food/drink
OTLEY BREWERY
Otley Brewery, Pontypridd’s multiple award-win-
ning microbrewery, has just started producing box-
es of premium ales and ciders from award-winning
brewers. The Real Beer Box contains little-known
brews from across the UK with an emphasis on
Wales and the West Country. If you’re a really keen
real ale enthusiast, the Real Ale Club might appeal
to you. For an annual subscription fee, you’ll
receive 12 bottles of beer every month – perfect for
adventurous drinkers. A good gift choice, you can
buy a Real Beer Box from
realbeerbox.com.
Otley Brewery, Albion Industrial Estate, Pon-
typridd. Info: 0144 480 /
www.otleybrewing.co.uk
CARDIFF ARTS INSTITUTE
“It’ll be like getting pissed in a Saatchi exhibition,” is kitsch interior with touches of humour that will include
how the owners of Cardiff Arts Institute describe their animal heads, rosettes, and a Sistine Chapel-style
new venue, a collaborative project between Camden’s ceiling dreamed up by Cardiff arts collective Designer
Lock Tavern and the people behind Cardiff’s original Violence. The whole community thing is visible in a
arty deli/lounge/bar/yurt Milgi. Situated opposite the few of their more playful design elements, such as the welcome to
museum in the place where Inncognito once stood, it interactive Lego wall, which invites participants to
will boast the same kind of versatility that made Milgi impulsively stick things to the wall and make their own
popular, but in a livelier venue with a focus on the best contribution to the look of the venue.
new music. No doubt expecting a cut of the 10 Feet Tall/Buffalo
It will feature a breathless array of ideas packed into scenester crowd, but with a location that will probably
a venue, boasting a canteen, live music venue, art pull all kinds of people through its doors, CAI’s owners
YOUR NEW
space and an array of real ales, spirits and classic are particularly excited about the links with London
cocktails. The intention is to create an atmosphere of that its affiliation with The Lock Tavern is hoped to
participation for visitors to the Arts Institute, which bring. Their launch weekend begins on Thurs Nov 5,
MR SMITH’S
will attempt to radiate a cool, kitsch ambience while and features an eclectic line-up of The Joy Formidable,
local
Brainchild of Beatbox Bars, the people behind 10
at the same time fostering a community atmosphere. Cate Le Bon, Jon Carter, The Apples, Moneyshot, Tomb
Feet Tall and Buffalo, Mr Smith’s will be bringing
A pretty ambitious project, then, but this only cements Crew and Six Toys.
style and panache to the student community of
the Institute’s status as one of the most exciting venues
opening in Cardiff this year. Cardiff Arts Institute, 29 Park Place, Cardiff.
Cathays. Those mourning the loss of The Funky
In terms of design, fans of Milgi can expect another Opens Thurs 5 Nov
Buddha Lounge will be pleased to hear that it
has a worthy successor. Mr Smith’s features the
usual eye for kitsch detail in its design, which
makes use of reclaimed oak beams, unwanted old
pub furniture and a wall composed entirely of
old VHS tapes. There does seem to be a younger,
more student-y feel to the place too, visible in
the heavily graffitied toilets and New York deli-
style menu, which includes corn dogs, racks of
ribs and ice-cream milkshakes, all available to
takeaway. Accordingly, it’s their most accessible
bar to date and well worth a visit for anyone who
finds themselves in Cathays and doesn’t want to
WATERLOO GARDENS
CHAI STREET
get stuck in the middle of a shag-tag pub crawl.
TEAHOUSE
Cardiff’s award-winning Indian restaurant Mint And
Mustard launches its new restaurant Chai Street Mr Smith’s, 4 Woodville Road, Cardiff.
Cardiff’s Waterloo Gardens Teahouse has been next month. Sat right next to the Mint And Mustard,
named the best coffee shop in the South at the its owners have worked hard to ensure it’s distinc-
prestigious Beverage Service Association (BSA) tive enough to set itself apart from its acclaimed par-
awards – the only independent UK awards for ent. Promising a cheaper, street food-inspired menu,
coffee shops. Waterloo Tea Gardens has historically it will have a relaxed, contemporary feel.
THE NEW HOUSE HOTEL
received acclaim for its list of nearly 50 carefully In recent years, Mint And Mustard has been show- The New House Hotel in Cardiff is re-launching its
selected teas, so to win the prize for best coffee ered in accolades, including ‘Best Indian Restaurant’ award-winning restaurant this November, following
shop is another feather to its cap – and it’s well and ‘Best Restaurant in South Wales’, and it is an impressive refurbishment. Sequoias Restaurant
deserved. Their attention to detail is impeccable one of only two Indian restaurants to be placed in at the New House will offer diners a wide selection
and their consistency impressive. Restaurant magazine’s Top 100 Restaurants - so its of local Welsh produce, combined with delicious
new spin-off has a lot to live up to. international flavours.
Waterloo Gardens Teahouse, Waterloo
Gardens, Penylan, Cardiff. Info: 029 204 60 Chai Street, 12 Whitchurch Road, Cardiff. New House Country Hotel, Thornhill, Cardiff.
/
www.waterlootea.com Info: 029 2062 0 /
www.chaistreet.com Info: 029 202 0280 /
www.newhousehotel.com
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