"Where else can you see your friends, get a pint, have an amazing meal, see free live music, and stay for the night, without leaving the building?" It's hard to believe that such a place exists in Bristol, or indeed anywhere in the UK, but Clifton is home to a pub that has it all.
The Alma Tavern on Alma Vale Road was taken over by landlord Toby Bywater who breathed new life into the building in August 2017. Toby moved down to Bristol to train staff in Raymond Blanc's restaurant in Cabot Circus, leading him to launch his own restaurant in Stokes Croft in the early 2010s.
"I left Stokes Croft because they smashed my restaurant up a fortnight apart during the riots. The insurance company wouldn't pay up because police refused to call it a riot," Toby explained.
