
The Sandwich Box in Willenhall which is now under new management provides everything you are looking for in a traditional cafe.
This week ‘The Insider’ visits a bridge in Penkridge for a meal at the pub named after it.
Net curtains hanging in the window, a weathered sign hanging from a bracket above the door. An advertising board on the pavement, beckoning people to enter. This is how cafes used to be.
Penny pinching, the new rock ‘n’ roll. Bling is out, thrift is in.
At the heart of every town centre is a busy cafe which stands the test of time, purely because everyone knows what to expect, writes Lee Perry.
The Dale House in Walsall is the latest eaterie to receive a mystery visit from our food reviewer ‘The Insider’.
This week’s meal review by ‘The Insider’ comes The Bell and Bear in Rowley Regis. On quiz night. We did wonder why almost every spare table in the pub had been reserved when we arrived, he says.
The dining trade is a notoriously hard market to crack. A third of new restaurants are said to go out of business in their first year, so if one can survive the first few years, chances are it is doing something right.
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