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Why you won't catch me queuing for a burger
Waiting two hours in a line for beef in a bun was never going to be a good ideaI'm all for delayed gratification. I will book theatre tickets six months ahead. I will take a shoulder of lamb, stud it...
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Ring O Bells, Compton Martin, Somerset: hotel review
With fab food and celebrity connections the Ring O Bells has a distinctly modern edge, but crucially, still feels like a proper pubMy thanks to a fellow Twitter chatterer for recommending a pub whose...
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Restaurant: Berners Tavern, London W1
'This is far too lavish to be called boutique. It makes the Sanderson across the road look a bit Katie Price'Iam dazzled by the beauty of this room, and I don't dazzle easily. It's breathtaking. We've...
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Sichuan Folk: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Hooked on China's more robust food styles? Head for east London's Sichuan Folk – and be quick about it…32 Hanbury Street, London E1 (020 7247 4735). Meal for two: £70 (cash only)A few years ago I gave...
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Restaurant: The Star Inn the City, York
'Tweeness aside, this is a lust-inducing cracker of a place, a posh gastropub with wit'It is a truth rarely challenged that if there's a worst table in the house, it will have my name on it. And so it...
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The Magdalen Arms: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
In the beginning was the word, and the word was pie… Jay finds Oxford's Magdalen Arms is first class243 Iffley Road, Oxford (01865 243 159). Meal for two: £70 This is meant to be a review of a place in...
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Where can you spend Bitcoins? A brief guide
From travelling to Lithuania to eating out in Berlin, here's a quick roundup of some of the things you can do with the dark-web currencyAccommodationWant to pay your rent with Bitcoin? Not a problem....
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There will always be people who stiff waiters on tips, but it's rarely...
New Jersey waitress Dayna Morales claims a family left no tip and a gay slur on a bill. If she made it up, it's a disservice to all servers• Tips are not optional in the USWe need to talk about Dayna...
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Get stuffed? The pros and cons of dining out at Christmas
Marina O'Loughlin considers the horrors and delights of eating in restaurants over the festive seasonWhy you should stay awayTurkey and all the trimmings If ever there were a phrase to strike fear into...
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Manchester House: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Aiden Byrne's brilliant cooking is left to fend for itself at the maddeningly overbearing Manchester House18-22 Bridge Street, Manchester (0161 835 2557). Meal for two: £140 I am staring at my plate...
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Help save the Gay Hussar restaurant – and give co-operatives a boost | Mark...
The Goulash Co-operative has until Thursday to raise the funds to buy a restaurant with a rich reputation for rebels and RabelaisiansIs it madness to want to save a 60-year-old restaurant, the Gay...
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Why posh restaurants are wasted on the rich
Louboutin heels, Botox and no taste: fine restaurants are wasted on their pampered clienteleAs Jean-Paul Sartre once wrote, hell is other people. Many would agree, including the London-based Russian...
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A spat between a Bondi cafe owner and a critical customer on Facebook underlines the seeming power of diner restaurant reviews. But how much do you rely on them?Vicky Frost
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Manhattan is awash with actors waiting tables: from the archive, 7 December 1983
Given the delectability of all those slender, young, Nautilus-raised male waiterettes, with whom Manhattan is now stocked eyebrow to plucked eyebrow, who would want even the pertest, cutest girls...
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Restaurant: 64 Degrees, Brighton
'It's theatre and dinner all rolled into one'I blame Momofuku's David Chang for the whole rock'n'roll-ification of cheffing these days. It had all calmed down since Marco Pierre White caused mass...
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Oak Bank Hotel: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Grasmere's modest Oak Bank Hotel boasts a remarkable secret: the brilliant cooking of Darren ComishBroadgate, Grasmere, Cumbria (01539 435 217). Meal for two: £70-£100 The small Oak Bank Hotel in...
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Restaurant: The Magazine, London W2
'It looks like someone has slung a giant, uncooked pizza base over a super-sized Alvar Aalto wave vase'There has always been a lot of chuntering about whether cooking – especially at the haute end of...
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The dark side of Father Christmas: SantaCon | Jenn Tash
For bartenders, there's nothing jolly about a bunch of obnoxious drunks in velour Santa suits. I'm no Grinch, but SantaCon sucksImagine entering your workplace to find a sea of grown men in red velour....
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Grillshack: restaurant review
In the cut-throat world of high-street restaurants, a new player has just rolled into town. Are you ready for Grillshack?61-63 Beak Street, London W1. No bookings. Meal for two: £20-£40Let's rehearse...
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Italian prosecutors investigate claims of restaurants serving dolphin
A journalist secretly filmed a meal in the city of Civitavecchia including a salad dressed with flakes of dried dolphinProsecutors in the city of Civitavecchia are investigating claims that illicit...
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