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…
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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…
Your first chance to eat at a Michelin-starred restaurant since lockdown began
Michelin-starred Simpsons in Edgbaston reopens with a pop-up outdoor dining experience on April 14. And don’t worry about the vagaries of the British weather…
Craft beers, great food and top music are on their way back to Birmingham
Craft beer festival Beer Central is returning to Birmingham after last year’s disappointment. The festival was cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak….
Here’s the new wine guru working with Antona at Home
Antona at Home, the meal delivery from Andreas Antona, chef-patron of Michelin-starred Simpsons and The Cross, has launched a wine-pairing service in collaboration with…