The Bull Ring is a major shopping area in central Birmingham England,and has been an important feature of Birmingham since the Middle Ages,when its market was first held. Two shopping centres have been built in the area;in the 1960s,and then in 2003;the latter is styled as one word,Bullring. When coupled with Grand Central it forms the United Kingdom's largest city centre based shopping centre,styled as Bullring &Grand Central.
Brindleyplace is a large mixed-use canalside development,in the Westside district of Birmingham,England. It was named after Brindley Place,the name of the street around which it is built. It was developed by the Argent Group from 1993 onwards.
The Custard Factory is a creative and digital business workspace complex,including independent shops,cafes and bars,on the site of what was the Bird's Custard factory off High Street,Deritend,in the Digbeth area of central Birmingham,England.
Mailbox Birmingham is a mixed-use development located within the city centre of Birmingham,England. It houses British luxury department store chain Harvey Nichols,and the BBC Birmingham studios.
Red Lobster Hospitality LLC is an American casual dining restaurant chain headquartered in Orlando,Florida. The company has operations across most of the United States and Canada,as well as in China,Ecuador,Hong Kong,Japan,Malaysia,Mexico,Philippines,Turkey and the United Arab Emirates;as of June 23,2020,the company had 719 locations worldwide. Golden Gate Capital became Red Lobster's parent company when it was acquired from Darden Restaurants on July 28,2014. Seafood supplier Thai Union acquired a 25 percent stake in the company in 2016 for a reported $575 million,and in 2020 purchased the remaining portion from GGC.
Darden Restaurants,Inc. is an American multi-brand restaurant operator headquartered in Orlando,Florida. As of May 2023,the firm owns three fine dining restaurant chains:Ruth’s Chris Steak House,Eddie V's and The Capital Grille;and six casual dining restaurant chains:Olive Garden Italian Restaurant,LongHorn Steakhouse,Bahama Breeze,Seasons 52,Yard House and Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen. Until July 28,2014,Darden also owned Red Lobster. Darden has more than 1,800 restaurant locations and more than 175,000 employees,making it the world's largest full-service restaurant company.
Five Ways is an area of Central Birmingham,England. It takes its name from a major road junction,now a busy roundabout to the south-west of the city centre which lies at the outward end of Broad Street,where the Birmingham Middle ring road crosses the start of the A456.
The Big City Plan is a major development plan for the city centre of Birmingham,England.
As with any large town or city,food and drink has played an important role in the commerce and culture of Birmingham,England.
The Bartons Arms is a public house in the High Street in the Newtown area of Aston,Birmingham,England.
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David is a multi-campus university with three main campuses in South West Wales,in Carmarthen,Lampeter and Swansea,a fourth campus in London,England,and learning centres in Cardiff,Wales,and Birmingham,England.
The Dux de Lux,originally called Llanmaes,was a popular beer garden and restaurant in Christchurch,New Zealand,that was part of the Arts Centre.
The Birmingham Gay Village is an LGBT district next to the Chinese Quarter in Birmingham city centre,centred along Hurst Street,which hosts many LGBT-friendly businesses. The village is visited by thousands of people every week and has a thriving night life featuring clubs,sports bars,cocktail bars,cabaret bars and shops,with most featuring live entertainment including music,dancing and drag queens.
Aktar Islam is a multiple award-winning English Michelin starred chef,restaurateur and entrepreneur. He left the Lasan Group in 2016 to work on his new,flagship project,Opheem,and launched his new Italian restaurant,Legna,in winter 2018. His new group of restaurants concentrate on celebration of ingredients and are dedicated to gastronomy. Both Opheem and Legna have opened to critical acclaim and Opheem received its first Michelin star in October 2019. Opheem is the first and,as of 2023,only Michelin-starred Indian restaurant in the UK outside of London. Islam opened another restaurant in March 2020,Pulperia,an Argentine restaurant built around the celebration of beef and has gone on to become the only Michelin listed Steakhouse restaurant in Birmingham before permanently closing in September 2022.
Robert Wiedmaier is a West German-born,Belgian American chef. He owns multiple restaurants in and around Washington,D.C. and is known for creating dishes involving Belgian cuisine,specifically mussels.
Lasan is an Indian restaurant located in St Paul's Square,Jewellery Quarter,Birmingham,England,and was co-founded by Aktar Islam and Jabbar Khan in 2002. In 2009,it became the first Indian restaurant in the United Kingdom to be selected as the "Best Local Restaurant" by Gordon Ramsay on Channel 4's The F Word.
Paradise,formerly named Paradise Circus,is the name given to an area of approximately 7 hectares in Birmingham city centre between Chamberlain and Centenary Squares. The area has been part of the civic centre of Birmingham,England since the 19th century when it contained buildings such as the Town Hall,Mason Science College,Birmingham and Midland Institute buildings and Central Library. The site was redeveloped from 1960 to 1975 into the present Paradise Circus based within a roundabout on the Inner Ring Road system containing a new Central Library and School of Music. From 2015,Argent Group will redevelop the area into new mixed use buildings and public squares.
Wesleyan Assurance Society is a financial services mutual that provides advice and products to select professional groups –notably GPs,hospital doctors,dentists,teachers and lawyers.
Princes House is an office and residential building in the centre of Brighton,part of the English coastal city of Brighton and Hove. The prominently sited building,an example of Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel's "inimitable response to Modernism",was purpose-built as the headquarters of the Brighton &Sussex Building Society,forerunner of the Alliance &Leicester. The office was later used by Norwich Union,another financial institution,and now houses a restaurant and flats. The steel-framed structure is clad in red bricks with inlaid mosaicwork,forming a carefully detailed façade,and the corner elevation has an arrangement of brickwork and windows which suggests "the pleated folds of a curtain". The building is listed at Grade II for its architectural and historical importance.
ZZ's Clam Bar was a seafood restaurant in New York City. The restaurant,run by Major Food Group,was on the same street as their restaurant Carbone. ZZ's Clam Bar received a Michelin star in 2014,and retained the rating until 2022. The restaurant closed in 2023.
