Where Bristol shops, snacks and lunches: the markets worth your morning.
Food markets, farmers markets and covered halls: where Bristol shops, snacks and lunches.
St Nicholas Market has traded under the Exchange since 1743 and now packs Bristol's densest lunch mile into its Glass Arcade and covered halls.
Go for: Lunch, Falafel, Curry, Dumplings
Tip: Come hungry between 12:00 and 14:00 when every stall is firing, or at 09:30 to browse the indoor traders in peace.
The Tobacco Factory Sunday Market fills the old factory yard on Raleigh Road with about 60 stalls of producers, bakers and street food weekly.
Go for: Producers, Street food, Bakes
Tip: Bring reusable tubs, the food traders happily fill them; brunch at the cafe bar bookends the browse.
Cargo stacks about 45 independents into converted shipping containers at Wapping Wharf, Bristol's harbourside village of counters, taprooms and kitchens.
Go for: Harbour dining, Independents, Tacos, Seafood
Tip: Treat it like a grazing crawl: snacks at one container, mains at another, gelato from Swoon to finish.
The Street Food Market spills St Nicholas Market's traders onto Corn Street and Wine Street on first Fridays, Bristol's open-air lunch hour.
Go for: Street food, Lunch
Tip: It only happens on the first Friday of each month; arrive by 12:15 before the office queues form.
The Bristol Indies' Market runs six days a week beside St Nicholas Market, an outdoor line of local makers and small food traders on Corn Street.
Go for: Makers, Gifts, Snacks
Tip: Pair it with the covered market next door; outdoor stalls change daily so no two visits match.
Bristol Sweet Mart has anchored St Marks Road since 1978, a family-run Easton institution stocking over 9,000 products, spices and a curry deli.
Go for: Spices, World groceries, Indian sweets, Deli
Tip: Come hungry: the deli counter's daily curries and Indian sweets turn a grocery run into lunch.
Better Food's St Werburghs flagship stocks organic, local and ethical produce with its own cafe, the community grocer of Bristol's food movement.
Go for: Organic produce, Local suppliers, Cafe
Tip: The in-store cafe runs to early evening; Wapping Wharf, Whiteladies and Gloucester Road branches shop the same shelves.
The Cheese Connection curates South West and British artisan cheese from a Cargo 2 container, Bristol's harbourside cheesemonger with tasting events.
Go for: Artisan cheese, South West cheeses, Platters
Tip: Order a platter to eat on the wharf; the counter leans hard into Somerset and West Country wheels.
Clifton Seafood Company lands next-day South Coast fish at a Cargo 2 counter, the fishmonger arm of Bristol's harbourside container village.
Go for: Fresh fish, South Coast seafood, Fish boxes
Tip: Rozzy and Sam post the day's catch on Instagram; Friday morning is the best spread of the week.
The Bristol Christmas Market fills Broadmead from early November each winter with chalet stalls, festive street food and the Jager barn's mulled drinks.
Go for: Mulled cider, Festive food, Gifts
Tip: Go on a weekday evening for lights without the crush; the mulled Somerset cider beats the gluhwein.