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Lite Bite: Prezzo, 25 Regent Grove, Leamington Spa, CV32 4NN. Tel 01926 659212. Verdict: *** Dec 02 2011

THEY say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.Read

Cheap as Chips: Leamington Fish Bar & Kebab House, 54 Tavistock St, Leamington Spa CV32 5PW. Tel 01926 338924. Verdict: ** Nov 25 2011

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

Pub Grub: Rose and Crown, 30 Market Place, Warwick CV34 4SH. Tel 01926 411117. www.roseandcrownwarwick.co.uk Verdict: +++++ Nov 25 2011

I HAVEN’T chased the gastro end of the pub trade very much for this column down the years.Read

Local loveliness Nov 25 2011

LOCAL has come to mean ‘good’ in the restaurant world, probably because what was once exotic fare from far away has now become rather familiar and therefore dull.Read

Cheap as Chips: Hot Spot, 798 Alcester Road South / Meadfoot Avenue, Birmingham 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

Lite bite: Ed's Easy Diner, Selfridges, Upper Mall East, Bullring, Birmingham B5 4BP. Tel 0800 123 4000, website: www.edseasydiner.com Nov 18 2011

IT SEEMED like a good idea to try an Ed’s Easy Diner breakfast.Read

Blue Piano is playing a very enjoyable tune Nov 11 2011

THE tentacles of that creative powerhouse that is Moseley and Kings Heath appear to be spreading into less advantaged parts of the city.Read

Cheap as Chips: The Pot and Fin, 48 Brook Street, Warwick CV34 4BL. Tel 01926 492426. ***** Nov 11 2011

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

Pub Grub: Wetherspoon's The Black Horse, Bristol Road, Northfield B31 2QT. Tel 0121 477 1800. Nov 04 2011

IT’S hard to believe but this pub was only built in 1929, especially as JD Wetherspoon has recently spent £2.5million on a major Tudor restoration project.Read

Cheap as Chips: JK's Sandwich Bar, Union Passage, New St, Birmingham B2 4RX. Tel 07971 495823. *** Nov 04 2011

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

Reshaped Horseshoe now much more spicy Oct 28 2011

THE Horseshoe – one of those large roadside pubs that line Birmingham’s main routes – has changed greatly since the days my wife, as a schoolgirl, would swagger with unconvincing confidence into the bar and try to convince the staff she was old enough to buy a Bacardi and coke.Read

Pub Grub: The Four Oaks, 62 Belwell Lane, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B74 4TR. Tel 0121 667 4708. Verdict: ** Oct 28 2011

IF THERE’S one area of the West Midlands which you would think could sustain a decent independent chef, you’d choose leafy Sutton Coldfield.Read

Cheap as Chips: Delicieuse Baguette, 3 Ethel Street, Birmingham B2 4BG. Tel 0121 643 1616. Oct 28 2011

NEW Street might be at the heart of Birmingham, but it’s never been easy to get your all-important fix of chips in the area.Read

Cheap as Chips: Mambos, 23a Hurst St, Birmingham B5 4BB. Tel 0121 622 5564. Oct 21 2011

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

Pub Grub: The Bell Inn, Bromsgrove Road, Belbroughton, Stourbridge DY9 9XU. Tel 01562 731928. Oct 21 2011

THIS pub always looks so inviting, perched above and offset from the Bromsgrove Road, that I’m drawn to popping in every now and then.Read

CHEAP AS CHIPS: The Radley's Fish Bar, 486 Brays Road, Sheldon, Birmingham B26 2RT. Tel 0121 608 5655. **** 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

PUB REVIEW: Sizzling Pubs, Prince of Wales, High St, Shirley B90 1JW. Tel 0121 474 3038. Oct 14 2011

I’VE NEVER eaten Michelin-starred food in my life – and it wouldn’t bother me in the slightest if I never did.Read

LITE BITE: Rossopomodoro, Selfridges & Co, The Bullring, Upper Mall East, Birmingham B5 4BP. Tel 0800 123 400. **** Oct 07 2011

IF YOU were to award the leading pizza parlours marks out of ten, what would you give them?Read

CHEAP AS CHIPS: Frydays, Martineau Square, Corporation St, Birmingham B2 4UH. ** Oct 07 2011

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

PUB GRUB: Beefeater Badgers Sett, Birmingham Road, Hagley, Nr Stourbridge DY9 9JS. Tel 01562 883120. Sep 30 2011

SOME people fancy a curry or a kebab every now and then. For me, it’s a Beefeater.Read

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