Down The Hatch

Clockworks is a great spot off the beaten track to grab a cosy pint or cocktail, and you’ll often find live music happening outside the front in Wolstenholme Square. It’s worth dropping by just to see Cuban sculptor Jorge Pardo’s Penelope, one of the largest sculptures in the city.

Penelope takes over Wolstenholme Square

A no-nonsense Chinese with a warm atmosphere and great menu options.

Pilgrim offers a fresh approach to traditional Iberian food, promising seasonal and ethically sourced regional produce with a big focus on live-fire flavour.

Run by the heads behind The Invisible Wind Factory, Kazimier Stockroom is a micro venue with maximalist ambitions.

Run by Gabrielle de la Puente, OUTPUT is a small gallery in Liverpool city centre that works exclusively with creatives from or based in Merseyside.

Wide-ranging food market in Liverpool, with a vast array of independent traders and must-try food stalls.

A fine gastropub that’s also child friendly

Legend has it that Dickens got himself sworn in as a special constable for the night to gather material for The Uncommercial Traveller. Charles Dickens loved Liverpool, and Liverpool adored him. On the wall of The Bridewell is a plaque which celebrates Dickens’ life as a journalist, novelist and for his one day as a Liverpool police constable.

Formerly known as Cow & Co, Thoughtfully Café is a slice of heaven in a row of spruced-up facades just minutes from the chainstore central of Liverpool ONE. Outside, wooden…

At the intersection of Hanover Street, Duke Street and Liverpool One, Hanover Street Social is at the centre of Liverpool’s burgeoning food quarter

Albert’s Schenke is the brand new Liverpool bar-restaurant from Mission Mars, the team behind a host of top-class Manchester venues.