The new food hall in the Jewellery Quarter features seven of Birmingham’s best independent restaurants under one roof
Saint Paul’s Market(Image: Saint Paul’s Market)
A new 10,000sq ft food hall containing seven of the city’s most beloved independent restaurants has revealed its opening date and full line-up.
Saint Paul’s Market will open its doors on Friday, September 26 and will feature two bars and 500 seats under a giant discoball as well as seven of the city’s best traders.
The market will be on Mary Ann Street in the Jewellery Quarter and is the brainchild of Independent Birmingham, Baltic Market and street food legends Buddha Belly.
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Buddha Belly’s Stirchley restaurant Soi 1268 will have one of the seven spots in the hall, serving up its famous massaman and dishes that took owner Sai Deethwa to MasterChef.
The other traders have been confirmed as fellow Stirchley hotspot Chancer’s, who will be serving fried chicken and beignets, bao specialists Tiger Bites Pig, Colbeh, who specialise in Persian meats and small plates cooked over fire, LA-POP, known for its customiseable gelato ice creams and cheesecake pops and Indian restaurant Zindiya.
A CGI view from the mezzanine(Image: Saint Paul’s Market)
Corner Shop is the final trader, serving its Detroit-style pizzas.
The two-storey venue will have a mezzanine floor.
It’s been a big month for food hall news in Birmingham. Society opened up by Snow Hill at the start of the month, a concept already popular in Manchester and which brought some of its Manchester vendors with it when it arrived.
Down in Digbeth, it was revealed that Boxpark, which had been granted planning permission in the old industrial arches, was no longer planning a Birmingham launch.
Perhaps Birmingham’s most famous food hall, Hockley Social – the creation of Digbeth Dining Club – will close at the end of this year.
The venue, which helped kick-start Buddha Belly, will shut on New Year’s Eve.
When it opens, Saint Paul’s Market will be the only city centre food hall featuring only home-grown culinary talent.
Every vendor will have cut its teeth in Birmingham.