Who's the daddy in burgers?

IT was the pair of plump red lips that stopped me in my tracks as I walked up Gloucester Road. They were painted on the black Aboard on the pavement outside The Gallimaufry under the logo for Fat Dad's.

- Mark Taylor

Until then I had no idea this award-winning burger business had launched a popup at The Galli but it’s here Wednesday to Friday (4pm-9pm) and Saturday (2pm-9pm). And what great news for the area - Fat Dad's is unquestionably one of the best burger businesses in Bristol.

It also has one of the most interesting back stories as it started life serving burgers from the back of an old converted American school bus renamed Betty.

More interesting is the story of owner and self-taught chef Paul Clifford who left a 20-year career in the pharmaceutical industry to follow his dream of being a chef. He cut his teeth in restaurants in London and Bristol, including Wilson's, Adelina Yard and Souk Kitchen, before sourcing an American school bus from Brooklyn and renaming it Betty after his grandmother.