Top 10 budget restaurants, bars and cafes in Leeds
As Leeds gears up for its food festival (23 May- 8 June), we hunt down the city's best budget restaurants. Updating our 2009 guide, we pick 10 more places to eat well for under £10Proud locals might...
View ArticleWhy weekend cafe breakfasts are rubbish | Myf Warhurst
The queues are too long, the food's boring and expensive and they're full of arguing couples. There, I've said itIve had it with going out for breakfast at cafes on weekends. The whole standing...
View ArticleCan you take your assault weapons into Chipotle but keep your self respect? |...
Gun-rights activists have, apparently, become a bunch of law-abiding citizens willing to compromise. At least over a burritoThe Dallas chapter of Open Carry Texas (OCT) should be ashamed of itself.The...
View ArticleBarnyard, London W1 restaurant review | Marina O'Loughlin
'Is it a work of pared-down genius, or a huge joke on the capital's cool kids?''Hey Ollie everyone seems to be making a fortune out of something called gourmet junk food."Ollie Dabbous, chef-owner of...
View ArticleThe emerging fine food scene in Málaga and around
Andalucía is known for sea, sun and even tapas but not, so far, its fine restaurants. Now it's hoping to take on the gastronomic powerhouses of Catalonia and the Basque Country. Chris Moss reports from...
View ArticleHoly guacamole: how Joshua Ferris became a born-again foodie
Joshua Ferris grew up eating grey steak and limp lettuce. And then there was light: artisanal pizza, microbreweries, Michelin-starred barbecue. Now he's a believer...The gourmand who spends his holiday...
View ArticleBonnie Gull Seafood Café: restaurant review
Great ingredients, simple setting, a seaside-holiday atmosphere. What could go wrong? Plenty, actually55-57 Exmouth Market, London EC1 (020 3122 0047). Meal for two, including drinks and service, £90It...
View ArticleThe wonder of seaside cafes: neon, nougat and knickerbocker glories
The Italian ice-cream parlours of the 50s and 60s are temples to Formica, bakelite and, most importantly, gelato. Today, few remain in British seaside towns. Our restaurant critic picks her five...
View ArticleRio's hottest place to eat the favelas
Rio de Janeiro's favelas have long been lawless no-go zones but now that some have driven out the drug gangs, their restaurants are attracting increasing numbers of touristsA steaming pot of seafood...
View ArticleGWAR launch appeal to build 'gourmet junk food' restaurant
The metal band aim to raise £30,000 to create the GWARbar in Virginia, bringing to life the last dreams of their late singer Oderus Urungus Continue reading...
View ArticleLyle's, London - restaurant review
'This white elegance is so much like St John, I don't know why they didn't just cut to the chase and call it St John the Baby'It's no secret that I haven't a lot of time for the World's 50 Most...
View ArticleFera: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Simon Rogan's cooking has found a new home at Claridge's. But at these prices, you're better going back to the originalClaridge's, Brook Street, London W1 (020 7107 8888). Meal for two including drinks...
View ArticleTop 10 seafood restaurants in Paris
Parisians take their seafood seriously, with deliveries arriving from the Atlantic and the Med daily. Local food writer Alex Lobrano chooses the best places in the city for a taste of the seaIf there's...
View ArticleLondon's restaurants: a grotesque display of opulence | Tanya Gold
In the naked fetishisation of wealth that dominates the capital's most fashionable eating places there are no criticsThe restaurants of London (which I review for a magazine) are various and excellent:...
View ArticleShears Yard, Leeds - restaurant review
'The food has as much finesse as a troupe of morris dancers, and the same idea of style: layer it up, look at the pretty colours, and, hey, it has bells on'This is the kind of review that gives me no...
View ArticleOld Downton Lodge, near Ludlow, Herefordshire: hotel review
Like nearby Ludlow, this historic converted lodge with ambitious restaurant feels like a special place, says our hotel reviewer"There's no real necessity to lock it," quips manager David Thomas,...
View ArticleYorkshire's feast of food: a culinary trip around the county
On a foodie romp around God's own country, Marina O'Loughlin discovers a world-class culinary scene with a refreshing lack of airs and gracesWhen the cyclists taking part in the Tour de France squeeze...
View ArticleWheatsheaf Inn: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
With its fuss-free menu, decadent puddings and gentle buzz, the Wheatsheaf is doing Britain proudNorthleach, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (01451 860 244). Meal for two, including drinks and...
View ArticleChef's Table: Do you prefer food or sex? - video
'No disrespect to my wife but' what do some of our best-known culinary stars from Anthony Garlando at Aqau Shard and Carlo Scotto at Babbo to Yogesh Datta at the Painted Heron say to this timeless but...
View ArticleWhy Pyongyang's restaurant scene is thriving
A recent boom in semi-private eateries in North Korean capital means good food is easy to find for those who can afford it and know where to look, says Andrei LankovWhile malnutrition is widespread in...
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