{"id":471445,"date":"2025-10-03T15:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/471445\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T15:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:56:12","slug":"huge-new-food-hall-is-landing-in-one-of-the-coolest-neighbourhoods-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/471445\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge New Food Hall Is Landing in One of the Coolest Neighbourhoods in Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Digbeth<\/a> in Birmingham is already cool. It\u2019s so cool, in fact, that\u00a0it made it on Time Out\u2019s\u00a0list of the coolest neighbourhoods in the world<\/a>\u00a0for 2025. As Brum\u2019s creative quarter (and Irish quarter), it\u2019s got indie shops, arty cafes and late-night spots aplenty. One of its central landmarks is the historic Custard Factory, a warehouse originally built to to produce Bird\u2019s Custard in 1906. Now, Digbeth could get even cooler as that landmark is being transformed into a vast new food hall named Alfred Works (named after custard powder inventor Alfred Bird).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some locals may remember that\u00a0Boxpark was supposed to open<\/a>\u00a0in Custard Works after plans were approved last year,\u00a0but in September it was revealed it would no longer be going ahead. Award-winning food hall operator Blend Family is taking charge of the space instead.<\/p>\n

Blend Family\u00a0plans to launch a 17,500 sq ft venue with 15 kitchens, an outdoor courtyard, social gaming, a\u00a0kids\u00a0play area with a sand pit and a further 10,000 sq ft of indoor\/outdoor events space. It already operates sites in Sheffield, Salford Quays, and is currently working on another brand new hall in London, next to Tower Bridge.<\/a>\u00a0The Digbeth food hall will be its biggest yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So far, we know that\u00a0Birmingham\u2019s new venue\u00a0will house the second outpost of Blend Family\u2019s Culinary Foundation Kitchen, which aims to tackle food poverty, and the third branch of The Cream Store, an independent clothing brand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Matt Bigland, Blend Family\u2019s CEO, said: \u2018Alfred Works is built for Birmingham. By the people, for the people. It\u2019s a space where kids can play, friends can gather, and stories can be shared over a pint or a plate. We\u2019re building more than a food hall. We\u2019re building a home.\u2019<\/p>\n

An exact opening date for the new food hall hasn\u2019t been announced yet, but watch this space.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The best restaurants in Birmingham for 2025<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke \u2013 from news and reviews to events and trends. Just\u00a0<\/strong>follow our Time Out London WhatsApp channel<\/a><\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stay in the loop: sign up to our\u00a0<\/strong>free Time Out London newsletter<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for the best of the city, straight to your inbox.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Digbeth in Birmingham is already cool. It\u2019s so cool, in fact, that\u00a0it made it on Time Out\u2019s\u00a0list of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,6419,393,4884,6420,6417,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-471445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-categories-things-to-do","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-news-city-life","14":"tag-things-to-do","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115311056275913190","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}