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Alfresco Chester – The WLGT Guide to The Best Outside Tables in Town!

It’s very nearly time to dine outside with friends and family – from Monday April 12th. Thank the lord! And the fact that Spring has well and truly arrived is an added bonus. And the really good news is that…

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The Bowden Rooms prepares to launch it’s inaugural season of shows with some epic names!

Countdown to opening as new Cheshire venue sees massive audience response to its stellar line-up of live events. Cheshire’s newest live event venue is set to open in four weeks – and the demand for tickets has already seen some…

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Barlounge Smash Charity Target In Time For Re-Opening

The team at Chester’s original cocktail bar and restaurant, Barlounge have been a very busy bunch. Throughout the latest lockdown they have cooked, baked, served and ran their hearts out to raise an impressive £15K to help local children. Raising…

Restaurants Food & Drink

Hickory’s Smokehouse ‘Touchdown’ With Epic Super Bowl Feast

With the Super Bowl just a matter of days away on  Sunday 7th February, the guys at Hickory’s Smokehouse would normally be putting the finishing touches to their legendary Super Bowl parties. But now, for the first time in ten years, the…

Restaurants Dining Reviews

New Dining Review – The Black Dog Chester

The Black Dog has sat quietly out on the A41 for many years. A regular dining pub with plenty of space and even more potential, which had never really been realised. Until now. Mat and Bec took the The Black…

Restaurants WLGT Essential Lifestyle Guides

The WLGT Guide to the Best Sunday Roasts in Chester

Yes! Sunday Roast Day is our favourite foodie day of the whole week and we love to celebrate it with friends and family. In true WLGT style, we have created the WLGT Essential Guide on which venues are serving the…

Restaurants WLGT Essential Lifestyle Guides Food & Drink Open Air Cheshire The Great Cheshire Staycation 22nd April, 2021

Alfresco Chester – The WLGT Guide to The Best Outside Tables in Town!

It’s very nearly time to dine outside with friends and family – from Monday April 12th. Thank the lord! And the fact that Spring has well and truly arrived is an added bonus. And the really good news is that…

Bars Restaurants Things to do Experiences News Art and Culture 22nd April, 2021

The Bowden Rooms prepares to launch it’s inaugural season of shows with some epic names!

Countdown to opening as new Cheshire venue sees massive audience response to its stellar line-up of live events. Cheshire’s newest live event venue is set to open in four weeks – and the demand for tickets has already seen some…

Bars Restaurants News Food & Drink 8th April, 2021

Barlounge Smash Charity Target In Time For Re-Opening

The team at Chester’s original cocktail bar and restaurant, Barlounge have been a very busy bunch. Throughout the latest lockdown they have cooked, baked, served and ran their hearts out to raise an impressive £15K to help local children. Raising…

Restaurants Food & Drink 3rd February, 2021

Hickory’s Smokehouse ‘Touchdown’ With Epic Super Bowl Feast

With the Super Bowl just a matter of days away on  Sunday 7th February, the guys at Hickory’s Smokehouse would normally be putting the finishing touches to their legendary Super Bowl parties. But now, for the first time in ten years, the…

Restaurants Dining Reviews 13th December, 2020

New Dining Review – The Black Dog Chester

The Black Dog has sat quietly out on the A41 for many years. A regular dining pub with plenty of space and even more potential, which had never really been realised. Until now. Mat and Bec took the The Black…

Restaurants WLGT Essential Lifestyle Guides 6th December, 2020

The WLGT Guide to the Best Sunday Roasts in Chester

Yes! Sunday Roast Day is our favourite foodie day of the whole week and we love to celebrate it with friends and family. In true WLGT style, we have created the WLGT Essential Guide on which venues are serving the…

Restaurants Dining Reviews 28th November, 2020

New Food Review – Tales of the Unexpected from The Pied Bull Chester

I absolutely love The Pied Bull, because its full of the unexpected. This is one of our best independent venues because it has so much to offer, and it has some rather wonderful stories to tell – like John the…

Bars Restaurants WLGT Essential Lifestyle Guides Christmas 2020 16th November, 2020

The WLGT Guide to the Best Food and Drink Gift Vouchers in Town

Thank you to Ian Southerin of The Cheshire School of Photography for use of this stunning photo. OK, so we know that no matter what happens – Christmas is not cancelled. Whether we’re in some sort of lockdown or not,…

Bars Restaurants 11th November, 2020

Chester Northgate unveils The Florist as its latest restaurant letting

The Florist is the latest restaurant to take space in the forthcoming Chester Northgate development, building on the success of its existing sites in Liverpool, Bristol and Watford. The Florist is part of ‘The New World Trading Company’, an award-winning…

Restaurants 10th November, 2020

Little Tap goes on Tour in Tarporley and beyond ….

