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                <title>Cafe Maitreya</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This place covers a range of organic, veggie and vegan foods; with many of the courses being experimental and *always* worth it. You can pick something random and it will amaze you. Excellent friendly service, this place is always busy and once you've been there you'll understand.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Lockside</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Once a trucker's stop-off under the Cumberland Basin flyover. After a makeover it's become somewhere to have a coffee by the water's edge with a panoramic view of the Suspension Bridge and the ostentatious Clifton terraces. For engineering fans it's possible to walk to Brunel's original 19th century lock which made the floating harbour possible. It now sits unused beneath the flyover.]]></description>
                
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                <title>CREATE Centre</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A giant redbrick warehouse sitting between the River Avon and the entrance to the floating harbour in the Cumberland Basin. It's home to environmental think-tanks and the City Council's sustainable development unit. It has a gallery and cafe open to the public. The best part of the centre is the attached Ecohome which anyone is welcome to nose around.]]></description>
                
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                <title>one3o</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Another reason to visit Stokes Croft. As you come in through the door there's a lounge bar area with a good selection of Spanish &amp; Portuguese beers. Towards the back is the restaurant area. Their tapas is imaginative and well prepared.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Bordeaux Quay</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Bristol has greedily twinned herself with a host of cities, Oporto, Hannover, Tbilisi in Georgia, Beira in Mozambique, Guangzhou in China and Puerto Morazan in Nicaragua. Acknowledging the French connection is this ambitious venture which sets out to change attitudes towards food. Within the large dockside premises is a restaurant, deli, cafe, bakery and a cookery school. The food is conscientiously sourced mostly from within a 50 mile radius and is magnificent. Foodie paradise.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Attic</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[An acronym for All The Tea In China. This is a cafe inspired by visits to San Francisco and by a desire to 'make tea sexy.' They have an array of fresh teas that aren't straight out of a Twining's box bought at the supermarket. All the teas are for sale from the shop to take home. They also cater for coffee lovers.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Bocacina</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Deli cousin of across town Brasilian restaurant Bocanova. Good fresh coffee in the day, then during the evenings it sells extremely good pizzas with names like Zico, Bahia Picante and Carioca. Beleza.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Blue Juice</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Juice bar that seems to be predominantly staffed by the oh so chirpy members of local ska band Babyhead. Açai smoothies as well as black bean &amp; cheese burritos are the order of the day.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Cafe Kino</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Commendable co-op that does good coffee as well as vegetarian and vegan food. All ingredients are organic or sourced locally making this an ethical, guilt-free place to eat. Sadly, there's not a single 'Now' compilation in their jukebox.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Paintworks</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A trio of brightly coloured rooftop cubes make it easy to find. The rejuvenation of this formerly dilapidated Victorian paint and varnish factory is a fine example of urban renewal. It's now an ever evolving hub of studios with an art gallery on-site. There's also the Brasilian Bocabar providing good food and drink to reward you for a trip off the beaten track.]]></description>
                
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                <title>La Ruca</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Run by a Chilean family, this is a deli with an emphasis on Fairtrade and organic produce. Upstairs there's a small cafe where on Monday nights you can go to practice your Spanish with latinos living in the area.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Goldbrick House</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Inside it looks as though the proprietors paid a visit to the Lord Chancellor's residence and liked the wallpaper. Decor aside, Goldbrick House has had a great deal of time, effort and thought put into it and is a nice place to eat and drink. Noteworthy is the balcony on the top floor looking out onto leafy Brandon Hill to one side and down into the city on the other.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Boston Tea Party</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Surely one for our American friends? Relaxed cafe appropriately housed in a Georgian terrace on trendy Park Street. There's a tiered garden out the back and sofas upstairs. Regional cooking done on site and the coffee ain't bad neither.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Watershed</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Cinema housed in former industrial premises with 3 screens showing the best in independent and foreign film. The programme is persistently strong and it plays host to a number of film festivals throughout the year, including the widely praised Brief Encounters short film festival. If film isn't your thing then the Watershed has a superb Cafe/Bar and free wireless connection for laptop boffins.]]></description>
                
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                <title>St Werburghs City Farm</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Right in the heart of the city St Werburghs is a unique neighbourhood which down the years has attracted hippies, travellers and artists to live there. Entry to the farm is free. There is a range of livestock, a community garden, an adventure playground, a farm shop and a cafe which Gaudi appears to have been let loose on. Adjacent to the cafe is The Farm pub where on Sunday nights Dj Derek plays from his consummate reggae selection and chats away to the crowd in his Jamaican patois.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Arnolfini</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Dockside contemporary art centre built into a 19th century warehouse. Attached to the galleries is a cinema and an impressively stocked specialist bookshop. The provocative cafe bar, designed by artist Bruce McLean, has seating outdoors perfect for summertime. Next to the outdoor seating is a sculpture of Italian explorer John Cabot looking longingly to the harbour's exit and out to the sea beyond.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Tobacco Factory</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Downstairs there is a bar and cafe with a decent menu to choose from and bean bags to recline in. Upstairs there is exhibition space for artists and a theatre. On the third Sunday of every month there is an ever popular market selling local and organic produce. Architect George Ferguson's salvage and renovation of this building has done a great deal to revive this part of south Bristol. A great place to visit for those with an interest in urban regeneration or who may just fancy a bevvy.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Kebele Cafe</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Easton is a free spirited neighbourhood. Reflecting the outlook of the community is Kebele, a social centre that began life as an anarchist squat. It shows films, has a library, internet access and runs a bike workshop. Open from 6pm on Sundays, the hub is the cafe where you can engage in political and philosophical discussion to your hearts content. The food is vegan and the coffee is all from the Zapatista region of Mexico.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Grant Bradley Gallery</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This building had previously been Bedminster library, donated to the city in 1914 by George Wills off the back of profits made by his tobacco company. The books have moved next door and in their place is a spacious gallery with a cafe.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The One On The Corner</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Cafe loved by Bristol's Spanish community. Their coffee beans are Fairtrade and there's outdoor seating for all your people watching needs.]]></description>
                
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