Owners who ban mask-wearing aren't playing by the rules – that’s bad business...
Yaks Cafe in Utah is not enforcing mask-wearing even as Covid-19 cases are surging to the dismay of local public health officialsAn independent restaurant in Utah has a unique approach to dealing with...
View ArticleThe Elder, Bath: ‘A brilliant beam of sunshine’ – restaurant review
This bravely newly opened restaurant offers a show of giddy optimism and engrossing foodEditor’s note: this review took place before the current lockdown was imposedThe Elder at the Indigo Hotel, 2-8...
View Article‘It’s going to be a hard winter’: restaurant workers struggle as US Covid...
Workers faced layoffs and furloughs, and those who returned are adapting to a new work environment as winter approachesNora Cooper, a bartender and server in Nashville, Tennessee, tested positive for...
View ArticleSizzler's last supper: 'It was as we’d left it in our childhoods, the cheese...
Covid was the final straw for a chain whose main appeal was an open buffet. On a farewell visit Michelle Law finds the last Sizzler in Sydney gloriously unchangedBorn 1985, to Collins Foods in...
View ArticleChishuru, London: ‘Show it some love’ – restaurant review
Like so many others, this new West African place in Brixton will need our support when lockdown easesEditor’s note: this review took place before the current lockdown was imposedChishuru, Unit 9,...
View Article'I'm seeing an industry disappear': how lockdown is leaving hospitality...
For thousands working in bars, restaurants and hotels, the future is uncertain. We talk to the casualties of lockdown – and to those battling to support themWhen chef Sam Pinnock lost his job in late...
View ArticleThe Tramshed Project, London: ‘It's so now’: restaurant review
With its big flavours and easy versatility, the Tramshed will nourish you in all the ways you needThe Tramshed Project, 32 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3LX (020 3515 0480). Small plates £5-£10, larger...
View ArticleHold the 18-course dinners: Noma’s chef opens up a burger joint
The team behind the feted restaurant found Danes queued around the block for their pandemic pop-upIt is one of the best restaurants in the world, known for its 18-course tasting menus costing north of...
View ArticleThe only thing most of us will be wearing this party season is slightly...
‘I’ve given up trying to control anything now,’ I announced last Tuesday while breakfasting on a packet of jelly babiesFood has lost much of its meaning for me. Well, its meanings, to be more accurate....
View ArticleHow I fell in love with Portugal’s garlicky clams – and recipe to make them
One food writer so loved the country’s famed shellfish he set up his own restaurant in the clam capital of the Algarve• More travel-inspired recipes: France | Spain | Italy | GreeceI am sitting in a...
View ArticleNorthcote at Home: ‘Am I a fan? Yes’ – restaurant review
Christmas comes early with two gloriously indulgent gourmet boxes sent from LancashireNorthcote at Home. Book by 10am Friday for delivery the next week (northcote.com). Autumn gourmet box for two £90,...
View ArticleChef David Chang is first celebrity to win Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Momofuku restaurant group founder will donate winnings to restaurant workers affected by pandemicChef David Chang has become the first celebrity to win the US edition of the quizshow Who Wants to Be a...
View ArticleRestaurant owners may not like delivery services – but can they do without...
The likes of Grubhub and DoorDash have flourished during the pandemic but their fees are killing restaurants’ marginsIf you take a look at my smartphone, you’ll know that I like to order out. I have...
View ArticleCue Point At Home: ‘I rampage through the delivery menu’ – restaurant review
Home-delivered Afghan-Guyanese fusion barbecue is exactly what we all need right nowCue Point At Home. Deliveries nationwide (cue-point.co.uk). Main dishes from £14 to £55, sides and jars of condiments...
View ArticleWho deserves a personalised Christmas message from Snoop Dogg? | Nosheen Iqbal
Celebrity message sites are booming and they make for fascinating, but rather depressing browsingHow can a Robert De Niro impersonator be charging eight times more than the real-life Lily Allen? What...
View ArticleA restaurateur, a radical chef and a cook-turned-campaigner: ‘What 2020 has...
From Covid-19 to Black Lives Matter and the storm around food inequality, it’s been a tumultuous year. Three people in the hospitality industry reveal how it’s changed their livesOwner, Lunya...
View ArticleRats besiege New York Chipotle, eating avocados and attacking staff
Rodents were so brazen that the Upper West Side location closed after the wiring systems were chewed throughAs columnist Mary Schmich once said, in life, there are certain inalienable truths: prices...
View ArticleOn my radar: Flohio's cultural highlights
The rapper on her favourite new music, political art to make you think, and a beloved Asian delicacyFlohio was born Funmi Ohiosumah in Nigeria in 1992 and raised in Bermondsey, south London. The rapper...
View ArticleLucky & Joy, London: ‘Can’t help but make you smile’ – restaurant review
Head to Hackney for a cheerful vibe and top Chinese cookingLucky & Joy, 95 Lower Clapton Road, London E5 (020 8617 8100). Snacks £3.50-£6.50, larger dishes £6-£14, dessert £5, wine from £24A...
View ArticleRestaurants fear huge food waste as London and south-east head for tier 3...
Coronavirus closures will put millions of pounds worth of festive food at risk, firms warnCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFresh festive food worth millions of pounds –...
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