Reviews
Who cooks, where to go and what it is actually like once you sit down.
Voodoo Ray's finds a new owner after liquidation
A longtime staff member has taken over the Dalston pizzeria after its operator wound up this month, with a cocktail bar pop-up set to move into the basement.
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Star Seafood closes sixth Hong Kong branch in two years
Star Palace's Fanling site has shut, the latest in a run of Hong Kong restaurant closures this year, as rents, labour costs and cheaper meals across the border in Shenzhen squeeze Cantonese dining halls.
Restaurant Chestnut to close in West Cork after nine seasons
Chefs Rob Krawczyk and Elaine Fleming serve their last dinner at the Michelin-starred Ballydehob restaurant on October 30, eight years after its first star.
Simpson's Tavern reopens as Cloth Cornhill in London
Four years after a rent dispute closed London's oldest chophouse, new owners reopen it under a different name — same panelling, same coat hooks.
Bàtu Taormina joins the Michelin Guide's Italian selection
Chef Luca Miuccio's restaurant at the Grand Hotel San Pietro gets a Michelin page, not a star: two eight-course menus, one vegetarian, and a €16 million hotel overhaul behind it.
Grace Dent reviews Indian Café Racer's bigger Birmingham site
The cult curry spot has moved from a pub back room to a 65-cover site on Bristol Street. The Guardian's critic found the cooking uneven, from a sharp gobi manchurian to flat naans.
Bullpen sushi earns a nod from The Infatuation
The US dining guide adds the 14-seat counter to its Tokyo sushi guide, rating its $50 omakase alongside rooms that charge three times as much.
Inter Scaldes is rebuilding, one star short of where it was
Two years after the sale and the refit, Jeroen and Sanne Achtien hold two stars in Zeeland. What is on the plate now, and what the third would take.
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