Restaurant begins search for Formby’s most needy sporting talent

December 18th, 2008

Restaurant begins search for Formby’s most needy sporting talent

FORMBY restaurant The Gallery Bar and Grill has begun its own X-factor style search for the area’s most needy sporting talent as part of a new sponsorship competition.

The restaurant, based in Halsall Lane, is looking to provide kit sponsorship for a worthy local sports team, or teams, across football, rugby and cricket.

Now the restaurant has launched its Formby Sports Idols competition to find the teams it believes are most deserving of new kit.

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Restaurant’s homage to Daniel Craig with new cocktail

October 27th, 2008

Restaurant’s homage to Daniel Craig with new cocktail

He’s known for liking his Vodka Martinis shaken not stirred, but a Liverpool restaurant is hoping a new mixture will become James Bond’s favourite tipple.

The Gallery Bar and Grill, has created a new cocktail, named The Daniel Craig, in honour of the Chester-born, Wirral-raised film star, who this week gets his second outing as Britain’s most famous secret agent.

The Gallery is serving up the drink and six other Bond-themed cocktails ahead of Friday’s national release of Quantum of Solace.

The drinks have been devised by The Gallery’s manager, mixologist and Bond-fan Steve Rice, who has written to the film star inviting him to come along and sample the drink that bears his name.

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Children cook up Christmas scenes for festive menu

October 21st, 2008

Children cook up Christmas scenes for festive menu

School children from St Luke’s primary school in Formby got a chance to wear their ‘art’ on a sleeve of a different kind at The Gallery Bar and Grill.

The Gallery’s manager, Steve Rice, approached the school to see if its children would come up with a design for the front cover of the restaurant’s Christmas menu.

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