Osteria Al Squero, Venezia
Osteria Al Squero sits alongside one of the less popular canals, running roughly south between the Grand Canal and the main waterway that separates the city from Giudecca – the […]
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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 […]
Bettys Café Tearooms, North Yorkshire
Bettys really deserves six entries on this blog; York, Little Bettys in Stonegate, Harrogate, Harlow Carr, Ilkley and Northallerton. 21st century heaven…and 20th century…and should have been 19th century too […]
The Crathorne Arms, Crathorne, North Yorkshire
***STOP PRESS*** We’ve been…and yes, it is the Tontine reinvented. The new restaurant of choice in this part of the world. Eugene McCoy at the helm, delivering outstanding food and […]
The Mustard Pot, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Just what you need on a sunny afternoon. We’re sure it’s just as good on a wet, rainy November day too, but this was ideal. It was July 5th 2014, […]
The Yorke Arms, Nidderdale, North Yorkshire
As you go further south, the Yorkshire Dales relax a bit. From Swaledale in the north [rugged and broody] down towards conurbations of West Yorkshire, each dale seems to soften, […]
Blue Lion, East Witton, North Yorkshire
Time to celebrate a bit of Yorkshire, now Le Tour is passing through. The Blue Lion has long been a favourite – probably for the last 20 years – seeing […]
Monteverdi, Toscana
Monteverdi is set in the small village of Castiglioncello del Trinoro, in authentic Tuscany, at a height of 2,600 feet – oops, around 800 metres. Comprising a small number of […]
La Locanda del Colonnello, Modica
This is the second, less expensive restaurant to the Michelin-starred La Gazza Ladra, but described by Giorgio Locatelli as doing elegant versions of street food as a starter – rice […]
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