Lunch in Leeds with Stan Graham
I’ve been meaning to do a review of Harlie’s for ages but, as it’s situated at the back of the Corn Exchange, it’s not somewhere which I pass regularly and so time has gone on and no visit been made. I was writing about an event for the Leeds Lit Festival recently, which was a…
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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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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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