Exeter’s ASK restaurant replaced by new bar On 8 December, Exeter’s former ASK Italian restaurant reopened as No.5, a new restaurant and cocktail lounge. The Grade I listed building, situated on Cathedral Green and dates back to the 16th century, has been taken over by Linda and Charles Horner, the founders of Exeter’s popular gin […]
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A student guide to the best independent cafes and bars in Exeter
Sofia Gallucci-Giles gives us the lowdown on Exeter’s indie food and drink locations to check out this term.
Magic comes to Gandy Street
Friday 25th August will witness the opening of a Harry Potter themed bar, The Cauldron Inn, on none other than Exeter’s Gandy Street, rumoured to be the inspiration for Diagon Alley. The bar, opened by the Exeter based Novelty Bar Company Ltd, will take over four floors and include themed rooms and an app which guests […]
Don’t judge a book by its cover
To the untrained eye, The Book Cover is (no pun intended) exactly what it says on the cover. Bookish, elusive; antiquated-to all intents and purposes, it’s a book shop only Dickens himself could have envisioned. However, cloaked behind the bookshelves, the curtains, and enigmatic librarian Mrs Lebowski emerges a cocktail bar plucked straight from an […]