Grand openings at Grand Central and more food and drink news from Birmingham this week

What's OnFood & DrinkBirmingham RestaurantsBirmingham's hospitality news and updates for July 17, 202607:00, 17 Jul 2026Friend, hiya. Kirsty here, happy to be with you even if I have still got the serious hump following the great World Cup muck-up of 2026. Wah.To try and overcome my misery, I've spent a chunk of today walking through town looking for joy and, thankfully, there is joy out there.Grand Central has good news for the first time in what feels like forever.Read more: New city centre pub to open this week breathing new life into old streetClosure after closure has blighted it since it celebrated its tenth birthday in 2025 but there's newness on the horizon.This last week, a double-sized branch of Slim Chickens opened, leaving its old space over by Tesco to take over the gleaming s