by John Stapleton | May 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
The time has come to return to our roots; the pop-up kitchen is back! From 8 June, our small but perfectly formed kitchen will be showcasing some of Birmingham’s finest food traders and restaurateurs with bi-monthly residencies, bringing you a taste of the second...
by John Stapleton | Sep 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
The last days of summer were marked in traditional style with Deep Tempo Disco. Autumn formally began on 12 September with the return of our roasts. Quality and variety distinguish our taps as well as our kitchen. In these senses, normality is returning. But we’ve all...
by John Stapleton | Nov 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
This is the city of one thousand trades and 1000 Trades has always backed Birmingham with all that we have. To support you during lockdown, we are making our booze available on a click & collect basis: draught beer, bottles & cans plus natural wine on tap....
by John Stapleton | Sep 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, the prime minster announced that pubs must: Close by 10pm Only operate with table service No problem, that is how we have done things since reopening. “From 4 July,” one MP said in late June, “it is pretty much your patriotic duty to go out and enjoy...
by John Stapleton | Jul 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Next year in Jerusalem, we said. In the end, it did not take us that long to reopen as a bar and kitchen. Many thanks to everyone who has come down to 1000 Trades in the past week. Most crucially, we hope everyone felt safe and enjoyed themselves. You will have noted...
by John Stapleton | May 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Tet Offensive. The Prague Spring. The assassinations of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King. The Black Power salutes at the Mexico Olympics. ‘The White Album’ by the Beatles. 1968 was a wild and epic year. Two years later, The International Times reported:...
by John Stapleton | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Covid-19 is a painful reminder of our common humanity: it does not respect national borders; we are only as healthy as the least healthy person around us; we beat it together or succumb apart. Social distancing creates oceans of time to think of pints with friends and...
by John Stapleton | Apr 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
We were a pub. Now we are a takeaway. We used to be open 7 days a week. Now it is Tuesday to Saturday, 5pm to 9pm. We brought good food and drink to the Jewellery Quarter. We still endeavour to. Here’s how: Food: Here’s our takeaway menu. Please phone and pay for your...
by John Stapleton | Mar 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
UPDATE: WE ARE NOW CLOSED EXCEPT FOR TAKEAWAY FOOD AND DRINKS. ALL DRINKS 20PC OFF INCL. DRAUGHT BEER; ALL FOOD 50PC OFF UNTIL NEW MENU NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU AND STAY SAFE. ______ May you live in interesting times. In the west, this is sometimes understood as a...
by John Stapleton | Jan 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
UPCOMING // FEBRUARY SHOWING MOST SIX NATIONS GAMES ON OUR 100” SCREEN UPSTAIRS THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMANT SATURDAY 1 FEBRUARY 1000 Trades Presents: Down Tempo Disco 8pm–12am Monthly music jamboree bringing you the sweetest disco edits and soul cut-ups, delivered...
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