The River Café, London
The other River Café. Founded by Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray, the restaurant has been the training ground of a whole generation of talented chefs – and celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver, Hugh […]
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Villa Kaliopa, Kut, Vis Island
The island of Vis lies about 20 NM off the coast of Croatia, roughly south-south west of Split, through the gap between Brac and Šolta. During Tito’s reign the island was […]
Grill Rato, Scedro, Croatia
We seem to have featured a lot of Yorkshire recently [and what’s your point?…ed] so we now come to another in the series “Top Ten Settings”. This doesn’t have spectacular […]
Shoe Shop, Fortress Road, London
And before you ask, it’s not a shop. Though was one once. Could be part of the trendy “find the roots” of the buildings as they become new eateries or […]
Ronnie Scott’s, Soho, London
One of the truly great jazz clubs in the world. Started in late 1959 by saxophonist Ronnie Scott, the club has hosted all the great jazz players. Our first visit […]
La Cognette, Issoudun
For those touring the Loire area, and looking for something a little different, La Cognette is a small 1* Michelin restaurant with rooms, roughly mid-way between Sancerre/Pouilly-Fumé to the east […]
Cafe l’Academia, Barcelona
Nearly a disaster; you turn up [all six of you] and find a busy restaurant bursting at the seams – noisy, food arriving overhead on trays, terrific atmosphere. You check […]
Botafumeiro, Barcelona
Not ashamed of celebrating their own success… At Botafumeiro, we know what it means to be Barcelona’s top seafood restaurant. Each dish we serve is the result of painstaking work […]
The Left Bank, Glasgow
Last day of the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, settling down to watch the Men’s Road Race, a perfect course doing twelve circuits of the best of the city centre. […]
The Sisters, Jordanhill, Glasgow
Well, it’s definitely not going to be in the Top 10 settings…probably not the top 10,000. Down the Crow Road, under the railway bridge, turn up a side street and […]
