24 Feb 2022 21:09:20
Hello fellow Reds,

For the first time I’m taking my 2 boys to Anfield next week for the West Ham game, my wife and daughter going shopping, spending the weekend in Liverpool.

Normally I’d be hitting the pubs…. but a bit different this time. Can anyone recommend good places to eat with kids in tow? Ideally not chains but somewhere independent or unique.

1.) 24 Feb 2022
24 Feb 2022 21:41:28
Depending on the age of the kids and budget etc, Sapporo's is a fab place for the family to eat and is something a bit different! There are quite a few independent places on bold Street that do fab food and are kid friendly too. Hope you have a fab weekend!

2.) 24 Feb 2022
24 Feb 2022 21:49:54
Gino de campos.

{Ed025's Note - dont go anywhere with that scum bags name on it..

3.) 24 Feb 2022
24 Feb 2022 21:54:33
Why Ed025?

{Ed025's Note - bad man barry, years ago he broke into paul youngs flat and robbed his guitar and possessions worth thousands as well as video,s and pictures of his wife who died years later but his memories are lost now mate, he got 4 years for it but im not a forgiving type of guy im afraid..

4.) 24 Feb 2022
24 Feb 2022 21:56:10
What did Gino do Ed025?

{Ed025's Note - see my reply to barry mate

5.) 24 Feb 2022
24 Feb 2022 22:12:30
Gion de Campos as in the chef?

6.) 24 Feb 2022
24 Feb 2022 22:20:23
I just looked it up Ed025 not nice mate.

{Ed025's Note - yeah hes a low life barry mate..

7.) 24 Feb 2022
24 Feb 2022 22:20:39
Good job it wasn’t Duncan Disorderly’s house Ed025. He’d have been beaten like a ginger stepchild.

{Ed025's Note - love it mate..

8.) 24 Feb 2022
24 Feb 2022 22:21:01
Wow I just read an article on this. I never knew about this changed my thoughts on the guy now anyone who burgles someone’s house is a disgusting human being. Thought it was just smack heads who did that type of thing. How is this not common knowledge I suppose he has come a long way but once a thief always a thief! Quite surprised he has managed to get some of the work he gets with this on his record. Guy is world class bell!

{Ed025's Note - absolutely SN..

9.) 25 Feb 2022
25 Feb 2022 00:00:28
So a mistake he made 30 years ago tars him forever. Paul Young got over it and accepted Gino's apology, maybe you should as well.

10.) 25 Feb 2022
25 Feb 2022 00:37:15
Decodeko I was over with my wife and daughter last weekend at the Norwich game. They were out shopping on Sunday and I went to O’Neills to watch the utd game. That evening we went to an Italian restaurant between O’Neills and concert square, villa romana is its name. All I can say is “unreal”. I’ve been over 30/ 40 times before with the lads and the poshest I’ve been to before that was the lobster pot. Maybe it was just me but I’ll definitely be back to it.

11.) 25 Feb 2022
25 Feb 2022 01:22:44
Chamber 36 nice for Chinese on Berry street.

12.) 25 Feb 2022
25 Feb 2022 02:14:10
Casa Italia is surely one of the oldest in the city (maybe the country? ), it’s iconic and surely a must visit. Also i think they are a chain but i just love Crust on Bold Street, never let's me down. Seems like every time i eat there is the day of a European home game and the opposition fans are always in there!

13.) 25 Feb 2022
25 Feb 2022 02:53:22
Sorry Ed025, but Paul Young said he got most of the stuff back and has accepted the man's apology.

{Ed025's Note - oh thats ok then john, saying sorry cures everything then, maybe if putin flattens Ukraine but apologises all is forgiven..

14.) 25 Feb 2022
25 Feb 2022 06:55:00
Long time ago eds. horrible thing to do 100 percent but surely people deserve a 2nd chance?

{Ed025's Note - leopards and spots for me marty..

15.) 25 Feb 2022
25 Feb 2022 07:57:18
Don't condone theft but comparing it to war seems a little much.

{Ed025's Note - its about being responsible for your actions for me mic, old fashioned i know..

16.) 25 Feb 2022
25 Feb 2022 09:17:45
Ed I also heard he broke into Goodison and robbed the Everton trophy cabinet. He was caught by the police but they couldn’t charge him due to a lack of evidence as he had no trophies in his possession 🤣.

{Ed025's Note - i like that JK.. :)

17.) 25 Feb 2022
25 Feb 2022 10:02:21
Gino DiCampo also recently said he starves his kids if they won't eat their tea and then serves it to them cold the next morning to teach them a lesson. I'm all for educating kids about food waste, but why not make them something they like Gino, you are a chef after all. He called parents 'morons' and 'idiots' if their kids are fussy eaters. As a chef, he should know about eating disorders.

With regard to the OP request - Bold St for sure - plenty of smaller, non-chain places. Baltic Triangle has several nice places too.

Not sure about Casa Italia anymore - been a while since I've been there, but if you want validation of its authenticity; I once ate in there and on the table next to us, was an Italian priest, eating their minestrone and then some pasta.

18.) 25 Feb 2022
25 Feb 2022 10:55:44
Bakedbeanboy that's that's bit of a stretch there mate, I mean I've always found the guy quite annoying personally but saying he starves his kids is a bit far. I grew up relatively low on the poverty line and so for us it was always you eat what you're given or you don't eat at all and because of that I would eat my food whether I liked it or not, his kids are probably having expensive food made for them by a decent enough chef it's their choice if they choose not to eat it I don't think that counts as being starved.

19.) 25 Feb 2022
25 Feb 2022 12:49:13
Op my kids live the panasian all you can eat buffet style restaurant by St John's. It does pizza and pasta as well if yous don't like the Chinese selection. Also the Chinese buffet by Speke retail Park. The food gets served by a robot which all the young kids find mesmerising.

20.) 25 Feb 2022
25 Feb 2022 13:54:55
Wow I didn’t know that! I do keep thinking he’s going to break into a Manc accent sometimes.

21.) 25 Feb 2022
25 Feb 2022 14:22:34
I think most people believe in taking responsibility Ed. Not old fashioned at all and I believe exactly the same. I just don't think the two situations are comparable in any way.

{Ed025's Note - we all have different thresholds i suppose mic mate..

22.) 25 Feb 2022
25 Feb 2022 15:41:54
If you want Italian try Amalia, family run trattoria, in Campbell Square off Duke street not far from John Lewis.

23.) 25 Feb 2022
25 Feb 2022 16:22:47
Does anywhere actually serve scouse?

Any Japanese restaurants?

24.) 25 Feb 2022
25 Feb 2022 17:26:10
Thank you everyone for your suggestions!

25.) 25 Feb 2022
25 Feb 2022 19:12:44
Sapporo is Japanese I think but I've never been.

26.) 26 Feb 2022
26 Feb 2022 02:03:45
Ah, but then Paul Young broke into Gino's pomme de terre in town because he'd left his trilby there, refused to leave and claimed squatters rights.
It was tit for tat.

27.) 26 Feb 2022
26 Feb 2022 02:06:53
Paul Young got his guitar back as an apology from Gino.
But it was a no strings apology.