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Pub Review: The Bull in Price Street, Birmingham

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:15:00 GMT

JUDGING by the hourly volume of traffic heading out of Birmingham on the A38 Queensway towards the M6, The Bull is probably one of the most visible pubs in the city.

Pub Grub: JD Wetherspoon Assembly Rooms, 21 Poplar Road, Solihull B91 3AD

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:53:00 GMT

ANYONE might think that going out for a late

Pub Review: O'Neill's, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2HG. Tel: 0121 616 1623

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:48:00 GMT

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

Pub Review: The Hazelwell, Pineapple Road, Kings Heath B30 2RS

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:10:00 GMT

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

Pub Review: Red Lion, Lady Lane, Earlswood, Solihull B94 6AQ. Tel 01564 702946

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:14:00 GMT

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

Pub Review: Hunters Moon, 220 Coleshill Road, Hodge Hill B36 8BE. 0121 749 2595

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:07:00 GMT

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

Pub Review: The York, York Road, Hall Green B28 8LE www.sizzlingpubs.co.uk, 0121 776 6927

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:37:00 GMT

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.

Pub Review: Miller & Carter, Stratford Road, Hockley Heath B94 6NL. Tel 01564 784137

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:03:00 GMT

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

Pub Review: The Rose & Crown, 30 Market Place, Warwick CV34 4SH. Tel 01926 411117

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:20:00 GMT

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

Lite Bite: Ed's Easy Diner, Selfridges, Upper Mall East, Bullring B5 4BP. Tel: 0800 123 400

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:21:00 GMT

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

Pub Review: The Green House, Lichfield Rd, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2UD

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

LOOKING for a relaxing Saturday lunch, we had requested a quiet table for two at this trendy gastropub. So we were more than a little surprised to be sat next to a table with a dozen women celebrating a birthday bash.

Pub Review: The Black Horse, Bristol Road, Northfield, Birmingham B31 2QT. Tel 0121 477 1800

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:38:00 GMT

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.

Pub Review: The Bell, Belbroughton. Tel 01562 731928

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:32:00 GMT

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.

Pub Review: Prince Of Wales, High Street, Shirley B90 1JW. TEL: 0121 474 3038

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:39:00 GMT

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

Light Bite: Rossopomodoro, Selfridges, Upper Mall East, Bullring B5 4BP. Tel 0800 123 400

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:50:00 GMT

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

Pub Review: Beefeater Badgers Sett, Birmingham Road, Hagley, DY9 9JS. Tel 01562 883120

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:38:00 GMT

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

Pub Review: Fieldhouse 10 Knightcote Drive, Solihull B91 3JU 0121 703 9209.

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:19:00 GMT

ONE of modern life’s most contentious issues is whether children should be allowed in to pubs.

Pub review: Wylde Green, Birmingham Road, Sutton Coldfield

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:04:00 GMT

WE DON’T have a television near the dining table at home so it was something of novelty for our youngsters to sit in a booth with its own screen showing cricket.

Lite Bite: Cafe Pasta, 10-11 Sheep Street, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37. Tel 01789 262910

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:40:00 GMT

AS FAR as formula restaurants go, this brand has got its purpose off to a fine art.

Pub Review: The White Swan, 100 High Street, Henley in Arden, B95 5BY. Tel 01564 792623.

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:09:00 GMT

ACCORDING to this famous old hotel’s website, the first inn on the site dates back to 1352.