OFM Awards 2019: Best cheap eats – the runners-up
OFM readers vote for their favourite bargain eateries, from fish and chips in Norfolk to Sardinian family food in GlasgowBest cheap eats 2019 – the winnerRainbo Food, ShoreditchTheir name is no joke –...
View ArticleThe Betterment, London W1: ‘Luxury dining that doesn’t befuddle’ – restaurant...
In any other top chef’s mitts, this new hotel restaurant could have been a horrible mess, but Jason Atherton has come up trumps againThe Betterment sounds like a four-day Californian wellness retreat...
View ArticleMarmo, Bristol: ‘It just makes me happy’ – restaurant review
Lucky Bristol is full of great little places to eat and Italian-inspired Marmo is an absolute corkerMarmo, 31 Baldwin Street, Bristol BS1 1RG (0117 316 4987). Lunch: two courses £14, three courses £17....
View ArticleBistrotheque at Cultureplex, Manchester: ‘Largely forgettable' – restaurant...
This self-consciously chic bistro is a place to be seen in, if you can find it in Manchester’s vast new fun-plexBistrotheque, a brasserie in Bethnal Green, east London, has become something of an...
View ArticleMikaku, Glasgow: ‘So much more than the sum of its parts’ – restaurant review...
On a dreary night in Glasgow head for Mikaku, the city’s kitsch but buzzing Japanese innMikaku, 25 Queen Street, Glasgow G1 3EF (0141 221 0573). All dishes £4.50-£9; wine £12.95Night has come to...
View ArticleDining gripes: why all restaurants should take bookings
The founder of Polpo has made a list of everything he hates about eating out. I disagree with most of it, but here are my own bugbears – from time slots to up-sellingWhen the restaurateur Russell...
View ArticleKolamba, London W1: ‘Big, bold lessons from a faraway island’ - restaurant...
Sri Lankan cuisine could be your new favourite after a visit to this West End hideaway, where every dish is a lesson in flavour and authenticityOn my way to lunch at Kolamba, a new Sri Lankan place on...
View ArticleI'm happy to boycott Chick-fil-A – but that doesn't make Popeyes progressive...
In the chicken sandwich wars Popeyes is the clear choice, but it’s a mistake to see it, or any corporation, as part of our movementWhen you live in a racist society, even something as simple as a...
View ArticleCommon cleaning product linked to death at Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant near...
Burlington fire department says chemical reaction to kitchen cleaning product resulted in 10 falling ill and one deathOne man has died and 10 others were sickened following a chemical reaction at a...
View ArticleNorma, London: ‘A place of joy’ – restaurant review
An Italian restaurant in Fitzrovia has all it takes to be a success – and it doesn’t put a foot wrongNorma, 8 Charlotte Street, London W1T 2LS (020 3995 6224). Snacks £3.50-£8, small plates £8-£15,...
View ArticleDecimo, London WC1: ‘Slighty ridiculous, sometimes delicious’ – restaurant...
Are you hip enough to book a table at this achingly chic new Spanish-Mexican joint?Decimo, a Spanish-Mexican restaurant by Peter Sanchez-Iglesias, has opened at the top of The Standard Hotel in London....
View ArticleLive Seafood, Manchester: ‘A parade of the best and freshest Chinese dishes’...
The Chinese dishes here are so fresh that you can go eyeball to eyeball with them firstLive Seafood, 163 Ashton Old Road, Manchester M11 3WU (07894 062 214). Seafood prices vary depending upon choices...
View ArticleWoking's Pizza Express customers struggle to remember first visit
Restaurant joins Zizzi’s in Salisbury on list of UK’s most notorious pizza joints after mention in Prince Andrew’s Epstein interviewOn Saturday afternoon, it was just an ordinary Pizza Express in...
View ArticleJamie Oliver launches new mid-range restaurant concept
New chain to open in Bangkok and Bali with 19 other openings planned despite recent UK woesJamie Oliver is to take another crack at building a mid-range restaurant chain just six months after most of...
View ArticleTapas Revolution, Westfield Stratford, London E20: ‘Is this punishment for...
There are great ideas and good intent hiding somewhere in this growing chain, but in the rush to expand, flavour and care have taken a hitThe assertively titled Tapas Revolution in Westfield Stratford...
View ArticleMiller & Carter, Liverpool: ‘The steaks are good’ – restaurant review
They shift over a million steaks a year at their 116 branches. Luckily, they know what they’re doing…Miller & Carter, Atlantic Pavilion, Albert Dock, Liverpool L3 4AF (0151 707 7877) and at 115...
View ArticleInside the restaurant serving up second chances for ex-prisoners
Edwins restaurant trains former inmates in cooking and hospitality in an attempt to inspire confidence and break the cycle of re-offendingCity Champions: read more stories in this seriesIt’s 9am and...
View ArticleWhich footballers have restaurants named after them? | The Knowledge
Plus: record wins in unlikely places, successful bunches of amateurs and lowly mascots• Mail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU“In Paris, there’s a restaurant called Joe Allen. Apparently it’s...
View ArticleGary Rhodes, TV chef and presenter, dies aged 59
Tributes paid to ‘culinary legend’ famous for shows such as MasterChef and Hell’s KitchenGary Rhodes – a life in picturesThe TV chef Gary Rhodes, famous for shows such as MasterChef and Hell’s Kitchen,...
View ArticleA liturgical update in time for Christmas? | Brief letters
Sir Stephen Cleobury | Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols | Decades’ ends | Falling Michelin stars | Michael Gove | VAR for political statementsFormer students were also able to experience Sir Stephen...
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