I’m conscious that our pattern of reviews, as neatly illustrated by the map on our front page, shows that our wingspan isn’t the broadest, and we do tend to focus upon city centre places. That’s largely due to where I work, and my ability/willingness to stray beyond ten or twenty minutes walk from my office, …

Three Birds has taken over the space on Viewforth previously occupied by Le Mouton Noir. I was rather sad to see that place go, as it had served me a rather good skirt steak, a few months ago. But change is one of those inevitable things, so on with the show.My little table array Today, …

I have been on a quite spectacular run of plan dissolution, of late. This evening the plans of an entire set of Food Geeks were rendered soggy and useless by water troubles affecting a temporary closure of Hot Hot in Tollcross, where we’d planned to spend our Tuesday evening. Soup I was still in desperate need …

inside MJ’s Verdict Originally, going to eat Italian food hadn’t crossed my mind, but after my friend Hels, who is visiting from London, got her yearly tattoo at the ever fabulous Studio 13, we were hungry and B was coming down off the Pentlands. We decided to try out the wee Italian restaurant over in …