From the Bullring to Bollywood

Explore the culinary delights around the Bullring, including local produce and luxury eats, before finishing at an award-winning Indian restaurant.

Theme
Food & Drink
Location
Bullring, Birmingham
Duration
5 hours 30 minutes
Designer
Barry Pickard

Experience

Start the tour by exploring the indoor and outdoor markets in the centre of Birmingham at the Bullring. Then rest your legs while enjoying a sumptuous traditional afternoon tea. Delight in the luxurious culinary offerings at two of Britain’s most prestigious food halls, before ending your day at the finest Indian dining in the Midlands.

Route

Bullring Open Market

The Bullring Open Market has 130 stalls of fresh fruit and vegetables, fabrics, household items and seasonal goods.

Bull Ring Indoor Market

Other specialties of the market include fresh meat and poultry, exotic fruit and vegetables, clothing, and a variety of household goods.

Browns Birmingham

Bright and airy, glass-fronted, Browns Birmingham perfectly blends the classic and the contemporary.

Selfridges - Food Hall

A selection of brands under the food hall roof to entice lovers of excellent cuisine.

Harvey Nichols Foodmarket

Luxury department store founded in 1831, showcasing an edited selection of the very finest food.

Pushkar

Sophisticated Indian restaurant serving the freshest ingredients with a mix of contemporary, traditional, and original ideas.

Practicalities

  • Note that afternoon tea is served at Browns Birmingham between 15:00 and 17:00

About

This route was designed by Barry Pickard in collaboration with Uptaste.

Barry Pickard

Specialising in European and North American destinations, as well as a number of other countries around the world, I have designed self-guided tours for city based visits; multi-stop road trips; family, group and couples vacations; as well as themed excursions. Experienced in designing walking tours, driving tours and robotaxi experiences. A history graduate, with a great eye for detail, my passion for travel and research has found its apogee in designing fun, interesting and thoughtful trips

https://www.tailormadeitineraries.com/

Uptaste

What is Uptaste? We’re something like a travel agency business (although we don’t sell flights or hotels). Instead, we specialise in finding the right place to eat, wherever and whenever you are, using location intelligence combined with expert and community curation. Uptaste destinations will rarely be restaurants; they’ll be shops, they’ll be street traders, they’ll be local markets, or some other easy-to-miss but hard-to-forget place.

https://www.uptaste.com