Piccolino Birmingham opened this week and the BP team, lured from their lair with the prospect of free food and drink, ambled along to check it out.
Picture Report: The Duck Opening 15th Mar 2008 The BP team shuffled the short distance to the launch of The Duck on Hagley Road to check out what had become of one of the area's most established venues.
Xmas 2007: Awards 2nd Jan 2008 As voted for by the members of BP - three winners and the second and third placed establishments in each category.
Xmas 2007: Books of the Year 2nd Jan 2008 Two weighty tomes come under the critical eye of Chris as part of our 2007 roundup.
Xmas 2007: Review of the Year 2nd Jan 2008 2007 marked the last gasp for smoking in restaurants and though England has only been smoke-free for less than six months at the time of writing the change has been profound.
Xmas 2007: From Brummie to Country Bumpkin 2nd Jan 2008 Friend of the site, leading light in Staffordshire’s dining scene and all round good egg Paul Gilmore reflects on the at times tumultuous move from the highly regarded Warstone Lane establishment to his rural restaurant.
Picture Report: The Vaults 29th Nov 2007 The city's oldest workers were invited to take a look at the city's oldest workplace The Vaults, now reopened as a bar/restaurant in the Jewellery Quarter after a £2m refurbishment.
Lasan Kebab Feast: Picture Report 14th Sep 2007 Lasan's Kebab Feast proved to be exactly that - an extensive sampling of different takes on the usually humble kebab.
Profile: Purnell's 17th Aug 2007 Glynn Purnell goes eponymous in Birmingham City Centre and the BP team were more than happy to visit, sample the food and chat with the winner of Birmingham's first homegrown Michelin star about life after Jessica's.
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