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BARILLA

Saturday, November 19, 2011

[Pictures: David Straight] There isn’t much to look at here. There are plastic-covered tables, cheap crockery and some very badly photoshopped images of dumplings. The lighting is too bright and the place is family run; service is well-meaning but very patchy and once there was a voluble argument in the kitchen. We can’t work out why [...]

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EBISU

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

[Pictures: David Straight] Such is the pace of development at Britomart – where, lucky you, half a dozen restaurants have opened in the past year or so – that Ebisu is already something of a classic. When it first opened in March, we liked it, a lot. Though if we’re honest, we did wonder quite [...]

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CLOONEY

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

[Pictures: David Straight] Clooney is in a nondescript warehouse on an otherwise deserted block. You enter up a concrete flight of stairs that leads you to a dark, glamorous space. You go through the restaurant, all concrete walls, black beaded curtains and tan leather. It is still the most glamorous restaurant in town. In its [...]

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MORITA

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

[Pictures: David Straight] They say if you want to eat the best French food in the world, go to Tokyo. Now we can see why. Morita is a Japanese-French restaurant. Yes. It’s not for everyone, in an unprepossessing basement on Mills Lane that is painted black and has neoclassical white columns. It’s formal – there [...]

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PREGO

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

[Pictures: David Straight] Prego is dependable. An old faithful. Where shall we go for dinner, you ask. Where do you take someone for a business lunch, or your parents, or an acquaintance you’ve yet to gauge? Prego. While its decor is reminiscent of something slightly more suburban, the food is well, dependable. Dependably good. The pizzas [...]

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