joshbythesea
food & drink writer for newspapers & mags 🗞️ columnist @theldnstandard & @theneweuropean ✍️ former staff at i paper, mirror, code 🥫 joshuasbarrie@gmail.com
- where tf is the definitive Beckham long read
- A storied old bistro: www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...
- Wagamama is a mess
- Happy Chiesa Day
- I can remember what I ate at Jamie's Italian in 2008: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
- Jurassic Park!
- A fantastic place. Very festive. Go and have goulash: www.thenewworld.co.uk/josh-barrie-...
- This is the third time Byron burger has been bought out of administration. The burgers were only ever mid. It's been a board room-run restaurant since forever. The sort that worked when people had more money to spend. No longer.
- Why’s the Coca Cola ad such a big thing at Christmas? It’s the most summery drink.
- Read this: www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...
- How has Popeyes already got 100 UK restaurants? It's so, so shite.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Everton, so lucky. We were playing with them.
- same old Arsenal, always cheating
- 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...
- There is now a 'National Air Fryer Day' (September 28)
- Chiesa, Chiesa, Chiesa
- 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...
- Pino!
- As expected: www.thecaterer.com/news/hospita...
- 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...
- 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...
- fuck Uefa
- This is exciting: www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...
- I mean, that's a fucker, but that what a Test
- Dishoom New York 2026?
- so funny, this www.standard.co.uk/going-out/ba...
- All this Jet 2 Holiday stuff. Why the glamourisation. I missed my flight from Napoli the other week and had to get on a Jet 2 plane. Hell on earth. Long queues, three hours late, people moaning. No free water and all that. Almost as shite as Ryanair.
- We are so, so fucked www.cityam.com/greggs-shuts...
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- A pleasure to write for @unherd.com on affordable dining in London: unherd.com/2025/07/chea...
- Visited an old KGB drop site: www.standard.co.uk/going-out/at...
- Chloe Kelly, such levels
- Booze without the booze www.standard.co.uk/going-out/fo...
- Not looking good for Veeraswamy www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
- Regency Cafe is back open www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...
- Atomix is coming to London (!) for a lunch and dinner sitting at Kol www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...
