In July 1967, smack in the middle of The Summer of Love my dad decided to take us on our first foreign holiday, the destination, Spain. Package holidays had just become common but we ended up driving from Leeds to Denia, a small fishing village at that time, on the Costa Blanca. This meant dad,…
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https://www.manahatta.co.uk/bars/greek-street Just after national lockdown in March I saw a posting on social media which said that when the restrictions are lifted we will be a hunk, a chunk or a drunk. I have made it my mission to prove them wrong. Sadly, no matter how much I exercise there is very little chance of…
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http://www.midnightbell.co.uk I have visited a few establishments since the lifting of lockdown but they were places I did not know so, as far as I was concerned, the lack of other diners might have been the norm for the time of day when I called. Today, however, I was made starkly aware of the damage…
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http://fatannies.co.uk/ When it comes to writing food reviews my hero is the late, and much missed, AA Gill who wrote for the Sunday Times. He had a wonderful style which influenced the way in which I bang out my rubbish, and a knowledge on the subject to which I could not even begin to aspire.…
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https://www.barsoba.co.uk/ I had set off today with a specific location in mind but when I arrived at the establishment in question it had changed its opening hours without thinking to update its website. Thank you very much! My first choice was a restaurant specialising in Far Eastern cuisine and I was looking forward to using…
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https://www.thewhitehallleeds.com/ The last time I ate in Whitehall it was 2003 at the Banqueting House in the London thoroughfare of that name at a function where the guest of honour was HRH the Duchess of Gloucester. Whitehall Road in Leeds is a far cry from Whitehall in London but the food, and the company, were…
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Don’t worry, this is not a critique of the US election, or politics in general for that matter, but one of a cocktail bar in Call Lane which also does a pretty good lunch. I had wanted to try something a bit different once the lockdown was lifted and so decided to trawl through the…
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It is ironic that I was quite comfortable during lockdown with my daily walk and two or three trips to the shops each week but since the restrictions have been lifted I feel that it is a great effort to go out and start socialising again. I am not afraid of becoming infected it is…
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http://www.cafe164.com I say, I say, I say! What do you get if you cross a library, an art gallery, a bakery, a coffee house and a philanthropic organisation? I don’t know, what do you get if you cross a library, an art gallery, a bakery, a coffee house and a philanthropic organisation? Café 164. I don’t wish to…
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https://www.facebook.com/sartopasta/ Before you read this article please be aware that, unlike previous reviews, it was not done incognito as I was honoured to be the first person asked to review it in October 2019 for my other site tyke-it-to-the-limit.com As the aim of the-eat-is-on.com is to be a guide as to where to have lunch…
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