What We’re Reading

Why Britain’s proper pubs must be celebrated

As the Good Food Guide launches its 100 Best Pubs 2025, in partnership with Timothy Taylor’s Landlord, writer and pub-goer Josh Barrie reflects on the importance of Britain’s pubs. For him, they are up there with Italy’s trattorias and France’s bistros. The Good Food Guide

It’s not about the food – the secret of a great restaurant

A correction to the glut of ‘chef books’, a trio of new titles by restaurateurs Jeremy King, Keith McNally and Drew Nieporent, reviewed by Jay Rayner in the FT. The three, who made their names in the Chardonnay-soaked 1980s “have a lot of fun settling scores, claiming credit where it’s due, and engaging in some Olympic-standard name-dropping”. Financial Times

New York restaurant royalty: the ex-River Cafe cook on behind one of the city’s top places to eat

Which Brit hasn’t fantasised about jacking it all in and moving to New York to open a restaurant? Keith McNally did it and so, three decades later, did Jess Shadbolt while offending far fewer people along the way. An insightful interview with the former PA to Ruth Rogers, now restaurateur at one of Manhattan’s most in-demand restaurants. Restaurant

A24 just opened a restaurant in New York and it’s as cinematic as you’d expect

A24 is, no question, the most talked about film studio in the biz (think Uncut Gems, Midsommar, Lady Bird). In September, it made its entry into the restaurant world with the revival of the Cherry Lane Theatre, the oldest Off-Broadway venue in New York. This Wallpaper feature has all the details about the in-house restaurant, its chefs, food, design and drinks. Believe us, the Scorpion Bowl will be copied everywhere. Wallpaper