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First look: Bar Valette, Shoreditch
The Clove Club’s Isaac McHale brings his approach to a second Shoreditch venue, Bar Valette. We take a first look.
The Clove Club’s Isaac McHale brings his approach to a second Shoreditch venue, Bar Valette. We take a first look.
With International Women’s Day on Friday 8th March, and to celebrate the restaurant’s 50th anniversary, where better to head this week than to Dartmouth and The Angel to chat with Elly Wentworth.
A year might pass, and North Tyneside will again appear in a ‘best places to live in the UK’ list in the national press. Locals read them with a smug, knowing smile, all the while hoping that it doesn’t make securing a dinner reservation any harder… or a pint any more costly.
The town has a proud maritime history going back centuries and some fabulous beaches but, as Mark Taylor discovers, it’s also putting the port on the culinary map with a growing reputation as a food and drink destination.
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