Eating out in Liverpool, restaurant and food guide

Joseph Benjamin Restaurant and Delicatessen, Northgate Street, Chester Mar 23 2007

A WALK around Chester finds welcome surprises on the food front. There’s been a Thai invasion with at least four city centre restaurants.Read

Pistachio, Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool Mar 16 2007

EVER since I read Anne of Green Gables as a little girl, I have wanted a window seat - like the one in the book - to sit on and watch the world go by.Read

The Olive Press, Castle Street, Liverpool Mar 09 2007

MY MUM loves to shop. Scrub that, she really, really loves to shop. If it were an Olympic sport, she would be a record-breaker.Read

La Paz, Banks Road, West Kirkby Mar 02 2007

YOU'RE no Delia, Jamie or Nigella. Some days you can't even cope with sticking an M&S ready-meal in the microwave without moaning.Read

The Boat House, The Parade, Parkgate Feb 23 2007

THE first time we attempted to dine at the Boat House, in Parkgate, was something of a strange experience. We'd made no booking and arrived early - at 6.30 - to be told there were no tables available until 8.30.Read

The Lounge Inn, Bold Street, Southport Feb 16 2007

THE clean lines and neat square shapes of the tables gave the interior an Eastern feel, almost like a Sushi Bar. However, the menu offered more of the contemporary fusion cuisine which has become popular.Read

The Devon Doorway, Telegraph Road, Heswall, Wirral Feb 09 2007

IT WAS not so much the morning after the night before as the afternoon after the night before. After a rather late Saturday night, a late Sunday lunch somewhere calm and relaxing sounded ideal.Read

Bar 52, Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool Jan 26 2007

IT'S not often that you walk into a restaurant and there's an Oscar-winner sitting at the table next to you - or, in this case, a potential Oscar winner. I don't mean potential as in an actor who's made a great film and is practising his acceptance speech in front of his bedroom mirror just in case.Read

The Coterie Restaurant, Birchfield Road, Widnes Jan 19 2007

EMMA Johnson didn't need an excuse to celebrate a return trip to a restaurant with the right ingredientsRead

Bombay Palace, Upper Northgate Street, Chester Dec 28 2006

NOW that we’re all gastronomes, thanks to the great welter of TV chefs passing on their advice about what’s hip and what’s not, some of us have become a little sniffy about old familiars that we’re not supposed to like any more.Read

The Black House Grill, Newgate Street, Chester Dec 22 2006

SURVEYING the Chester restaurant scene is rather like playing musical chairs - except, rather than getting fewer, the number of seats seems to increase.Read

Negresco, Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool Dec 15 2006

I'VE never been a fan of taxidermy. Ever since I went for a pub lunch as a child and we found ourselves being watched by a stuffed fox that would have given Freddy Kruger the creeps, I've objected to eating in the presence of dead animals. Except for the ones on the plate, of course.Read

Delifonseca, Stanley Street, Liverpool Dec 08 2006

SAM Lister finds a place which revives nostalgia for the culinary delights of homeRead

East Glory, Northgate Street, Chester Dec 01 2006

CHESTER could be on its way to getting a reputation similar to that of the "curry mile" in Rusholme, Manchester, or the "Balti triangle" in Balsall Green, in Birmingham.Read

Paul's Place, Aigburth Road, Liverpool Nov 24 2006

ONCE upon a time, hungry diners visiting Liverpool's Aigburth Road were likely to stay that way. The choice was sparse and not particularly inspiring. But how times have changed. A plethora of restaurants now grace this suburban stretch.Read

Neighbourhood, Woolton Road, Liverpool Nov 17 2006

THERE'S an old photograph I love that is printed on one of those lovely sepia cards you find in coffee shops. It shows two women dressed in old-fashioned clothes chatting over a coffee on a café terrace.Read

Savina Mexican Restaurant & Cantina, Duke Street, Liverpool Nov 10 2006

I LOVE all things Mexican. I love the country, I love the people and I really love the food. I have visited Mexico twice and actually got engaged there under a moonlit sky following a feast of tortillas.Read

Portofino, Knutsford, Cheshire Nov 03 2006

YOU know how some places, foods, smells just take you back to memories of certain times in your life? Well, Knutsford is my place.Read

The Barking Frog, Manchester Road, Southport Oct 20 2006

I LOVE Sunday lunch. The one day in the week when my husband and our four children finally get to sit down and eat at the same time as each other.Read

Zenzero, Church Road, Formby Sep 29 2006

FIFTEEN years earlier, we had been enjoying an Indian takeaway, but the meal on the occasion of my husband's 26th birthday ended abruptly with the birth of our first son early the following morning.Read

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