Huge new steak and burger restaurant with its own butchers to open in Bristol

The team behind one of Bristol’s most popular steak restaurants is opening a huge new restaurant in the city.

Pasture in Redcliffe will launch a new butchery, deli, cookery school and burger joint called Prime by Pasture around the corner from its current restaurant. The new restaurant-retail destination will occupy a 5,500 sq ft corner plot joining St Thomas Street and Cross Street in the Redcliffe Quarter. The building is currently being built.

It will be open from January 2024 for breakfast, morning coffee and brunch, right through until dinner time for burgers and beers. In total, there will be capacity for 75 seated covers at a time.It will be chef-owner Sam Elliott’s fifth opening in as many years. The former Jamie Oliver chef already operates two restaurants in Bristol (Pasture opened in 2018 and Radius opened last year) and two restaurants in Cardiff.

Prime by Pasture will create a total of 50 new local jobs and allow Sam and his team to double down on the things that they’re already well known for – impeccably sourced produce, in-house butchery and cooking over fire. Just like the restaurants, the main focus at Prime by Pasture will be beef, sourced from regenerative South West farms where cattle are raised on pasture, which not only tastes better but has less impact on the environment.

Meanwhile, Prime by Pasture’s deli will sell a variety of house-made sauces, rubs and marinades, as well as a selection of fresh produce grown at Buttercliffe Farm in Long Ashton - Sam’s own market garden where he has also planted his own vineyard; he has plans to produce and sell the first bottles of wine from the vineyard from 2025 onwards.

Sam says: “At Pasture we’ve always had a focus on high-quality food and sustainable production, and Prime by Pasture will allow us to expand on this even further. The restaurant will offer an exciting breakfast and brunch offering and “flip” to burgers for lunch and dinner.

“We’ll also sell produce from our very own farm in Bristol and showcase some of our favourite ingredients from our incredible local suppliers.

“Finally, Prime by Pasture will also be home to our very own development kitchen where we can pick up from the success of our live cookery demos during lockdown and welcome the return of Pasture at Home.”