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Cheap as Chips: Perfect Fryer, 8 King Edwards Road, Ladywood B1 2PZ. Verdict: ++++ Feb 10 2012

FOLLOWING the demise of the award-winning Great British Eatery on Francis Road last autumn, it’s reassuring to know that Ladywood is still home to some mighty fine chips.Read

Pub Grub: The Assembly Rooms, 21 Poplar Road, Solihull, West Midlands B91 3AD. Verdict: +++ Feb 10 2012

ANYONE might think that going out for a late Sunday afternoon meal would be a piece of cake.Read

Cheap As Chips: Deep Sea Fish, 99 Drew Lane, Birmingham B8 2QE. *** Feb 03 2012

YOU’VE got to feel sorry for some shops when a giant like LDV shuts down across the road.Read

Pub Grub: O'Neill's, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2HG. Tel: 0121 616 1623. Verdict: +++ Feb 03 2012

HEARING an item on the radio about the ongoing difficulties of organising this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade got me thinking.Read

Chef's Dozen cheers even a grizzled old grump Feb 03 2012

BEING a grizzled old grump, there are few occasions on which my heart excitedly skips a beat.Read

Pub Grub: The Hazelwell Sizzling, Pineapple Road, Birmingham B30 2RS. *** Jan 27 2012

NOT everything went to plan during our debut at The Hazelwell.Read

Cheap as Chips - week 331: Big Fish, 708 Chester Road, Erdington / Wylde Green B23 5TE. Tel 0121 350 4294. Jan 27 2012

I’VE HAD some experiences in chip shops in my time, but have never been beaten to the doorstep by a crafty pigeon.Read

Pub Gruib: Vintage Inns' Red Lion, Lady Lane, Earlswood, Solihull B94 6AQ. Tel 01564 702946. Jan 20 2012

OF ALL the Vintage Inns pubs in the Midlands run by M&B, this is one of my favourites.Read

Cheap as Chips: KFC, Star City, Watson Road, Nechells, B7 5SA. ** Jan 20 2012

YOU might like to know that KFC is trialling mechanically slaughtered halal meat in 100 UK stores like this one.Read

PUBS: Hunters Moon, 220 Coleshill Road, Hodge Hill, Birmingham B36 8BE. Tel 0121 749 2595. Verdict: ++++ Jan 13 2012

WITH Steven Spielberg’s War Horse movie opening today, where better to try than a Hungry Horse pub.Read

Chequers Fish and Chips, 1545 Stratford Road, Hall Green B28 9JA. ***** Jan 13 2012

THE return of this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions suggested it would be an appropriate time to revisit Chequers.Read

Cheap as Chips: Masters, A4040, 111 Stechford Lane, Ward End, Birmingham B8 2AP. *** Jan 06 2012

IT’S NOT every day you see a Bentley’s grille this close to a chippy.Read

Pub Grub: The York, York Road, Hall Green, Birmingham B28 8LE. **** Jan 06 2012

IT’S THE ultimate test of a suburban pub – arriving hungry for a good meal on an unforgivably wet Wednesday night during the first week after Christmas and the New Year.Read

Dull Browns wasn’t a colourful night out Dec 16 2011

LAST night I had a nightmare – a vision of a Birmingham in which all individuality had vanished to make way for the sort of stores, cafes and coffee shops you’d find in any mall anywhere in Britain.Read

Pub grub: The Coffee Room, Hurst Street, The Arcadian Centre, Birmingham B5 4TD Dec 16 2011

THE GREEN Room used to be an enticing name for the bar directly opposite the Birmingham Hippodrome’s front door.Read

Cheap as Chips: Fish & Chips, Christmas Craft Fair, Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2ND. Verdict: * Dec 16 2011

IN the shadow of the new Central Library, a fish and chips trailer at the Christmas craft fair.Read

Old pal that still adds spice to life Dec 09 2011

THERE can be few Brummies who don’t have a favourite curry house – a place that offers a warm welcome, good food at a fair price and is within walking distance so that those pints of Cobra can be consumed without worrying about the drink-driving laws.Read

Pub Grub: Miller & Carter, Stratford Road, Hockley Heath, Solihull B94 6NL. Tel 01564 784137. Dec 09 2011

THE last time I had a meal at ‘ye olde’ Harvester Nags Head in Hockley Heath, it was close to an abomination.Read

Culinary ambition but not starry night out Dec 02 2011

PEEL’S is a restaurant of some ambition, boasting a talented chef and a menu that reflects his impressive pedigree.Read

Cheap as Chips: The Urban Kitcken, 148/151 Hurst St, Birmingham B5 6RG. Verdict: **** Dec 02 2011

WALKING down Hurst St recently, I was blown by the wind back to The Urban Kitchen which opened in March 2010.Read

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