Tracey Macleod finds hefty prices and disappointing food at the newly-opened Palm restaurant, the first British outlet of the 27-strong New York steakhouse chain. The Independent’s food critic laments the quality of the food and wonders whether this can really be the food on which an empire was built? (article here)
Restaurant group Black & Blue has launched its seventh London outlet with the acquisition of the Archduke wine bar on the South Bank. The company, which operates five Black & Blue restaurants across central London as well as Mortimer’s Grill in Bloomsbury, took over the Archduke last week ... (more)
Birmingham City Council has launched a campaign to protect the famous Balti name by preventing Indian restaurants outside the city from using it. The very first Balti dish, which is named after the pot it is cooked in, is believed to have been served by a Pakistani immigrant called Mohammed Ajaib ... (Baltimore...)
