Becoming an ever more popular way to enjoy dining with friends and family are sharing boards, boxes, planks, platters – whatever you want to call them! This is such a great way to spend time catching up on the gossip…
In the middle of the pandemic and between lockdowns in 2020, Chester Food & Drink Week was staged as a week-long celebration of the city’s hugely resilient and innovative hospitality sector. The initiative was also created to support one of…
We Love Good Times brings you a hand picked and carefully selected guide to the best breakfast, brunch and bottomless brunch spots in Cheshire!
Let’s face it, we ALL love a good burger. Be it keeping it plain and simple with a hamburger; or going all out with a triple-burger-cheese-and-everything-else combo – you just can’t beat them! Living in Cheshire we are spoilt for…
I knew it was going to be good – but I had no idea it was going to be that good! I was lucky enough to be the very first diner, with the main man himself Chef Mike Robinson when…
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 your Essential Guide to the Best Roasts in Town –…
Historic photographs showing some of the earliest archaeological digs in Chester have been carefully restored and coloured as part of a new exhibition in the new Deva Roman Discovery Centre. The attraction, formerly known as Deva Roman Experience has changed…
For over 30 years Circus Starr has benefited so many vulnerable children in your community, and this year we need more help than ever. The Coronavirus pandemic has seen families throughout the UK go through so much, with many more…
Sometimes, you just fancy a bit of traditional …. Country hotel dining often feels a little bit stuffy – almost an after-thought in fact – with a very traditional, safe food offering – not-so-perfectly accompanied by a pretty boring wine…
Another Chester dining review and another fabulous, independent restaurant for WLGT to shout about! The Green House in Chester still feels pretty new to me. They’ve had a stop-start launch period as they first opened their doors last year (and…
Chester Food and Drink Festival organisers have today confirmed that the festival will go ahead on August Bank Holiday weekend this year. The news comes as a welcome break from the flurry of cancelled events caused by the extension of…
A brand new tourist attraction is celebrating after its first month of opening saw almost double the amount of visitors they had predicted come to the site. Sick to Death is a history of medicine and public health attraction set…
Picnic is a great quality, independent bar and restaurant which we should, as a city, be very proud of. It’s everything we look for in an independent. Understated, elegant, consistent and very good value for money. Owners Matthew and Justin…
Artezzan Restaurant and Bar, a brand-new Mediterranean concept will open its doors on Monday 21st June. Located on Pepper Street in Chester city centre the transformation of the old Las Iguanas site is nearing completion and Artezzan is promising to…
Chester is a-changing! Our high street is recovering in all sorts of wonderful ways, but its not just the city centre having fabulous new biz openings to shout about! As ever, WLGT has its finger well and truly on the pulse…
One of Chester’s longest established tourist attractions is set up undergo a major revamp following the sale of the business to another attraction operator. Dewa Roman Experience was established in the 1990s by local businessman Peter Dentith, who purchased the…
We went crazy for Alfresco Chester in that glorious sunshine! But lets face it, the weather ain’t been that great recently, so the return of indoor hospitality this week has been a very welcome step forwards on the UK roadmap….
Twelve years since he created Taste Cheshire, CEO and founder, Stephen Wundke is to stand down from that position and hand over the reins to the current General Manager, Briony Wilson. Stephen Wundke, who has been ever-present throughout the life…
Our High Street is changing. Whether it was on-the-change anyway and accelerated by the pandemic I’m not quite sure – but the love we all share for our independents is a welcome shift, and one that Chester is embracing whole…
It feels like such a special treat to dine outside with friends and family. And the fact that Spring has arrived and Summer is well on the way is an added bonus. And the really good news is that so…
Pepper Street is changing. One particular empty unit is just about to burst into life in a way it has never done before. If ever (like me) you have fancied a full-on Pan Asian experience, you’ve had to travel to…
The Hotel Chester has opened the Spring in Chester, so prepare yourselves to be well and truly WOWED by this stunning new Aparthotel located right in the heart of the city on Newgate Street. This tardis-like building has lain empty…
Artezzan Mediterranean Restaurant & Bar combines the exciting flavours of the Mediterranean with warm and friendly service, bringing back memories of visits to golden beaches and cobbled terraces. This brand new dining experience in the city centre has been designed…
Chef and restaurateur Mike Robinson is bringing his enthusiasm for British food and drink to Chester, with the opening of a new 70-seater restaurant, cocktail bar and private dining room, The Forge on May 19th. The Forge continues Robinson’s passion…
You would think all is fairly quiet on the restaurant front right now, but that is not the case. Its Michelin time in the culinary world – and that doesn’t stop for anything, a global pandemic or otherwise. So et’s…
So let’s talk about Carbonara. There’s the kind that’s served in regular run-of-the-mill British versions of Italian restaurants, and then there’s the proper kind. The kind you’ll find in a back street restaurant in Rome, full of locals talking passionately…
This summer Opera Duo Belle Voci are returning to Storyhouse Chester on the 18th June. Chester’s duo reached the Finals of ITV’s The Voice, have released two albums and a single that reached Classical No. 1. They have performed the…
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…
Rehearsing via zoom and then on the Storyhouse thrust stage and then outdoors in the park, productions of Merry Wives of Windsor, Pride and Prejudice and The Jungle Book open on Saturday 29 May and run until Sunday 30 August….
