Racks turns their restaurant into a ski chalet!

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For many locals the ski lodge provides the next best thing to the slopes this winter, as a popular tourist attraction in the city of bristol. And there are many other local venues that have transformed their venues for this festive season.

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00:00Yeah, so we're sat here in the Ski Lodge at Racks Bar and Kitchen. It's our festive pop-up

00:08space and we can't wait to welcome people in to join us. Tell me a little bit about

00:12this pop-up then. So we've been having the Ski Lodge here at Racks for maybe four years

00:16now and this year is our best yet. We're currently sat in our photo booth section so you can

00:21come and enjoy yourself on the ski lift here and get some props and take some photos away

00:25with you. But yeah, it's a really gorgeous space. It's fully insulated and heated. We

00:30think we're the best in Bristol to come and enjoy a little festive drink and we're open

00:34through to the end of January so you've got plenty of time to come and join us. You know

00:37what? We're in a very weird time in the world. We're coming out of Covid. We're in a costly

00:41living crisis. Why is coming summer like this going to lift people's spirits this festive

00:46season? Yeah, absolutely. Things are tough for people right now and we want to provide

00:51people that happy experience, that nice lift in their week, that celebration amongst friends.

00:57So yeah, Christmas is really important for us as a business. It's a huge part of our

01:02trade and it allows people to come and experience it in a new light. Normally in summer this

01:06is a fantastic terrace space and people enjoy it for that but it will feel like a completely

01:10different space if you come and visit us at Christmas. Or you might be here for the first

01:14time which in which case would be lovely to meet you. Opening up a ski resort in the centre

01:20of Bristol is becoming a tradition for Racks Bar & Kitchen. Let's find out what this means

01:26to them and what are they hoping to provide for their guests for 2024 season? Yeah, absolutely.

01:35We are here to light up people's day so we know things are a little bit tough and want

01:38people to come out and enjoy themselves. So we do shot skis so it might be a little shot

01:44with friends or it might be, I'd say, lunch with your work colleagues but we're here to

01:48lift your spirits and we're here through to the end of January so it might be that

01:51now isn't the right time for you but you can get a bit of festive fun after Christmas as

01:55well when you need a pick-me-up. But Racks Bar & Kitchen isn't the only company bringing

01:59festive fun through the Betwixtmas period. Bristol's Christmas Village will be open until

02:06the 3rd of January this year and there will be lots of things for all ages to do including

02:11a roller hub, curling, VR sleigh riding, classic rides, games and more. Let's chat to the Bristol

02:17Shopping Quarter team to find out more about this new seasonal village.

02:23We've got Bristol Christmas Village opening which is going to be a new addition to Bristol's

02:27Christmas offering. It also covers that Twixmas period in between New Year and Christmas.

02:32So over there we're going to have a roller hub which is a roller disco, we've got curling

02:36lanes so you've seen it at the Olympics, now is your chance to try it right here in the

02:40centre of Bristol. There'll be some fun rides there as well, we've got waltzes, we've got

02:44dodgems plus lots of other things and some fantastic food as well including one of our

02:49favourite stalls here at Bristol Christmas Market is the Yorkshire Pudding Wrap. People

02:52come for miles around to get those Yorkshire Pudding Wraps and we've got one of those stalls

02:56again in the village as well.

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