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Pub Grub: The Bull, 1 Price Street, Birmingham B4 6JU. Tel 0121 333 6757. Verdict: ****

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 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.

Cheap as Chips: Frydays, 2 Wallace Road, Pershore Road, Selly Park B29 7ND: ***

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

I HAD two phone calls while I was in this shop – both from my wife outside in the car wondering why it was taking so long (14 minutes!) for chips.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chef's Dozen cheers even a grizzled old grump

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 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.

Dull Browns wasn’t a colourful night out

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.

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

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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

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

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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

Old pal that still adds spice to life

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

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.

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

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

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