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Broad Street – Britain’s best foodie street

Birmingham’s Broad Street has been shortlisted in the first Google Street View Awards in the category of Best Foodie Street.

Nicholas Lander, the Financial Times’ Restaurant Correspondent was part of the panel experts that nominated Broad Street for this prestigious award recognising the eclectic mix of mouth-watering options available along the city’s Golden Mile.

The panel of experts also included VisitBritain, TV personalities Julia Bradbury (CountryFile), Jeff Banks (The Clothes Show), journalist Jo Elvin (Editor of Glamour Magazine) and authors David Else (Lonely Planet) and Richard Harden (Harden’s Restaurant Guide).

The awards have been created in anticipation of further imagery being added to Google’s Street View tool, which currently allows users to view and navigate 360 degree street-level imagery in 25 British towns.

If successful Broad Street will be named “Britain’s Best Foodie Street 2010” and will then work with the team at Google to create a bespoke Google Street View tour to highlight the key retailers and points of interest allowing the world to find out more about the winning area.

Allan Sartori, Marketing Director of the Broad Street Business Improvement District said “We are delighted that our excellent culinary offerings are being recognised in this wonderful manner. I would urge the public to get voting and support their favourite destination”.

The nationwide public vote has now opened and will close on Sunday 28th February. The winners will be announced in March.

To support Broad Street and vote for it to be crowned champion go to www.maps.google.co.uk/beststreets (http:// www.maps.google.co.uk/beststreets).

For further information please contact Caroline Ashton, Marketing and Communications Manager, Broad Street Business Improvement District at caroline.ashton@broadst.co.uk,   telephone (07722) 447 496, or Mike Olley, Broad Street Manager on (07834) 323100.
Notes to editors:
The Broad Street area of Birmingham city centre is the Midland’s premier, mixed use entertainment and business district which welcomes over 100,000 visitors per week and employs in excess of 12,000 people.

Further information on the Broad Street BID can be found at www.broadstreet.co.uk.        
Britain’s Best Foodie Street
“The winning street should offer a unique mix of mouth-watering options which could include fine dining, cafes, market stalls and delicatessens, all covering a diverse mix of food types and price points”.
Full list of nominations is as follows:
Broad Street, Birmingham
Belgrave Road, Leicester
South Embankment, Dartmouth
Whiteladies Road, Bristol
Charlotte Street, London
Stockbridge High Street, Hampshire
Call Lane, Leeds
Fossgate, York
High Street, Southwold, Suffolk
High Street, Cley next the Sea, Norfolk
Wilmslow Road, Manchester
Hope Street, Liverpool
Byres Road, Glasgow
The Shore, Edinburgh
Osbourne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle
Haven Hill, Craster
Cross Street, Abergavenny
High Street, Conwy
Botanic Avenue, Belfast
Howard Street, Belfast