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Where to eat in Newcastle: Anna Hedworth’s personal tour

Architect turned chef and restaurateur Anna Hedworth is the woman behind Long Friday, winner of The Good Food Guide’s Best Local Restaurant in Yorkshire and the North East this year. Her personal tour of the Toon eschews the obvious picks to introduce three exciting newcomers, a food market, and the best address for custard tarts. The Good Food Guide

L’Autre: The best restaurant you’ve never heard of

Perhaps you’ve wandered past this Polish-Mexican ‘Restaurant Wine Vodka Bar’ in Mayfair and wondered about it? Standard reviewer David Ellis obviously had. Established in 1942, it was taken over by a Canadian-Polish proprietor in the mid-1970s, who went on to hire a Mexican chef. The rest is vodka-soaked history. Writes Ellis: “This is somewhere run by people, not a corporation…It is not perfect but it does not need to be.” The Standard

670 Grams, Birmingham: ‘Edgy, ballsy, disruptive’

“Meat and two veg, this is not” writes Guardian critic Grace Dent of Kray Treadwell’s ambitious tasting menu restaurant. Whether serving carabinero prawns with sambal and lime or carrot cake with a lamb fat frosting, 670 Grams does its “own weird thing” and is “never, ever boring”. Intrigued? CODE members get 50% off on the CODE app. The Guardian

How high-end restaurants went global

Behind the paywall, a fascinating look at the rise of the ‘luxe’ global chain. Essential reading for anyone who has ever considered expanding overseas and, arguably even more so, for anyone who hasn’t. Includes thought-provoking quotes from Barrafina MD Anna Watkins, Jyotin Sethi of JKS, and Maison François’ François O’Neill who comments, “the UK is not a desirable market to invest in at the moment.” The Financial Times