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Mary Griffin
Mary is a feature writer specialising in food and drink for the Coventry Telegraph
Birmingham pubs raise glass to new law that could bring down price of a pint
Economic Development
Pubs Code given final approval in Parliament, giving thousands of community pubs more power to buy beer without restrictions
Fiddle & Bone in Birmingham makes long-awaited return
Brindleyplace
One of the most popular bars for live music fans opens again this weekend after a 10-year wait
Lasan to open 'Nosh and Quaff' lobster and beer bar
Jewellery Quarter
Award-winning restaurant group reveals details of its latest venture which will open in Colmore Row in May
Midland chef Adam Bennett misses out at Bocuse D'Or
Enterprise
The head chef at The Cross in Kenilworth falls short in international competition held in France
Independent Birmingham's campaign to boost Brummie businesses
Retail & Consumer
Joe Schuppler tells Mary Griffin how a city-wide loyalty card is giving the city's independent shops, restaurants and bars a boost
Quinto Lounge opens in Sutton Coldfield as flurry of new restaurants goes on
Economic Development
Quinto Lounge, opposite Cambaz in Birmingham Road, is the latest venue in the city for the Bristol-based Loungers group
New Jewellery Quarter grocer launches in eight-foot loading bay
Jewellery Quarter
Former restaurant manager has followed dream of opening own business by relocating from London to start an independent grocery
Review: Two Cats Roaming Kitchen pop-up restaurant, at Six Eight Kafé
Enterprise
Birmingham's Latvian pop-up brings raw menu to coffee shop basement
Lack of support by Birmingham restaurants 'embarrassing' says St Basils
Economic Development
Streetsmart scheme allows restaurants to add a voluntary £1 to each table's bill but Birmingham is failing to match other cities with levels of support
Review: Paleo in Leamington
Retail & Consumer
A Leamington restaurant is ahead of the trend with its Paleolithic-inspired menu. Mary Griffin discovers that eating like a caveman isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Would you go fine-dining with children?
Economic Development
Eat The Street art project asked kids to review Birmingham restaurants.
Seven Midland restaurants named among nation's best
Economic Development
Birmingham is one of the few British cities outside London to feature more than once in this weekend’s Sunday Times 100 Top Restaurants
Review: Edgbaston restaurant Waters on the Square
Retail & Consumer
Ahead of its first anniversary Mary Griffin visits Andy Waters' restaurant, Waters on the Square in Edgbaston, asking whether it could win Birmingham's first Bib Gourmand
Good whisky no longer hard to find
Retail & Consumer
New shop in the city's Jewellery Quarter pays homage to the hard stuff which will be nirvana to whisky fans
Malvern Autumn Show returns for a celebration of food, gardening and nostalgia
Retail & Consumer
The Malvern Autumn Show returns this weekend, at the Three Counties Showground in Worcestershire, promising a celebration of food, gardening and nostalgia. Mary Griffin takes a look at what's in store
Michelin stars stay in Birmingham as The Cross wins its first
Retail & Consumer
Fledgling Warwickshire venue already among the elite as city's quartet of star restaurants continue to vow judges at prestigious publication
Review: Birmingham's Carters of Moseley has inventive fayre which is a true labour of love
Retail & Consumer
Diners and judges have voted it the best UK restaurant in The Good Food Guide Readers Restaurant of the Year. Now Mary Griffin puts Birmingham restaurant Carters of Moseley to the test.
The Birmingham cyclists proving that the sport is not discriminatory
Economic Development
After Edgbaston Conservative councillor Deirdre Alden suggested cycling was discriminatory and predominately for young, white men, Mary Griffin meets some cyclists desperate to prove her wrong
Review: Sushi Passion in Birmingham's Great Western Arcade
Retail & Consumer
Along a quintessentially British arcade in central Birmingham Mary Griffin finds a new Japanese restaurant where a Polish sushi chef is breaking the mould
Drink of a bygone age is making a very spirited comeback at the Birmingham Gin Festival
Retail & Consumer
Once known as a drink of yesteryear, gin has made a roaring return. Ahead of this weekend's Birmingham Gin Festival, Mary Griffin finds out what sparked the second city's gin renaissance
Five-star tipples at Birmingham Gin Festival
Retail & Consumer
Organiser Jym Harris takes a look at five gins which could be selling out at this weekend's event
Five-star tipples to tempt the tastebuds at Birmingham's Gin Festival
Retail & Consumer
Birmingham Gin Festival organiser Jym Harris' five favourite tipples
Carters of Moseley named Good Food Guide’s Readers’ Restaurant of the Year
Economic Development
Carters' success comes after Birmingham was snubbed in the latest Good Food Guide after none of the city’s restaurants made the top 50
Food and drink producers gear up for Birmingham's first independent food and drink fair
Retail & Consumer
As dozens of food and drink producers gear up for Birmingham's first independent food and drink fair next month Mary Griffin finds out what's in store and asks what sets the city's food scene apart.
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