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Cheap as Chips: Deep Sea Fish, 99 Drews 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

Cheap as Chips: Big Fish, 708 Chester Road, Erdington B23 5TE 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

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

Cheap as Chips: Chequers, A34 Robin Hood Island, 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: Sliced potatoes from Birmingham's Frankfurt Christmas market Dec 09 2011

THOUSANDS are drawn inexorably towards the heart of town in December and the chance to slowly shuffle along a street jam packed with even more food stalls than previous markets.Read

Cheap as Chips: Leamington Fish Bar, 54 Tavis Tock St CV32 5PW Nov 25 2011

EVERY now and then it’s nice to break new ground with this column and visit new territory.Read

Cheap as Chips: Hot Spot, 798 Alcester Road, Maypole B14 5EZ Nov 18 2011

THIS shop used to be a hearing and mobility centre – now it’s the most brightly lit chippy I’ve been in to date.Read

Cheap as Chips: The Pot and Fin, 48 Brook St, Warwick CV34 4BL Nov 11 2011

NOT since May 27 have I awarded five stars to a high street palace.Read

Cheap as Chips: JK's Sandwich Bar, Union Passage, New ST, B’Ham B2 4RX Nov 09 2011

THERE was no sign of Harry Potter when I called at JK’s – nor, in fact, any chips.Read

Cheap as Chips: Mambo's Fast Food, 23a Hurst St, Birmingham Oct 21 2011

ONCE upon a time this was a famous flower shop.Read

Cheap as Chips: The Radley's Fish Bar, 486 Brays Road, Sheldon B26 2RT Oct 14 2011

NOW that the peripheral areas of this pleasant shopping parade next to a busy roundabout have been redeveloped, there are more places to park.Read

Cheap as Chips: Frydays, Martineau Square, Birmingham B2 4UH Oct 07 2011

NEW eatery Frydays claims to be ‘‘the city centre’s only traditional fish and chip shop’’.Read

Cheap as Chips: The One Elm Pop-up Pub, at Stratford Food Fest CV37 6BB Sep 30 2011

LAST weekend’s Stratford Food Festival proved the attractive riverside event, now in its second year, is maturing quickly.Read

Chip Shop review: Arches Fish and Chips, Slade Road, Erdington Sep 16 2011

WHAT are the odds of finding a chippy called the Arches (pronounced like the fake 60s Sugar Sugar pop stars The Archies) at the corner of Abbey Road and Slade Road.Read