I love the Food Standard Agency’s hygiene ratings scheme, it was a long time coming – something that has been available in other countries for years, and I’ve blogged about it a couple of times before, here and here. The publishing of these records empowers the consumer to decide whether or not to visit an establishment, based on the standards that their kitchen is being run to, and not by vowing never to go there again when you have a [...]

A friend of mine posted on Facebook this morning that there were rumours about that the Pen & Wig on Park Grove in Cardiff is going to be closed down and/or turned into a high-end wine bar. I’m tired now of internet rumours so I decided to do some digging. The first details started coming out on Thursday July 1st, put out there by Buzz Magazine on their Twitter feed. There is apparently also a petition on the bar at [...]