If you were anywhere near Liverpool Street Station towards the end last week you may have wondered what on earth was going on. Round the back of the station in Broadgate Arena – that circular …

Last Friday we had a rather special lunch here in Spoonfed Towers. Instead of the usual bland and overpriced supermarket sandwich, gobbled down at our desks, the editorial team were instead treated to some rather …

The days of shooting Tequila between barrels of lager and splicing them with sambucas are over. Tequila Chamucos have set their raison d’etre to improving the reputation of the Mexican drink from being the late …

This is not, I have to confess, the kind of place I usually find myself in. As far as I can tell, Tower Bridge is where people who don’t really know London go for a …

It’s about time that North London had some place to compete with the South’s swanky Wandsworth and Brixton branches of the Grand Union. And considering the posh pub’s twelfth addition to the family is smack …

The usual formula for restaurant reviews these days is predictably tripartite: 1, the critic bangs on about his girlfriend/gout/celebrity pals for as many words as the subs allow. 2, the critic mentions the food. 3, …

Nestled in the quaint quarters of Chancery Lane sits Baranis, a chic new bar offering a cocktail-infused taste of Provence. With the promise of free food and quality booze, I’ve roped a friend along for …

You might not know you do, but you do. You know James Street. It’s that one that runs parallel to St Christopher’s Place, from Bond Street up towards Marylebone High Street, that one that tries …

I go past Grand Union on Upper Street almost every day on the bus on the way to work, but for some reason I hadn’t got round to paying a visit until last week. In …

I’ll be brutally honest, posh places kind of scare me. I don’t know if it’s some ingrained worry of not belonging or standing out or something but there’s always this nagging worry in the back …

What do you look for in a bar? For some it’s great drinks; for others a lively atmosphere. For me, I reckon, it’s somewhere I feel happy and comfortable – somewhere I can return to …

by Kate Anderson

Having spawned You’ve Got Mail, the ‘90s Meg Ryan atrocity, The Shop Around the Corner comes with a somewhat blighted resume.  However my humble expectations were soon thrown over as it revealed itself …

Whatever one’s views about the gradual transformation of Spitalfields Market and its surrounding streets, there’s one indisputable upside. And that is the fact that, if you happen to find yourself around there at lunch-time, there’s …

News reaches us this week that those boffins down at The Royal Society are 350 years old this year and as part of their year long celebration of geekery they’re holding a very unique and …