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Everyman Bistro
INTERNATIONAL Located beneath the Everyman
Theatre, this is Liverpool's eating institution—a canteen-style affair attracting every-
one from students and academics to local celebs with its fair prices and eclectic
choice of dishes. The menu changes twice daily, but look out for the likes of “lamb
scouse” with beetroot and red cabbage, or smoked haddock, horseradish, and pea
fishcakes with citrus mayonnaise, and chocolate chip and whiskey pudding with
bramble compôte. There are also pizzas, quiches, and salads.
5-9 Hope St., Liverpool.
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0151/708-9545.
www.everyman.co.uk. Main courses £7.50-£8.95. MC, V.
Mon-Thurs 11:45am-midnight, Fri 11:45am-2am, Sat 11am-2am.
Host
ASIAN FUSION Another thrilling addition to Liverpool's fast-
changing eating scene, this 1950s-inspired dining room near Liverpool Cathedral
offers Thai-, Chinese-, and Japanese-style nibbles, small plates and big plates, plus
cocktails, making it a great place for a convivial meal with friends (the bench seating
and some long communal tables militate against romance). Standout dishes include
seared beef and curried pickled eggplant salad with chili and thai basil dressing, and
hoi sin belly pork with peanut Asian slaw and coconut rice. The highly original des-
serts are almost scandalously good: Think chocolate and chili brownie, Ovaltine
brûlée with chocolate and banana spring roll, and blossom berry tea jelly with plums,
blueberries, and coconut sorbet.
31 Hope St., Liverpool.
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0151/708-5831.
www.ho-st.co.uk. Reservations recommended. Main courses
£8.25-£11. MC, V. Daily 11am-11pm.
Lunya
SPANISH This Catalan fusion restaurant and deli in an 18th-
century warehouse on the edge of the Liverpool One mall (p. 588) is a multiaward-
winning addition to the city's eating scene. Recipes, ideas, and ingredients from Spain
and the U.K. are brought together in exciting tapas dishes; it's hard to narrow down the
field from the vast menu, but we can vouch for the pork belly in almond milk, and the
Joselito Ibérico Bellota ham with baby figs. You can also get paella. This is a great place
to bring kids, who get an excellent menu of child-friendly tapas including homemade
meatballs,
patatas bravas
,
croquetas
, Spanish omelet, and, to round it off, homemade
churros
sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar, to dunk into extra-thick hot chocolate.
Alternatively, the chefs will rustle up pretty much anything a fussy child might demand.
Lunch (noon-5pm) is great value, with three tapas dishes with bread or a three-course
set menu and drink for less than £10 or hot and cold sandwiches and a soup of the day.
Lunya is also a great place to come for an unusual breakfast. The monthly Gourmet
Night offers a six-course menu paired with top-notch wines, featuring the likes of pig's
trotter escudella with lavender-syrup-coated Southport brown shrimp.
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Eating in Liverpool's Museums & Galleries
Some of Liverpool's best eateries are set
in its cultural venues: The World Muse-
um's cafe is awful, but we do recommend
the
Maritime Dining Rooms
(
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0151/
478-4056;
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.
uk) at the
Merseyside Maritime Museum,
as well as the
Tate Liverpool Café
(
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0151/702-7400;
www.tate.org.uk)
and
Upstairs Bistro
(
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0151/702-7783;
www.thebluecoat.org.uk) at The Blue-
coat. All have kids' menus.
