Friday
- Evening
Lasan
Indian · $$$ · Jewellery QuarterOpen the weekend here — Aktar Islam's elevated regional Indian — Gordon Ramsay's pick.
Why this pick- ·A first-time-in-town essential
- ·Dinner-grade kitchen worth lingering at
- ·Keeps you in Jewellery Quarter — short walk from your other stops
Saturday
- MorningBrindleyplace CanalsOutdoors · Brindleyplace
Waterside bars, museums and narrowboats to Gas Street Basin.
Why this pick- ·A first-time-in-town essential
- ·Best early — lighter crowds before noon
- ·Keeps you in Brindleyplace — short walk from your other stops
- Lunch
Otto Wood-Fired Pizza
Pizza · $$ · JQSourdough Neapolitan pies in a converted Georgian.
Why this pick- ·A first-time-in-town essential
- ·Strong lunch option, quick enough to keep the day moving
- ·Keeps you in JQ — short walk from your other stops
- AfternoonBirmingham Museum & Art GalleryCulture · Chamberlain Square
Pre-Raphaelite paintings and the Staffordshire Hoard.
Why this pick- ·A first-time-in-town essential
- ·Holds up in the afternoon energy lull
- ·Keeps you in Chamberlain Square — short walk from your other stops
- Evening
Original Patty Men
Burgers · $ · DigbethSmash burgers, mac & cheese and craft beer in a railway arch.
Why this pick- ·A first-time-in-town essential
- ·Dinner-grade kitchen worth lingering at
- ·Keeps you in Digbeth — short walk from your other stops
Sunday
- MorningBullring & New StreetCulture · City Centre
Selfridges blob and Grand Central glass roof above New Street station.
Why this pick- ·A first-time-in-town essential
- ·Best early — lighter crowds before noon
- ·Keeps you in City Centre — short walk from your other stops
- AfternoonJewellery QuarterCulture · JQ
Still-working goldsmiths, gin bars and Georgian terraces.
Why this pick- ·A first-time-in-town essential
- ·Holds up in the afternoon energy lull
- ·Keeps you in JQ — short walk from your other stops
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