Eating Out

Food focus: The Walk, Bridlesmith Walk

The outside seating area at The Walk cafe bar, which is situated in the centre of the city selling patisserie, afternoon teas and lunches together with a choice of fine wines and continental beers.

Friday, March 12, 2010

A FIRST visit to The Walk cafe hits you in waves. First you find the place, tucked in the little pedestrian nook that is Bridlesmith Walk, just off all the main roads. That feels like a triumph, secret knowledge, even if the place is packed (as it likely will be) when you walk...

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Down your local: Bad Juju Tiki Bar, Hockley

Welcome to Hockley: Bad JuJu Tiki Bar needs to take itself down to John Lewis for an industrial-sized blender.

Friday, March 12, 2010

RIGHT off the bat, I was suspicious. I looked behind the bar and could see no blender. And my First Rule of the Tiki Bar is: always look to the...

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Pint of the Week: Dr. Morton's Metal Polish

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Sampled at the Waggon & Horses, Bleasby THIS amber-coloured medium-bodied ale is refreshingly good. The fresh fruity hop aroma and soft...

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Food Review: Zizzi in Newark

Chain reaction Zizzi in Newark occupies a fantastic riverbank setting, opposite the castle.

Friday, March 05, 2010

ZIZZI in Newark is one of those restaurants you think should be something else. It has an "olde worlde" half-timbered facade, a riverbank location...

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Food Focus: French Living

Gallic charm French Living has added a casual wine bar to its restaurant, says Stéphane Luiggi.

Friday, March 05, 2010

FOR the most part, French Living is one of those Nottingham culinary institutions that needs no introduction. Run for a decade-and-a-half by...

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Bar news: Bad Juju Tiki Bar, Hockley

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

WHERE once there was Muse, now there is Juju. Bad Juju. The Hockley bar formerly known as Muse has had a makeover, and calling that makeover "drastic"...

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Food review: Copper

Take it to the Bridg' Copper is homey, with mismatched chairs and Nat King Cole in the background.

Monday, March 01, 2010

BRUNCH in Bridgford. It's got a ring to it, hasn't it? Like chipolatas in Chilwell. Lentils in Lenton. Woodbines in Woodborough. You get the idea....

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Food Focus: Opium, The Lace Market

Bento box served at Hong Kong-style restaurant and bar Opium, which has re-opened on Warser Gate, Lace Market

Friday, February 26, 2010

It was once one of the Lace Market's must-go destinations. And now, finds ERIK PETERSEN, Opium is back. . UPSTAIRS in the main dining room, fans still...

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Tasty meal in aid of hospice

Friday, February 26, 2010

SMOOTH Radio East Midlands has hosted a dinner party for listeners and representatives from Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People. The...

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Food review: The Library, Beeston

No pressure The Library, quaff and scoff

Friday, February 19, 2010

Virginia Woolf glowers at me from across the restaurant. Nearby sits F. Scott Fitzgerald. Old boy. We're in Beeston Library. No, not the library. The...

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