Bristol’s Sanchez Brothers opened Andalusian-inspired Paco Tapas this week, completing their trio of adjacent dockside venues a few minutes’ walk from the city centre. Casamia, the family’s fine-dining establishment, was no 4 on the Sunday Times/Harden’s Top 100 Restaurants list last year, winning praise from the Harden’s Survey for its “fabulous tasting plates”. It moved from suburban […]
Josh Eggleton of award-winning north Somerset gastropub The Pony and Trap has taken over the Kensington Arms pub in Redland, Bristol. Re-opening “the Kenny” after a quick spruce-up this week, he said he would take the establishment back to its roots, “emphasising its traditional British pub cuisines sourced well, with daily changing specials”. Eggleton took over The Pony and Trap […]
Monsieur Raymond Blanc presided over the Food Made Good Awards this week with typically French gusto, presenting his bon ami Jamie O with the Sustainability Hero Award, among many other accolades conferred upon green-thinking restaurateurs and suppliers. Held at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Lindley Hall on 22 March, the ceremony was by far the award’s […]
The Sunday Times has once again unveiled its ‘Food List’ – the definitive top 100 UK restaurants for food. This supplement, now in its sixth year, is published in association with Harden’s, and based on our annual survey of restaurant-goers. For 2016 there’s been a serious shakeup, with last year’s top two – Marc Wilkinson’s Fraiche in […]
Vegetarians can be underserved by restaurants in this country, more often than not left with a choice between mushroom risotto and a goat’s cheese tart. Seeing as Monday marks the beginning of not only British Tomato Week but National Vegetarian Week too, we thought we’d roundup the UK’s top 20 veggie and veggie-friendly restaurants where […]
These days sustainability doesn’t mean sacrificing quality as great produce can be found locally or through fair trade importers. Partake of some fantastic food as you do your bit for the environment by choosing your dining destination with a little help from our friends at the Sustainable Restaurant Association, who’ve assessed all of these restaurants across the […]
Chef Mitch Tonks is to open a Devon outpost of his popular fishmonger-cum-restaurant, Rockfish, in partnership with Matt Prowse. The 130-cover venture, above Brixham market, will launch on 30 April with al fresco seating as well as the main dining room and private dining space. As you might expect the restaurant’s proximity to the fish market […]
Josh and Holly Eggleton, the owners of the “lovely” and “scenic” Pony & Trap in Chew Magna, have launched a tearoom and fish café. Salt & Malt opened on 2 March, just a stone’s throw from the family’s lauded country pub. On the site of a former tea shop, the restaurant now boasts a fish and chip takeaway […]
The brothers behind much-lauded Bristol restaurant Casamia are planning a rather more casual all-day venture in Portishead. Jonray and Peter Sanchez-Iglesias will open the 60-cover pizza place, Pi Shop, in December – good news for those who don’t fancy splashing out on the £90/head original. Why should you care? This is what our current guide says about Casamia: “There’s […]
