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 General stockist with swift turnover |
180b Cheltenham Road Montpelier Bristol BS6 5RB United Kingdom +44 117 924 5458 |
This large shop, established over 20 years ago, offers a wide selection of books and is a great place for a bit of browsing - it's decorated with often rather bizarre works of art, lending it a unique atmosphere. Although stocking a particularly good range of science-fiction works, crime novels, horror and general fiction, the shop also has a special interest in art and architecture, erotica, humanities, philosophy and the classics. Local history is another interest that is promoted and occasionally important works of occultism can be found. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 The south west's biggest stockist of Asian foods |
78-82 St Marks Road Easton Bristol BS5 6JH United Kingdom +44 117 951 2257 http://www.sweetmart.co.uk |
This large ethnic store sells an amazing array of Asian, Middle Eastern and African foods and is the place to come for those elusive and exotic ingredients that you won't find at your local supermarket - such as spices, herbs, cooking sauces, pastes, coconut products, lentils, nuts, rice, flours, halal food, breads and oils. They also offer a wide range of Indian sweets - hence the name. It's a great place to browse as well, providing an education about food in itself — Pomegranate Molasses anyone? They now have their own web site, offering all the products in the store, packed and delivered to your home plus some great cooking ideas - look up those unfamiliar ingredients, find the recipes containing them, then go along to the store or order from the web site and try them for yourself. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 Department store that's on the up |
1-5 St James Barton Broadmead Bristol BS1 3LT United Kingdom http://www.debenhams.com |
Originally quite bland and old-fashioned, this vast store has updated its image and now attracts a younger, more fashion-conscious crowd, as well as its traditional devotees. This is largely thanks to the various outlet units on its three floors, such as Topshop, Oasis and Levis. Along with fashion for men, women and children, they sell a good range of china and glass - Wedgwood, Royal Doulton, Coalport as well as everyday kitchen items and glassware. There is a cafe on the ground floor serving light refreshments and a self service restaurant on the fourth floor. It's a particularly good place to come for cosmetics, as it houses a Clinique Beauty Station, as well as other counters from all the big names in the beauty world, complete with assistants offering make-overs and advice. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 Photo: Keith Stanley |
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Stock up - everything's so cheap |
Eastgate Road Bristol BS5 6XY United Kingdom +44 (0)117955 1351 (St. Werburghs Centre) |
A great example of how shopping used to be, this popular general market has been established for 35 years and can be found these days near the big Ikea store just off the M32 at junction two. It certainly couldn't be described as glamorous shopping, but if you're after a slice of gritty English life, look no further. It's packed every week with locals looking for cheap vegetables, meat, clothes, material, music and almost anything else you could think of. The prices are well below those of the average shops, especially if you wait until it's almost closing, when you can come away with boxes of fruit and veg at a fraction of the normal cost - and then spend the rest of the week wondering what to do with two kilos of mushrooms! Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Halal takeaway offering delicious curries |
73 St Marks Road Easton Bristol BS5 6HX United Kingdom +44 117 952 1749 |
Exotica is part of the Sweet Mart's (the large ethnic supermarket across the road) growing empire - and offers takeaway Indian food. Vegetarians can choose from 10 different curries (courgette and aubergine to matar paneer) and 10 snacks, such as pakoras, samosas and onion bhajis, for example. Meat eaters are well catered for too however, with a choice of ten halal dishes, such as lamb vindaloo and chicken korma, along with halal snacks like lamb kebabs and chicken tikka. Rice and breads are sold as accompaniments and there are some delicious sweetmeats and kulfi for dessert. Prices are very reasonable - they can be sold hot to eat immediately, or cold to take home and heat up. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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A little piece of Sicily |
36 Picton Street Montpelier Bristol BS6 5QA United Kingdom +44 117 924 7718 http://www.licata.co.uk/ |
This classic deli opened in 1959 and has been selling Bristolians wonderful Italian foods ever since. Walk past the boxed vegetables on the pavement and inside it's a real throwback to the olden days, with its open layout, ancient tills and the Sicilian family that run the place always on hand to advise you on any of the products for sale. These include meats, such as prosciutto and salamis, and cheeses such as mozzarella and parmesan. In fact, if it's Italian, it's bound to be here - olives, balsamic vinegar, olive oils, fresh fruit and vegetables and a great assortment of Italian cakes and biscuits - their panettone is delicious. It's also a stockist for Barilla pasta, stocking every shape of dried pasta imaginable, often for less than in the supermarkets. There is a second branch at 332 Gloucester Road in the more northerly Horfield area of the city. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Everything for the diver |
121 Mina Road St. Werburgh's Bristol BS2 9YD United Kingdom +44 117 9550 1930 http://www.mikesww.co.uk/store... |
This shop offers a huge range of diving equipment—wet and dry suits, fins, flippers, clothing, air fills etc.—everything a diver or snorkeller could want, in fact. They also hire equipment and have a servicing department, where you can make sure all your old equipment is up-to-date and totally safe. You can also order and buy from their online site. If you're a novice, take advice from the friendly, well-informed staff, including an on-site technician, who can point you in the right direction regarding courses and the best places in the area to dive. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 Breathe in and get fitted for a corset! |
180c Cheltenham Road Bristol BS6 5RB United Kingdom +44 117 924 7177 |
Do you know anyone who would love a handmade, tailored corset? Well, here's the place to come. It's less of a shop, more of a workshop, selling corsets designed specifically to the customer's request - so if you want one covered in sequins or in black satin with pink bows, that's fine - and a few off-the-peg. They are beautifully made and many brides wear the more demure ones as part of their wedding outfit. The feel of the shop - large mirrors, tailors' dummies, staff wandering about draped in bits of material and with pins between their teeth - is wonderfully old-fashioned, but the corsets are not and you may see their designs on the city's hippest clubbers if you look carefully. A word of warning though - if you decide to buy one, just make sure you'll have someone to lace you into it! Review © 2007, Wcities |
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News, stationery and books |
Unit 49 Lower Level Bristol BS34 5GG United Kingdom +44 117 950 9525 http://www.whsmith.co.uk |
You can get newspapers from almost anywhere these days—supermarkets, corner shops and kiosks etc.—but for foreign language papers and the more obscure end of the magazine market, you'd best head here. If you've been searching in vain for that "Yachting Monthly" for example, search no more—almost every publication currently in print is kept in stock. Other reasons you may find it useful to visit the place include its range of books, cards, stationery and music, plus a selection of A-Z maps of the city and atlases and maps of further afield. There is also quite a comprehensive range of art materials and office products. Being such a well-established chain, you'll find other branches city-wide—there is a particularly large branch at The Galleries Shopping Centre) in the city center. Review © 2007, Wcities |
