Bold Street: from ropewalk to Liverpool’s independent food street

A rope-making walk turned merchant street, Bold Street now runs from the Lyceum to the bombed-out church, past five decades of cafés and the first Mowgli.
Castle Street: from King John’s borough to Liverpool’s dining street

One of Liverpool’s seven original streets, Castle Street went from medieval market road to banking district. Its banking halls now serve food and drink.
Liverpool’s gin palaces: the Victorian and Edwardian pubs that still pour

From the Grade I Philharmonic to the restored Vines, the brewers’ palaces of Lime Street, Hope Street and Moorfields, and the stories behind their rooms.