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Russian here for some decent comfort food

Joseph Connolly experiences the glory of being a tsar and meets a Russian spy, all without leaving Chalk Farm! I went to Russia the other evening. Well all right, then… more the Chalk Farm end of Regent s Park Road. Da. Where there nestles a restaurant... » MORE

Gordon Ramsay brings listed inn back to life

FOR years, the York and Albany was a crumbling architectural gem on English Heritage s at risk register . Part of Nash s scheme for Regent s Park, its listed status meant it couldn t be bulldozed. But after decades lying derelict, who would have the cash... » MORE

Joseph Connolly thoroughly enjoys being Galvinised on Baker Street

Boris Johnson was in the back of our cab. Two Boris Johnsons. Well four, actually, if it s accuracy we re seeking. Not lookalikes, no, but a pair of pictures of a pair of Boris Johnsons on the underside of the flip-up seats. Here were the familiar lit... » MORE

More fun and game in the pub, Charlie Brown

A hapless kite flier as a boy – like the melancholic Peanuts character – Joseph Connolly can now saunter past the show-offs on Parliament Hill to The Bull and Last – a gastropub that s living up to its hype Charlie Brown, the melancholic Peanuts philoso... » MORE

Pub's staff spend too much time beating around Bush

Novelist Joseph Connolly was very impressed when he first entered the Hampstead institution that is the Holly Bush pub. Then he tried ordering a meal and waited . . and waited . . . and waited What s his name …? It s on the tip of my … oh God – what s he... » MORE

Hefty prices at Tate Britain, don't they know there's a recession!

On top of facing bad news from a commissioning editor, novelist Joseph Connolly not only has to face a paltry portion of chicken (at more than 30 quid!) but he can t even afford a whole bottle of wine at Tate Britain School hols – dontcha love em? You... » MORE

JOSEPH CONNOLLY: Russian towards the steak house

IN those grim and ribless far-off days when Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy was looming large in the doom-laden media, you might have thought twice about opening a restaurant dedicated to the glory of beef in Maddox Street. It is akin, in these Swine Fl... » MORE

Ramsay finds an unlikely home at Hell's crossroads

Joseph Connolly is thankful the meal at one of Gordon Ramsay s places didn t cost him a monkey The chimps tea party – when, as a child, I was taken to the zoo, that for me was the main attraction. Most of the other animals I found to be either stinky... » MORE

Claridges is worth more stars than General Patton

Joseph Connolly treats the Birthday Girl to a wonderful meal his wallet will never forget Have you checked the rating at the end of the piece yet? I expect so – human nature really, when reviews are strewn with asterisks. So, yes – rather startling, isn... » MORE

Bradleys joins Michelin's value-for-money elite

OFFERING good food at the right price is becoming more and more important in these fiscally-challenging days, and so the timing of Bradleys elevation into the Michelin Bib Gourmand elite could not have been better. The Winchester Road restaurant is one of... » MORE

ThorntonAfter conquering Crouch End, Andrew Thornton arrives in Belsize Park

Well, what do we think of the new-look Budgens, now called Thornton s Budgens, since Andrew Thornton acquired it almost a year ago, having bought the store in Crouch End in 2006? Isn t it vastly more expensive than the high street supermarket chains? Well... » MORE

Manna is well worth searching out in Primrose Hill, even if youManna is truly heaven-sent for choosy vegetarians

Vegetarian restaurants haven t really caught on in the UK. It s true that vegetarians are generally better catered for than they once were, and have more choice here than in many European countries, but meat-free dining could still do with a makeover. Th... » MORE
 

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