Oliver Hughes obituary
Independent Irish brewer who set up the successful Porterhouse group with pubs in Ireland, the UK and New YorkOliver Hughes, who has died of a heart attack aged 57, was known as the godfather of the...
View ArticleBao Fitzrovia, London: ‘Perhaps the queue is part of the experience? Search...
‘Do people get off with each other in queues? Are queues infested with Jigglypuffs?’Sweeties! Don’t tell me you’re still queueing for burgers? Gah: that’s so 2012. The smart queuer these days is all...
View ArticleChriskitch Hoxton: restaurant review
The gleaming interior is matched by the seriousness of the cooking in chef Chris Honor’s ambitious new venueChriskitch Hoxton, 5 Hoxton Market, London N1 6HG (020 7033 6666). Meal for two, including...
View ArticleNo-tipping policies at US restaurants prompt delight – and disaster
While ditching gratuities in Portland and elsewhere has meant ‘less judgment, angst and anger’ at some establishments, others have seen staff members quitWhen customers of Portland’s upscale Le Pigeon...
View ArticleLeave the useless husband out of it | Brief letters
Importance of the NHS | Sexist language | Wai Ting | Weird-flavoured ice-cream | Mike Pender clarificationKenneth Clarke in Laura Kuenssberg’s documentary on Brexit (Last night’s TV, G2, 9 August)...
View ArticleExploitation, assault and drug abuse … welcome to restaurant work | Anonymous
San Lorenzo has been shamed for underpaying workers. But it is not alone – and though it appears glamorous, the industry is rife with poor employment practicesI rarely have opinions on anything other...
View ArticleGrafene, Manchester: It breathes ‘massive, tumescent budget’ with every tile
This has everything a box-ticking Michelin inspector could wish for: tasting menus, local provenance, ‘artisan suppliers’I was speaking to a chap very much involved in the promotion of his home town....
View ArticleThe Good Egg, London: restaurant review | restaurant review
Some of the American deli-inspired Jewish cooking here is really superb, says Jay. Shame about the short ribs…The Good Egg, 93 Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 0AS (020 7682 2120). Meal for...
View ArticleMiddle Eastern fusion: recipes from the Palomar
From ‘Thai-bouleh’ to fast shakshuka, exclusive recipes from Observer Food Monthly readers’ 2015 restaurant of the yearThirty seconds from the hot mess that is London’s Leicester Square, the Palomar...
View ArticleL’Enclume in Cumbria tops Good Food Guide list for fourth year
Restaurants in shipping containers and yurt, bike shop cafe and motorway services among inclusions in guideA Cumbrian restaurant has been named the best in the UK in an influential guide that also...
View ArticleFrankie & Benny’s owner closes 33 restaurants
Restaurant Group, which also runs Chiquito and Garfunkel’s, blames unpopular new menus for drop in salesThe company behind Frankie & Benny’s, Chiquito, Coast to Coast and Garfunkel’s is closing 33...
View ArticleThe Barbary, London WC2: ‘It’s thrillingly alien: you’ve only the shakiest...
The menu waxes a bit banterific, but I’ll forgive because it’s a fabulous thingThere’s an old Irving Berlin song about soldiers marching, with one individual careering all over the shop. His fond mama:...
View ArticleWill Bowlby's kitchen: 'People are nervous about cooking for me’ | Kitchen...
Will Bowlby of eatery Kricket in Brixton prefers campfire cooking in his garden and has a glut of inherited utensilsMy kitchen is … actually my mum’s kitchen. When I’m in London I’m always working at...
View ArticleThe Classroom: restaurant review
The Welsh capital isn’t famous for food but this really excellent catering college showcase could change all thatThe Classroom, CAVC City Centre Campus, Dumballs Road, Cardiff CF10 5FE (029 2025 0377)....
View ArticleNo porridge on offer at former Crumlin Road jail in Belfast
Ex-IRA inmates Richard O’Rawe and Gerard Hodgins visit Cuffs restaurant at former prisonWhen the ex-IRA prisoners Gerard Hodgins and Richard O’Rawe last passed through the gates of Belfast’s Crumlin...
View ArticleFrog And Scot, Deal, Kent: ‘The lack of pretension is as bracing as a dive...
‘You can tell a lot about a place by the quality of the basics’I came across Frog And Scot on TripAdvisor, while researching a piece about how much I hate TripAdvisor. The irony is not lost on me. As...
View ArticleHantverk & Found: restaurant review
Gentrification is taking hold all across England’s south coast. Luckily some of the newcomers have a winning way with fishHantverk & Found, 18 King Street, Margate CT9 1DA (01843 280 454). Meal for...
View ArticleRow after Chinese tourists charged £3,280 at Israeli restaurant
Tour operators’ association posts copy of bill on social media as owners of Abu Ghosh defend cost of mealA group of eight Chinese tourists in Israel has been handed a 16,500-shekel (£3,280) bill after...
View ArticleCha Chaan Teng, London WC2: ‘This is frankenfood’ – restaurant review |...
It gives me the kind of shame I’d feel if I woke up post-bender to find myself the fifth Mrs Gregg WallaceIt’s hard to do justice to the first thing we eat here, a version of the popular dim sum spring...
View ArticleRio's favelas to Brighton's North Laine: the entrepreneurs tackling food waste
Chefs and entrepreneurs aim to tackle the $1tn global food waste problem and change attitudes in the processSituated in the run-down district of Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, Refettorio Gastromotiva is the...
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