff have been offered jobs elsewhere in FishWorks, or with its sister company, Harry Ramsden’s.…

The Vegan Society has named Demuths Restaurant in North Parade Passage as Best Vegan Restaurant. Demuths has also been named Best Vegetarian Restaurant in the Gourmet Britain Awards.…

The River Cottage Canteen at Komedia on Westgate Street, owned by chef Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, has been running a stew night on Thursday evenings since the start of the year, when it first started opening for evening meals.

The stews are supplied in recycled cardboard containers, however customers are encouraged to bring their own containers to cut down on waste. There is a choice between a meat or vegetarian stew at £6 or opt for a stew and pudding combo for £10.…

The Bath Coffee Festival, the first ever coffee festival in the UK, is scheduled for the 15th and 16th of May. It is being held at the Recreation Ground, which is easily accessible from the centre of Bath.

The outdoor festival will celebrate everything related to coffee and will offer a unique opportunity for visitors to explore the world’s most popular drink.

The Bath Coffee Festival will deliver a strong coffee-experience; exhibitors at the festival will offer barista demonstrations and expert sessions on all things coffee related, including foods and drinks, equipment and insider information with many coffee exhibitions and activities.

Taylors of Harrogate will join fellow major sponsors Gold Top Milk and Malmesbury Syrups, alongside a host of companies linked to the coffee industry in a giant marquee on the Recreation Ground. It is a fitting venue given that the festival organisers have pledged that the Bath Rugby Community Foundation is one of two community charities that will benefit directly from the profits of the festival.…

There have been a few openings recently. The Thai by the Weir in Argyle Street by Pulteney Bridge, and The Real Italian on Grand Parade (Newmarket Row), in what was formerly the Rummer Pub.…

A new cafe/restaurant has opened in Margarets Buildings replacing the Pinch restaurant. The Lime Lounge offers breakfast through lunch to dinner, eat in or take out.

The Lime Lounge
11 Margarets Buildings
Bath
Somerset
BA1 2LP

Tel: 01225 421251 …