I was a little later eating than normal so had Googled a place where I could have a late lunch and set off for my first choice. When I arrived the place was locked up. I don’t know whether this is permanent or if they had checked out their on-line hits, seen my name and locked…
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What with one thing and another I have not done a Let’s Do Lunch for quite some time. As those of you who have been reading my articles for will know, I am asked cover the openings of new restaurants which is very nice but it means that the experience I am privileged to enjoy…
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I think that Chicago is my favourite city in the USA although, being a child of the sixties – now one of the over-sixties – I did love San Francisco when I went there. I must admit that I have not seen Chi-town during one of its viciously cold winters so I may be working…
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I have written previously that I am a lover of wordplay, especially in the names of businesses. I don’t know whether I am reading too much into the moniker of this week’s establishment but I believe that, apart from a sting in the tail, this is the best name I have ever come across. If…
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Ah, the Merrion Centre. This example of 1960s styleless architecture holds a strange fascination for me. On 5th September, 1961 I began my secondary education at Leeds Central High School which is situated on Woodhouse Lane, smack opposite the entrance to Morrison’s Car Park. It is the big square brick building now occupied by a…
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This review is inspired by my hero when it comes to critics. A.A.Gill is the restaurant and T.V. critic for the Sunday Times: how bad a job can that be? He recently reviewed a hot dog restaurant in Soho called Top Dog which he was not very impressed by. At the end of each week’s…
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