joshbythesea
@joshbythesea.bsky.social
food & drink writer for newspapers & mags 🗞️ columnist @theldnstandard & @theneweuropean ✍️ former staff at i paper, mirror, code 🥫 [email protected]
Why would anyone go to Pret? www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-dri...
The 11 best places to bag a £15 restaurant meal deal
Set lunch menus are swiftly replacing the old sandwich, snack and drink deal – but where’s the best spot to snap up a delicious bargain?
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Why would anyone go to Pret? www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-dri...
A short essay on the club sandwich: www.standard.co.uk/going-out/fo...
Why the club sandwich is the greatest sandwich of all time
It’s an unbeatable invention, says Josh Barrie, a sandwich of history, merit and resourcefulness
www.standard.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
A short essay on the club sandwich: www.standard.co.uk/going-out/fo...
Football. Just money innit. Yes am bitter. But if we had more, we’d still have Eze, Olise too probs, and we’d be top of the league 🤷♂️
October 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Football. Just money innit. Yes am bitter. But if we had more, we’d still have Eze, Olise too probs, and we’d be top of the league 🤷♂️
Zaibatsu is back! Real ones know: www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...
One of London's best — and cheapest — sushi restaurants is back
Zaibatsu had long been one of south London’s best restaurants and will relaunch with the same menu
www.standard.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Zaibatsu is back! Real ones know: www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...
there needs to be a PFA intervention re: Chiesa and Slot
October 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
there needs to be a PFA intervention re: Chiesa and Slot
Directory of contacts at Savills here if anyone would like to email about the situation in Elephant & Castle. Kaieteur Kitchen being locked out and so on: www.savills.co.uk/pdf/mipim-di...
www.savills.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Directory of contacts at Savills here if anyone would like to email about the situation in Elephant & Castle. Kaieteur Kitchen being locked out and so on: www.savills.co.uk/pdf/mipim-di...
Everton, so lucky. We were playing with them.
October 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Everton, so lucky. We were playing with them.
same old Arsenal, always cheating
September 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
same old Arsenal, always cheating
ring ring we are winning the league (Chiesa come and join us)
September 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
ring ring we are winning the league (Chiesa come and join us)
Punk Royale, the restaurant that confiscates your phone (good): www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
Inside the Mayfair restaurant that’s taking diners’ phones away
Punk Royale has opened a London outpost after success elsewhere in Europe. We visit — but there will be no photos of the food
www.thetimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Punk Royale, the restaurant that confiscates your phone (good): www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
There is now a 'National Air Fryer Day' (September 28)
September 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
There is now a 'National Air Fryer Day' (September 28)
Chiesa, Chiesa, Chiesa
September 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Chiesa, Chiesa, Chiesa
High street coffee purveyors should simply give up. Me for @theipaper.com: inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
'Pret is bitter, Costa undrinkable': Seven high street coffees from worst to best
Which high street coffee shop is really worth your time and money? Josh Barrie ranks the drinks
inews.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
High street coffee purveyors should simply give up. Me for @theipaper.com: inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
Carbone has arrived in London: www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...
Carbone: Can America's sexiest restaurant make it in London?
Will the magic of Carbone — a restaurant that entranced Beyonce and the Kardashians — translate? Josh Barrie on what to expect of it here
www.standard.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Carbone has arrived in London: www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...
As expected: www.thecaterer.com/news/hospita...
Hospitality reports 89,000 job losses
The hospitality industry has accounted for more than half of all job losses in the UK since the Budget, new research has shown.
www.thecaterer.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
As expected: www.thecaterer.com/news/hospita...
Apropos the Tesco meal deal news thecritic.co.uk/the-real-dea...
The real deal with meal deals | Josh Barrie | The Critic Magazine
England needs a better lunchtime culture…
thecritic.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Apropos the Tesco meal deal news thecritic.co.uk/the-real-dea...
Excellent new bar in Bethnal Green: www.standard.co.uk/going-out/ba...
Josh Barrie at All My Gods: Nuclear daiquiris in a temple of darkness
Praise be for this this charming sanctity
www.standard.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Excellent new bar in Bethnal Green: www.standard.co.uk/going-out/ba...
was just talking about how Pizza Pilgrims was still great pizza the other week. Be surprised if it's not Franco Manca (pretty good but meh) level by 2028 now www.thecaterer.com/news/pizza-p...
Pizza Pilgrims acquired by German chain L’Osteria
The deal will see Pizza Pilgrims make use of L’Osteria’s European network as it looks to expand overseas
www.thecaterer.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
was just talking about how Pizza Pilgrims was still great pizza the other week. Be surprised if it's not Franco Manca (pretty good but meh) level by 2028 now www.thecaterer.com/news/pizza-p...
This is exciting: www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...
A Michelin-starred BBQ restaurant from Texas is coming to London
Proper American barbecue isn’t easily found this side of the Atlantic, especially those with the slogan “strictly no vegans”
www.standard.co.uk
August 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This is exciting: www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...
I mean, that's a fucker, but that what a Test
August 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I mean, that's a fucker, but that what a Test
Dishoom New York 2026?
August 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Dishoom New York 2026?
so funny, this www.standard.co.uk/going-out/ba...
July 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
so funny, this www.standard.co.uk/going-out/ba...
