The Last Bite
The 118-Year-Old Deli Where No Sandwich Is Too Weird
Marylebone's Paul Rothe & Son has been in the Rothe family since 1900 and is still renowned for its handmade sandwiches. Fillings range from egg mayonnaise and anchovy to bacon and banana.
The Last Bite: A Biker Hangout Keeping Roadside Cafe Food Alive
Little Chefs might be disappearing from our motorways, but Ace Cafe on London's North Circular ring road still proudly serving fry-ups and knickerbocker glories—81 years after it first opened.
The Last Bite: How Soho’s Oldest Italian Deli Is Surviving Brexit
Lina Stores, long-standing purveyor of regional Italian produce and fresh pasta in London, is already feeling the impact of staff shortages and costly European imports.
The Last Bite: The 130-Year-Old London Coffee Shop That Won’t Serve Lattes
Algerian Coffee Stores has been providing Soho’s caffeine fix since 1887.
The Last Bite: A Crash Course in Pâtisserie with One of London's Wisest Shops
This might be a 146-year-old pastry shop, but the goods inside certainly aren't.
The Last Bite: Mrs Chow’s Menu Is So Good It Hasn’t Changed in 40 Years
Welcome back to The Last Bite, our column documenting the survival of traditional food establishments. Today, we visit a proudly old-school Chinese restaurant in West London, headed up by 92-year-old Mrs Chow.
The Last Bite: Maggie’s Cafe Is a Greasy Spoon and Proud of It
Welcome back to The Last Bite, our column documenting the survival of traditional food establishments. Today we visit Maggie’s, a cafe that has been serving South London traditional fry-ups for 34 years.
The Last Bite: London's Oldest Whisky Shop Won't Let Soho Die
Welcome back to The Last Bite, our column on the survival of traditional food establishments. Today, we visit Milroy’s, a whisky shop that has operated in Soho since 1964—and intends to do so for many years to come.
Inside London's Original West End Restaurant
“After a performance, the audience who’d been at the theater would come in here to eat as well as the star of show. You never knew who was coming or what was going to happen.”
The Last Bite: Manchester's Oldest Greek Restaurant Still Delivers the Dolmathes
Welcome back to The Last Bite, our new column documenting the survival of traditional food establishments. For this installment, we eat homemade dolmathes at Manchester’s oldest Greek restaurant.
The Last Bite: A 106-Year-Old Hippopotamus in Buenos Aires
“If someone came into El Hipopótamo and asked me for a Frappuccino, I’d tell them to go to the Starbucks down the road—or more likely tell them to fuck off.”
The Last Bite: Ale, Black Pudding, and Ladies Haircuts at Lancashire's Oldest Market
Welcome back to The Last Bite, our column documenting the survival of traditional food establishments. Today, we head to Bury to visit an open-air market established back in 1444.