Place

Hotels, restaurants, bars, houses and the buildings that hold them. Every place here has been visited rather than briefed, and written up against what it claims to be rather than what it costs.

The question is always the same one: is this worth the journey, and for whom? Scores are given at the end of each piece, broken down so you can see which parts carried the result.

Published here

ROSI, Broadway
ROSI — From Horse Trailer to Broadway
Sian and Roman spent several years serving wood-fired pizza out of a converted horse trailer. In August 2025 they opened a permanent site behind the butchers in Broadway.
Edit No. 30
El Disparate, Seville
El Disparate — Andalucía, With the Windows Open
Seville is very good at preserving its food traditions. El Disparate is more interested in seeing what happens when you let them travel.
Edit No. 29
L'Aillet, La Teste-de-Buch
L'Aillet — The Bistro Worth Leaving Arcachon For
A contemporary bistro in the centre of La Teste-de-Buch, 250 wines in the cellar and a dinner menu nobody sees until it arrives.
Edit No. 27

From the archive

Earlier place pieces, from Edits 01–26. These were published on Vitae and still live there.