Bakers & Co, Gloucester Road

Bakers & Co
193 Gloucester Road, Bristol, BS7 8BG
http://bakersbristol.co.uk/

I have been itching to sample Bakers & Co since it opened and on Saturday whilst strolling down to town for the Bristol Food Connections Festival I got my chance. We wanted a stop off for something to tide us over for a little while whilst leaving room for lots of tasting at the festival and for the first time there were some empty tables when I peeked in, so we took advantage.

The building Bakers & Co have taken over used to be a clothes shop which had been operating on Gloucester Road since I was a teenager. I was sad to see the demise of a Gloucester Road institution but it seems to have been replaced by another. The clever use of sunny bright yellow in both the sign and the awning invites you in to sample the San Francisco style brunch which uses most of my favourite foods especially eggs and chorizo.

When you enter the building you are greeted by a mouthwatering display of cakes and other treats and the room is packed with differing sizes tables which are brightened up by light streaming through the windows in the ceiling. Everything looks crisp and fresh.

We took a seat near the back of the building and salivated over the menu. We decided to share a bakers eggs which was slow cooked tomato and spinach with nuggets of spicy chorizo and topped with two small poached eggs. Alongside a refreshing lemonade and zingy orange juice.
Although we had to wait quite a while to get served, once our order was taken the food was served very swiftly. Most dishes seem to be served in large terracotta dishes which suited the variety of "stews" Bakers serve. The Bakers eggs dish was delicious and the only comment we could think to improve the dish would be to have the chorizo cut up so that the flavour could be more absorbed by the tomato stew, but that was a very minor point.

Our visit was marred slightly as our poor pooch was feeling very under the weather and we ended up not really staying and absorbing as much as we would have liked. But we saw and tasted enough to warrant a return visit!

Bakers & Co already seems like it's been on Gloucester Road forever, and hopefully it will stay for a long time. We really hope that some outside tables might appear soon to take advantage in soaking up the Gloucester Road atmosphere and sunshine.