Lisa Chapman’s Pop-Up at the Endeavour, Staithes, North Yorkshire
We really miss the Endeavour Restaurant in Staithes. What we don’t miss is the constant squawking of the seagulls. Day and night. A small but welcome little decanter of sherry […]
Category Archives: Europe
Roots, York
We don’t do lunch. Well, not proper lunches. Not Prawn cocktail, great slabs of roast beef and Black Forest gateau. (Why ever not, you cheapskates?…Ed). Usually it’s maybe a simple […]
Mraz und Sohn, Vienna
So, Vienna. End of a very memorable and virtuous cycle tour along the Danube, courtesy of Headwater Holidays. You ride down stream – so downhill – mostly along towpaths which […]
Farmacy, London
Not to be confused with the late un-lamented “Pharmacy” run by Damien Hirst and his gullible pals [there is Pharmacy 2 for the terminally desperate], this one is “run” by […]
Core by Clare Smyth, Notting Hill, London
That’s to give it the full title, by the way. Notting Hill is the hip place man – as we like to say up in Yorkshire. Well, it is for […]
Café Demel, Vienna
In Yorkshire we have Bettys [no apostrophe note], where you can indulge in cakes and savouries in a relaxed, genteel fashion. Broderie Anglaise still lingers in the staff uniforms, and […]
The Magpie Café, Whitby, North Yorkshire
Whitby: seagulls, goths, candy floss, rock, Dracula…and fish ‘n chips. A magical place, more especially in winter when the hordes of ice cream eaters are absent and the skies are […]
