This local Michelin-starred pub has won a big award
The Cross at Kenilworth has been named the Best Pub & Bar in Warwickshire in the National Pub & Bar Awards. It is welcome…
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This bar is the new hub for fabulous street food
A Birmingham bar is providing a base for some of the city’s best-loved street food kitchens as well as emerging talent. The popular Dark…
A test for tomorrow’s chefs
A good test for any chef is how exciting they can make vegetarian food. Without the focus of fish or meat, plates can appear…
As Father Jack might say: “Feck! Drink!”
There are some mistakes that restaurants make that I consider unforgivable. High on this list of shame is the failure to bring alcoholic drinks…
Heard about this free online wine tasting?
There can be few pleasures greater than drinking wine with a bloke who’s an expert on the subject but is affable and absolutely lacking…
Age – the final frontier
At around 7pm on Saturday, June 5, 2021, I crossed a border. There was no passport check. No formalities. Certainly no celebrations to herald…
This may be the best place you’ve never heard of
Verbena Kitchen opened a week ago with little fanfare. There’s been no well-funded PR campaign and no wooing of food journalists and bloggers. Its…
Check out this cool new restaurant opening in a Birmingham park
A brand new café and restaurant is being launched at the Midlands Arts Centre at Cannon Hill. KILN will open on Monday May 24…
This new independent has opened in the Bullring
The new city centre site of popular restaurant Vietnamese Street Kitchen has finally opened at Birmingham’s iconic Bullring after months of setbacks due to Covid….
An afternoon tea – Simpsons-style
Following a sellout Mother’s Day weekend, Antona at Home will be offering limited-edition afternoon teas for Easter weekend. The box – from the team…