It has a brewing history dating back 350 years, and once supplied the Royal Hospital’s Pensioners with their three-pints-a-day ration, now Young’s has reinvented The Old Brewery in Greenwich.

Curveball certainly has confidence; its web address is plural already. Nick finds that the first one to open has done its homework on what youngish Balhamites will like to eat.

Anyone who is brave enough to create a three course meal entirely from offal and make it taste good is clearly passionate about what they do, and Chloe looks forward to seeing what they come up with next. 

In 2013, former Food for Friends and Due South head chef Michael Bremner, created this humble restaurant. Initially, a pop-up eatery, it quickly evolved into a creative venue for chefs to experiment with daily changing menus.

In the UK’s crowded vegetarian capital, it takes a lot to pull something original, adventurous and tasty out of the proverbial nose bag. Beena Nadeem discovers just how Brighton’s old-timer Food for Friends manages to serve just that, years after it first opened. 

In a market which is almost saturated with vegetarian offerings, Brighton’s ‘original veggie’ restaurant remains, even after decades, a beacon among the best of its kind. 

Barbecoa Piccadilly is Jamie Oliver’s original Barbecoa restaurant reimagined

The new Tamarind Kitchen takes simple dishes and serves them up with a classy spin for relaxed eating at affordable prices.

‘That’s What I Do’, is the latest restaurant from Peter Ilic, a man with a reputation for doing things differently if not a little perversely. With food this good, says Nick, he can do whatever he wants.

Mike Fairbrass feasts on fun at The Dead Dolls House.