High-end steak and chips for a tenner? Welcome to discount dining
‘Eat out to help out’ has been hailed as a lifeline. But with half of UK hospitality venues still closed, will it work?How will the Eat out to help out scheme work for me?From next week Britons will be...
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Designed to get people eating out again after the Covid-19 lockdown, the offer runs through AugustHigh-end steak and chips for a tenner? Welcome to discount diningThe Eat out to help out scheme...
View ArticleI run a cafe in London. Here's why most small businesses won't survive...
I’ve done all I can but without more help only big players will outlast the coming wave of closuresI was speaking to my kitchen manager trying to figure out how much chicken curry to make the next day...
View ArticleStreet Urchin, Manchester: ‘A place where good things happen’ – restaurant...
The green shoots of recovery are plain to see at this favourite Manchester hauntStreet Urchin, 72 Great Ancoats Street, Manchester M4 5BG (07470 804979). Starters £6.50-£9.50, mains £13-£17.50,...
View ArticleWant to lose weight? Binge on burgers | Tim Adams
Boris Johnson’s government has been serving up some confusing messages about diet, but there is a solution…When the documentary Super Size Me came out, I was asked by a somewhat sadistic editor –...
View ArticleMark Cuban: 'The only constant of business is change' | Gene Marks
On a recent podcast, the billionaire entrepreneur shared his business widsom with me. Here are some highlightsUnlike some of his Shark Tank colleagues, Mark Cuban is not out shilling corporate...
View ArticleAfter homemade mince for months, I've forgotten my restaurant etiquette | Zoe...
Weeks of simple suppers with my kids during Covid-19 lockdown have made me forget how to eat out – which is why I blew it with the surf’n’turf A restaurant isn’t so much a vendor of food as a series of...
View ArticleJamie Oliver on fame, failure and fighting obesity: 'I'm actually quite shy....
Every time the chef talks about the UK’s diet, it gets him in trouble. Remember Turkey Twizzlers? But he’s too passionate to give upJamie Oliver appears on the Skype screen looking a bit harassed. He’s...
View ArticleBack to normality? Businesses hope for 'eat out to help out' scheme boost
According to plan launching on Monday diners could get discounts up to £10 per head Mondays to Wednesdays Restaurants, pubs and cafes across the UK are hoping for a boost from the the “eat out to help...
View Article'Eat out to help out': incentive tempts diners out in Soho
Punters take tentative steps back to favourite eateries for up to £10 off food and non-alcoholic drinksCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA sense of normality was creeping back...
View ArticleThanks for the free Pret, Rishi: but let's not make a meal out of it | Joel...
Everybody calm down about ‘eat out to help out’. It’s just a glorified Meerkat Meals offerPatriotism is having a weird moment. There’s always an underlying hum of it, out there, in the meadows and the...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on ‘eat out to help out’: junk policy | Editorial
Half-price meals sound a good deal but they waste public money and do nothing to allay fears about catching coronavirus Among the commandments of economics is that there is no such thing as a free...
View ArticleMaking Christmas wishes come true | Brief letters
Argos catalogue | Eat out to help out | Getting the Guardian | Velveteen breeches | French wineIn 1986 a friend asked her class of six-year-olds to write letters to Father Christmas. Most of the class...
View ArticleFrom Belfast to Manchester, diners feast on 'eat out to help out' discount
Relieved business owners tell of surge in bookings – although not everyone wants to sign up to chancellor’s schemeSales went berserk! Eat out scheme serves up much-needed helpThe government-backed Eat...
View Article'Sales went berserk!' Eat out scheme serves much-needed help to hard-hit...
Be it Wetherspoons or Wagamama, Eat out to help out has tempted out wary diners in their drovesFrom Belfast to Manchester, diners feast on Eat out to help outMonday to Wednesday is the new weekend...
View Article10 of the UK's best seaside cafes and beach shacks
Food writers and chefs pick their favourite chippies, pop-ups and cafes, all chosen for their creative use ofseafoodPort Isaac has a medieval harbour, which once handled coal and pottery. Now, tourists...
View ArticleKolamba, London: ‘a lovely dinner in a calming space’ – restaurant review
Sri Lankan food in Soho soothes, restores and somehow evokes the essence of the cityKolamba, 21 Kingly Street, London W1B 5QA (020 3815 4201). Small plates £4.20-£7.50, large plates £6.10-£13.70,...
View ArticleKeith McNally: 'I was losing £5,000 a day with my six restaurants closed'
The king of New York’s downtown restaurant scene has survived a stroke and coronavirus but is not optimistic about the health of his industryKeith McNally, 69, has created more than a dozen magnetic...
View ArticleEat out to help out scheme increases UK high street footfall
Evening visitor numbers up in particular as people go out more after Covid-19 lockdownCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe UK government’s eat out to help out scheme...
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