Bailgate Deli

11/02/2026

’s excellent sourdough, supplied every morning Bailgate Deli is open.

08/02/2026

19/01/2026

It’s taken a while but there’s been lots to do. The floor’s being laid today, so a new prep area can be installed within the next week. Then it’s painting, getting all the gear back into place, a bit of rehearsal, a lot of food making, and off away with what we like doing the best. Thanks so much for your patience.

03/01/2026

Bailgate Deli closed on Xmas Eve, at least in its latest iteration (more in a second). From all of us, including the many who have worked here over the years, a huge thank you to you, our wonderful customers. A cafe is the sum of its team and its users. We’ve hugely enjoyed your company! The good (unexpected) news is that it will reopen in mid/late January under new, experienced management. It will remain plant based and keep the same team, watch this space!

22/12/2025

21/11/2025

Bailgate Deli will close at the end of December 2025. The last day will be Christmas Eve. We’re very sorry that this is the case but there are good reasons.

The deli has been the sum of a great team and a large, wonderful customer base, including many we’re delighted to call friends. It’s been a rare plant based oasis in the city, with food that’s got better and better—the product of inventive and caring minds. We’ve also greatly enjoyed the constant dialogue with and between customers and staff, and customers with customers. It’s been a place of humour and a relaxing, informal vibe, even when it’s been at its crazy busiest.

We’ve come to a point where family matters have become more and more important and that the economic environment has become more and more difficult. It’s the former that is most critical for us.

By closing the deli we hope to attract a worthy successor to a site with great footfall, rare as hen’s teeth pavement seating on a soon to be pedestrianised street, and a destination known by very many people. If we can keep it plant based or largely so, we’ll be delighted.

So many thanks to all of you.

Kind regards,

Barry and Jill

20/11/2025

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17/11/2025

We’ve made masses of wellingtons and galettes over the years, to satisfy the needs of folk that don’t eat meat or just plain want an alternative to the usual. Buy frozen, defrost on Christmas Eve and b**g in the oven on Christmas Day, it’s as simple as that.
Final decisions on the list over the next few days but we know that this year, for the first time, Katsu curry will be included as well as the staple Christmassy, Garlic Mushroom and Middle Eastern. Watch this space!

23/08/2025

Steam punk lunch menu - our annual messing with the menu, a mix of street food from around the world, in takeaway boxes so we don’t have to wash up on the busiest weekend of the year. From midday. .

16/07/2025

1940s Weekend : 19 and 20 July
✈️ Don’t miss the Spitfire Flypast! ✈️
On Sunday, 20th July, at 14:00, witness an incredible tribute to the 1940s with a breathtaking Spitfire soaring over the city.
A truly unforgettable moment in our 1940s weekend celebrations — make sure you’re there to see it!

1940s Weekend : 19 and 20 July

✈️ Don’t miss the Spitfire Flypast! ✈️

On Sunday, 20th July, at 14:00, witness an incredible tribute to the 1940s with a breathtaking Spitfire soaring over the city.

A truly unforgettable moment in our 1940s weekend celebrations — make sure you’re there to see it!

23/06/2025

Every year, there’s a handful of special recipe books. Sami Tamimi’s Boustany is a classic. Bostany is an Arabic word for ‘garden’ and so the book is a garden of delights, drawing from rich Palestinian and regional culinary traditions - a library of vegetables, spices and herbs, cooked this way and that to reflect the place of Tamimi’s childhood. He has, if you’re not already aware, a close friendship with Yotam Ottolenghi. Together, they helped bring the culinary cultures of Palestine and Israel to international attention. Buy a copy. If you can, order from our Bailgate friends at