Food and Drink

Aerial view of the Patti Pavilion with its curved green roof in Victoria Park, Swansea, with the St Helen's ground, Mumbles Road and the beach behind
hospitality

PATTI PAVILION: Swansea’s 1920 seafront hall to open seven days a week, with an eye on the St Helen’s crowd

No ticket needed: The Patti says it is getting a new look, new seating, drinks offers and a student discount,…

A bartender garnishes two cocktails on a dark bar in front of a lit back bar of bottles at a Cosy Club venue
Beaujolais Day

SWANSEA: Hidden terrazzo floor uncovered at the old Pandora’s as Cosy Club opens its books for Beaujolais Day

The marble floor under decades of nightclub coverings will take centre stage when the Exchange Buildings venue opens. The first…

A volunteer carries a box of meals into the Goods Shed in Llanelli, under a sign reading Sied Nwyddau Goods Shed
Antioch Centre

LLANELLI: Home-cooked meals for £2 from a freezer at the town’s old railway goods shed

It’s pay what you can, with meatballs, stews and lasagne cooked from scratch by volunteers. The freezer is open four…

The glass and stone frontage of Westminster Magistrates Court in London, with the royal coat of arms above the entrance
animal cruelty

CARMARTHEN: Three men charged with conspiring to supply unfit meat after food crime investigation

Two of them also face an animal cruelty charge. All seven defendants are due at Southwark Crown Court next month.

Three long hot dogs in cardboard trays seen from above, one with pickles and spring onion, one with crispy onions, ketchup and mustard, one with red chilli and sesame seeds
Albert Hall

SWANSEA: He fell for New York’s hot dog stands. On Friday he opens his own in the Albert Hall

The Dog House has been turning heads from a spray-painted truck. Now it’s getting a permanent counter on Cradock Street,…

A performer in a chef's hat and false moustache holding a red and green umbrella, in a costume that makes him look like he is riding a giant chicken, on a wet Neath street with stalls behind
Cllr Cen Phillips

NEATH: Food festival back for both days this year, after Storm Amy stole last year’s Saturday

Free, in the town centre, 10am to 5.30pm today and tomorrow, with more than 40 stalls across five streets. Gower…

Alcohol on shop shelf
Alcohol

ALCOHOL: Cheapest booze goes up 30% in Wales from today, and the deaths it was meant to stop are at a record

The minimum price of a unit rises from 50p to 65p from Thursday. Ministers say it will save hundreds of…

People in white protective suits examining the burnt-out kitchen at Verdi's in Mumbles, with scorched walls, ceiling and steel counters
featured

MUMBLES: Verdi’s aims for an Easter return, but the owner warns it could be summer

Insurers have accepted liability for July's fire at the Knab Rock café and the hunt is on for a contractor…

A smiling man and woman in Christmas shirts lean over a table of Gower Gin bottles in front of a North Pole backdrop, with a Small Drinks Producer of the Year award plaque
Business

CARMARTHEN: Food wholesaler heads for a record £75m year as Gower Gin’s ‘Baby Guinness’ liqueur makes its Christmas brochure

Harlech Foodservice, which supplies pubs, restaurants, schools and hospitals from its Carmarthen depot, says festive pre-orders are up 1,100% in…

Crowds standing and sitting on grass at a street food festival, with food trucks and gazebos behind them and trees in the background
Big Food Festival

SWANSEA: Free street food festival back on Museum Green next weekend, with 20 traders and no two selling the same thing

Big Food Festival runs from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 September at Museum Green, next to the National Waterfront Museum.…

Three people smiling and holding a small gold fork-shaped Great Taste trophy in front of a sponsor board
Fire and Ice Narberth

NARBERTH: Fire and Ice’s passion fruit sorbet is the best thing made in Wales this year

The small-batch sorbet that took three Great Taste stars at Fire and Ice's first entry in six years has now…