  I am so pleased to be able to give my mate Myles from Little Tap in Tarporley a bit of support. I met Myles on a wine tasting trip a few years ago with Rodney Densem Wines when we…

Restaurants Experiences 21st October, 2020

Innovation, Determination and Preparation – that’s the Kōji way.

I find it incredibly humbling when our independent operators show us how resilient and dedicated they are by innovating and stepping up their offering with exciting new products and experiences, especially at a time like this. And that’s exactly what…

Bars Restaurants Things to do 6th October, 2020

Ten Years At The Top Of Their Game For Chester’s Original Sports Bar!

When Hickory’s founder Neil McDonnell first brought the concept that is the ‘Sports Book’ to Chester back in 2010, it initially took a bit of explaining. Based on the sporting Mecca’s of America, a typical sportsbook features multiple TV screens,…

Bars Restaurants Places to stay News 31st August, 2020

A New Secret Hideaway in the Heart of Chester

A new hidden away bar has just opened in the heart of Chester. The Secret Garden is located within the Townhouse Hotel and has recently been transformed into a refurbished beautiful outdoor space, perfect to enjoy drinks all day long. The…

Restaurants WLGT Essential Lifestyle Guides 27th August, 2020

The WLGT Essential Guide to the Best Burgers in town!

It’s a go to menu item – something that can be explored in many variations, and we believe we have some of the greatest burgers right here in Chester! To celebrate National Burger Day, we have curated a WLGT Essential…

Restaurants Dining Reviews 10th August, 2020

A food love letter to Mr and Mrs Hanky Panky, Chester

I love this couple. Stephen and Rekhe Fowler are delightful, and one of the up-sides of this pandemic is that I have got to know them a lot better, and I am all the richer for that. For me, they…

Restaurants Dining Reviews 9th August, 2020

New Restaurant Review – Shrub Chester

  I was thrilled to be asked to review this fab new city centre venue with Izzy. Shrub, a plant based food and drinks hub was due to open in Easter, but sadly Covid struck, and although they opened their…

Restaurants Dining Reviews 3rd August, 2020

New Restaurant Review – The Blue Bell 1494 Chester

This restaurant has been with us here in Chester for years. Many years in fact, as its history goes right back to the mid to late 15th century and is said to be the oldest surviving intact medieval house in Chester….

Restaurants Dining Reviews 20th July, 2020

New Chester Food Review – The Yard

There are parts of my job which are great .. and there are parts of my job that are really great! And dining out around the city at the best venues is the best part of all, especially as I…

Bars Restaurants Places to stay Things to do News 22nd June, 2020

WLGT launches ‘The Ticket Zone’ to celebrate (nearly) the end of lockdown!

Lockdown has been a bummer! Whatever your situation, everyone has been affected and its been pretty damn difficult all round, which is why its nearly time to celebrate the end of it. But its not all bad. So many local…

Restaurants Places to stay Dining Reviews 15th June, 2020

Palé Hall Hotel and Restaurant – A very special place indeed

This experience should seem like a lifetime ago in terms of what we’ve all been through over the last few months, but it doesn’t. Because it was so special. Palé Hall is a very special place, and its much closer…

Restaurants 9th May, 2020

How cool is this?! Make your own Hickory’s Ice Cream Sandwich at home

How cool is this?! Now you can make your very own Hickory’s Ice Cream Sandwich at home! Make sure you have the below ingredients – or even add in your own favourite candies – we reckon anything goes with this…

Bars Restaurants Dining Reviews 27th February, 2020

Oddfellows new casual dining menu at is a sure-fire winner

It has been many years since I have dined at Oddfellows – only once in fact since I left, after opening it back in 2008. So it was good to hear from General Manager Lauren recently when she invited me…

Bars Restaurants Dining Reviews 27th February, 2020

The Dining Room in Tattenhall is a very special place

(The Dining Room is currently closed due to Covid) WOW! Where to start with this one! I am so excited to write this review as the experience I had last night at The Dining Room was second to none. This is…

Bars Restaurants Dining Reviews 27th February, 2020

Less special occasion, more every occasion!

  After attending the relaunch party at Duttons Chester a couple of weeks ago – and listening to a member of staff explain her favourite dishes on their fabulous new menus, I couldn’t wait to dine there with my better…

Bars Restaurants WLGT Essential Lifestyle Guides 26th February, 2020

The WLGT guide to the best Martinis in town!

After helping to judge the Cocktail Shakedown hosted by Barlounge last week, it got me thinking about the super-talented bartenders we have here in Chester, and how much more we should celebrate them. So – I have decided to write…

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