An Immersive Edutainment Family Experience with a Pre-historic Twist July 23rd – August 8th 2021 at Wythenshawe Park. Sign up today for 25% off pre-sale ticket release! This summer, from Friday 23rd July – Sunday 8th August 2021, the…
I absolutely love The Hollies Farm Shop – but it is so much more than just an award-winning farm shop. Whenever you arrive – no matter what time of day – it looks fabulous. Fully stocked shelves with beautiful produce…
Chester is at last back open for business! What a stunning city we have to reopen, and with some of the best open air experiences you’ll find for miles around! Our city makes the perfect base for an epic staycation…
Storyhouse’s Moonlight Flicks returns this summer with the largest and longest open-air season of cinema to date. The extended 2021 programme of big screen entertainment opens on the late May Bank Holiday weekend and will take place at three venues…
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…
Storyhouse is celebrating a return to live performance with the announcement of an exciting season of new shows which go on sale this week. Great music, dance, drama and comedy are all promised as part of the line-up which…
With traditional Easter Egg hunts off the agenda due to Covid restrictions, Chester BID has set up a lockdown friendly Easter trail for children across the city. It will launch on April 1st and run throughout the month. As schools…
Storyhouse have announced that its multi award-winning Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre is to go on immediate sale. Following the news of the government’s road map, Storyhouse have wasted no time in announcing plans for an extended season – meaning…
I have been involved in the food and drink industry since 1992, coming up for 30 years. I started Taste Cheshire just over 10 years ago with an aim to support local businesses, producers, wholesalers and retailers. Our goal was…
Storyhouse today announce a NEW LIVE streamed run of the acclaimed production of Strindberg’s Miss Julie will take place 9 – 17 April. Lockdown restrictions halted Storyhouse’s and New Earth Theatre’s plans to welcome a live audience to the show…
Rare Rothschild’s giraffe delivers her precious youngster from a height of 2m (6.5ft) onto soft straw Special moment male calf enters the world comes at the end of 15-month pregnancy for mum, Orla Leggy youngster already stands at 6ft tall…
Storyhouse reveal biggest ever Summer season as lockdown eases and urge customers to continue vital support. Storyhouse has today announced that they will present their biggest ever summer event programme with over 200 events taking place from May. The…
Recently, I met a fabulous lady. There are a number of amazing ladies in Chester doing amazing things – and I am so pleased that Rebecca Morgan-Brennan has taken on one of the most historic buildings in Chester city centre…
Following the latest Government announcement, it is with regret that we must make the difficult decision to further postpone the Taste Cheshire Food and Drink Festival 2021 to August Bank Holiday. This is not a decision made lightly and we…
There is a touch of Spring in the air and while we still can’t get out and enjoy our city as we’d desperately like to – we can of course still support our local restaurants, makers and bakers by ordering…
(written February 2020) What an absolute treat! A massive thank you to the Rack & Ruin Alpaca team for giving us the most incredible Alpaca Experience over the weekend at The Chester Fields Country Pub & Restaurant. We’ve always fancied…
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…
The funding has been awarded to Storyhouse’s award-winning programme that provides young people, including those who conventionally face barriers to employment, with work experience and a range of employability skills in the creative industries. Former participants of the course…
Chester’s New Market Launches Trader Recruitment Drive Applications from businesses looking to trade at Chester’s new indoor market are now being taken, currently under construction and due to open in summer 2022. Chester Market is beginning an exciting new chapter…
Despite Coronavirus crisis, Chester city centre had more openings than closures in 2020 – as the city identity shifts to ‘an independent’s landscape’. Chester BID launch an ‘’Independent Business Guide’ in response to dramatic change in city’s retail and hospitality…
OK. So here’s the thing. We’re in another National Lockdown. Whereas it’s no surprise, it’s still heartbreaking for all of our wonderful hospitality and independent businesses who have now been in turmoil for nearly a year. But as is always…
A huge thank you to Halliwell Jones for lending me a brand new fully electric MINI 3 door Hatch. It looks pretty smart with my WLGT branding – and it’s pretty damn quick too! There’s no denying that I’m a…
