Port House Review: Port Exists Because England Hated France
Port House Review: Port Exists Because England Hated France | Port was invented as a substitute for French wine during a trade war. It is now a Strand tapas bar with a 4.6.
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Barrafina Review: You Cannot Book. You Will Never Book.
Barrafina Review: You Cannot Book. You Will Never Book. | A Michelin-starred tapas counter that has refused reservations for years and has a queue outside to prove it works
Opera Tavern Review: 4.8 From Two Thousand People
Opera Tavern Review: 4.8 From Two Thousand People | One of the highest genuine ratings in either survey, on a sample large enough that it cannot be explained away
Casa Manolo Review: Somebody’s House, on the Strand
Casa Manolo Review: Somebody’s House, on the Strand | Casa means house. Manolo is a man. Nearly five hundred people have eaten in his house and not one has met him.
Condesa Review: Named After a Countess Nobody Remembers
Condesa Review: Named After a Countess Nobody Remembers | La Condesa in Mexico City is named for a colonial countess. It is now shorthand for a certain kind of expensive neighbourhood.
Tapas Stories Review: The Tapa Was a Lid
Tapas Stories Review: The Tapa Was a Lid | It was a slice of bread over the glass to keep the flies out. Britain has turned it into eleven small plates and a sixty-pound bill.
Barrafina Review: They Will Not Take a Booking and That Is the Point
Barrafina Review: They Will Not Take a Booking and That Is the Point | You queue, you sit at the counter, and you watch the food being made – and the constraint is what makes it work
Brindisa Review: The Spanish Word for a Toast Is German
Brindisa Review: The Spanish Word for a Toast Is German | Brindis comes from ich bring dir’s, and Spanish soldiers brought it home from a war in Germany