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Salad Daze

THE CHEQUERS: 'as it was sunny we opted for the ploughman’s, choosing the mixed cheddar and brie platter, and the gorgeous sounding Welsh rarebit with grain mustard'

4:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

KATHERINE MACALISTER welcomes the summer and goes in search of the perfect ploughman’s lunch

Bunny Broilers

THE FOLLY: 'had a really exciting menu and was a delight to dine in...'

4:00pm Thursday 16th May 2013

Sweet ending to a lovely meal left the table with a taste of summer in spite of the rain, writes KATHERINE MacALISTER

Cuppa Class

JANE'S TEA GARDENS: "I don’t think anyone would have batted an eyelid had we turned and found our neighbouring tea guests to be the white rabbit, Mad Hatter and dormouse"

4:00pm Thursday 9th May 2013

KATHERINE McALISTER revels in the eccentric setting of Jane’s Tea Gardens for a memorable lunch

Qick Fiz: Zappi's Bike Cafe

Wheely good: Zappi's Bike Cafe

5:29pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

Lack of wheels didn’t stop KATHERINE MACALISTER enjoying the delights of Oxford’s very own bike cafe

North Quest

SAFFRON: 'For North Oxfordians: why travel to town, let alone Cowley Road, with food this good on your doorstep?'

4:00pm Thursday 25th April 2013

LEAFY Summertown is the embodiment of suburbia.

Top of The Bill

BILL'S: "it’s fun, different, atmospheric and authentic"

4:00pm Thursday 18th April 2013

A new restaurant chain in the middle of Oxford has KATHERINE MACALISTER truly impressed from the word go

Atomic Fall-Out

ATOMIC PIZZA: 'the 10 teenagers we brought along for the ride are still raving about it'

4:00pm Thursday 11th April 2013

Wacky surroundings and a fine array of pizzas don’t stop KATHERINE MACALISTER suffering from a touch of food envy

Skin Deep

STURDY'S CASTLE: 'I’m sure back in the 1980s when jacket potatoes were right up there with shoulder pads and Duran Duran, it was a real novelty...'

4:00pm Thursday 4th April 2013

KATHERINE MACALISTER ventures into a revamped Sturdy’s Castle in Tackley to find things are much as they were when pub lunches were the real hot potato

Fresh Idea

25 For 25 at Turl Street Kitchen: 'they rose to the occasion magnificently, with all sorts of weird and wonderful concoctions...'

4:00pm Thursday 28th March 2013

Parking spaces aside, KATHERINE MACALISTER discovers a rare treat at Oxford’s Turl Street Kitchen with their occasional 25 for 25 nights

Getting a slice of the action at The White Rabbit

Rabbit food: the White Rabbit

5:47pm Thursday 21st March 2013

Katherine MacAlister goes down the rabbit hole at a revamped city centre pub

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