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The perfect pop-up venue? We think so, glad others do too.
Thanks for this SupperThyme!Thank You 40 Alfred Place – The Perfect Pop Up Venue in Bristol
In November 2012 SupperThyme Bristol launched our Pop-Up Restaurant using 40 Alfred Place. After 2 years of discussion, deliberation and distractions it took the discovery of 40 Alfred Place to give us the perfect place to start. We kept hearing about this lovely private hire venue from the many people who had visited this central venue for a Christmas Party, Pop Up Restaurant Night or Supper Club.
We checked the place out and it soon became apparent that this venue fitted the bill perfectly! Comfortably seating just shy of 40 covers over two well presented floors, meant we could serve enough covers to ensure a viable and managable night of pop up dining. Many other venues for hire in Bristol were only available for large private functions and corporate events or were by no means as accommodating to our needs.
The venue is clean and fresh with a modern yet rustic feel. If you are in need of a venue to hire in Bristol as a pop up restauranteur, private caterer or party thrower we would highly recommend 40 Alfred Place . The venue is available to hire all day as standard, allowing use of the fantastic open kitchen space to prepare and set up the tables/decorations. The kitchen is equipped with all the basics such as pots and pans, chopping boards and all the other essential preparation equipment. The tables are plain with all the necessary plates, bowls, platters and cutlery. Luxuries such a glass washer, ice machine and lots of refrigeration for drinks and storage was great! Not to mention a proper 2 Group Espresso machine (which as a trained Barista I was able to utilise)! A full itinerary was sent to us at time of hire to make it clear if we needed to get other bits in advance. The only thing we needed to bring was wine glasses, although there are plenty of other glasses behind the bar.
The venue has an alcohol licence which was also handy for us.
SupperThyme is the brainchild of Rich and Dan, two young foodies from Bristol looking to stamp their mark on the local pop up food scene. After the success of our launch night at 40 Alfred Place we hope to return for a series of Pop Up dining events in 2013 both in Kingsdown and elsewhere, We already have our next night planned in 40 Alfred Place December to run a Private Pop Up for a local company’s Christmas party. You can keep up to date with our next Pop Up’s by following SupperThymeBristol on Facebook or @supperthymechef on Twitter. If you are having an event at 40 Alfred Place or looking to hire a venue in Bristol and would like to enquire about a Private Pop Up, please contact Rich or Dan via dine@supperthyme.co.uk -
What to do, what to do?
The final third of 2012 is shaping up to be an interesting and varied one here at 40AP. We’ve got some great pop-ups and events coming up including the 4th pop-up from Tara Hofman of Tara’s Table, she’ll be hosting ‘Taramasalata’ a Greek Extravaganza on the 6th and 7th September. Tara’s wildly successful previous pop-ups at 40 Alfred Place have been Chic & Unique, the vintage styled pop-up, Tara Masala, a night of Curry Couture and ¡Tapástico! an evening of authentic Spanish tapas.
It’s the first birthday celebration event of 40AP regulars Dine With I on the 5th of September, Carlton and Tim will be throwing (obviously in a perfectly crafted and meticulous fashion) another of their incredibly popular supper club pop-ups – Happy Birthday fellas’.
Come to think of it, that sort of makes it our 1st birthday too, so happy birthday us!
Coming soon are a regular series of evenings and weekends from Guerrilla Burger with some of their Slider perfection – more details on this soon, stay tuned!
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TFI Friday Bacon Bun Run
It’s Friday and the weekend shines brightly on the rapidly shortening horizon. So, how does one celebrate this in style? Why, by having brilliant bacon buns delivered to your door. Yep, that’s right; we’ll deliver breakfast baps by Bapmobile to your home or place of work.As long as you’re within about a mile of 40AP give us a bell on 07712 527 113 or tweet us @40alfredplace. You’ll generally need to order more than one but if you’re on our route we may well relent so it’s always worth checking.
We use local dry cure streaky bacon from the fantastic Powells of Olveston, organic eggs from The Story, amazing spanish chorizo from Valsabor. The bread is overnight white from Herbert’s – because it’s substantial yet soft.
Menu:
Bacon Bun – £3.00
Double Egg – £3.00
Bacon & Egg – £4.00
Bacon & Chorizo – £4.50
Bacon, Egg & Chorizo – £5.00Add your choice of condiment – Heinz ketchup or proper HP.
Orders by 10.00 (ish) on a Friday please on 07712 527 113, tweet us @40alfredplace or email bacon@40alfredplace.net at any time. You can even place your orders the day before if you like.
Don’t forget, now that Mum’s Cafe is of long term residence here at 40 Alfred Place, you can now enjoy your favourite Friday bacon bunnage with the best coffee in Bristol from 8am in the comfort of our Cafe. Eat in, take away, or delivered; what more could you possibly ask for?!
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The Valley Smoke House
We’ve been using a few of the Valley Smoke House’s delectable products for a while now but this is the first time I’ve tried there smoked salmon …. oh my!I’m not a big fan of the stuff usually as I feel it to be an overpriced over-hyped palate-greaser. The Valley Smoke House smoked salmon however is a different proposition altogether. It is soft, light, delicately smoked and quite simply … utterly delicious.
We’re serving it with on sourdough toast with labneh (homemade middle eastern soft cheese) roast beetroot a few capers and fresh grated horseradish finished with a good squeeze of lemon juice, black pepper and a generous sprinkling of dill leaves.
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