Bull Ring, Birmingham: Difference between revisions

The shopping centre's design has both its admirers and detractors. In 2008, a poll conducted in conjunction with ''[[SimCity Creator]]'' stated that Bullring was the ugliest building in the country,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/birmingham-named-uks-ugliest-city-963311.html?startindex=50 |title=Birmingham named UK's ugliest city |date=16 October 2008 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |access-date=1 November 2008 |location=London |archive-date=10 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210124010/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/birmingham-named-uks-ugliest-city-963311.html?startindex=50 |url-status=live }}</ref> although the poll has been criticised.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.channel4.com/4homes/2008/10/14/dubious-list-of-uks-ugliest-buildings-released/ |title=Dubious List of UK's Ugliest Buildings Released |last=Payne |first=Rich |date=14 October 2008 |publisher=4Homes (Channel 4) |access-date=1 November 2008 |archive-date=10 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210170210/http://blogs.channel4.com/4homes/2008/10/14/dubious-list-of-uks-ugliest-buildings-released/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

 

On 6 September 2010, plans were announced for a {{convert|20000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} expansion with the creation of three new restaurant units totalling around {{convert|10000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} in St Martins Square with the existing [[Pizza Hut]] and [[Nandos]] to be extended out closer to St Martins Church and thus expanded. The new restaurants are 'Browns Bar & Brasserie' and 'Chaobaby', opening their first restaurants in Birmingham in the larger two of the units closest to Jamies Italian. The third unit, closest to Selfridges is home to '[[Handmade Burger Co]]'. In addition to the existing [[Nandos]], [[Wagamama]], [[Pizza Hut]], [[Jamie Oliver|Jamie's Italian]] and 'Mount Fuiji'. this has created a hub of seven restaurants named after the traditional Spiceal Street. Construction of the part indoor, part outdoor development commenced in March 2011 and consists of a glass, wooden and aluminium exterior and "ribbon" effect roof. The award-winning Spiral Cafe that was once sited here has been relocated off-site. The new Spiceal Street opened on 24 November 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.browsebullring.co.uk/food-news/spiceal-street-at-bullring/|title=Spiceal Street|access-date=6 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130165135/http://www.browsebullring.co.uk/food-news/spiceal-street-at-bullring/|archive-date=30 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since then, Jamie's Italian closed after the company went into administration in May 2019, and Handmade Burger Co would suffer them same fate 8 months later in January 2020, later to be replaced by Vietnamese Street Kitchen.