Over the past few weeks I have done quite a few posts about places to eat in Brighton. I thought it would be useful to do a link post that collects them all in one place for easy RTing. Here you go.
- Smokey’s (American BBQ)
- Indian Summer (Indian)
- Some suggestions from Pete Sutton
- Giggling Squid (Thai)
- Dig In The Ribs (Tex-Mex)
- The Marlborough (gay pub & Halloween party)
- Where to eat if money is no object
- Afternoon Tea venues
- Coffee houses
Important: Brighton restaurants get very busy over the weekend. If you want to eat at the place of your choice, book in advance.
WFC members may also be interested in a number of reports I wrote for the online tourism site, IGoUGo, a few years back. Well, over a decade ago… sadly many of the restaurants mentioned are long gone (I particularly mourn Mamma Cheri’s and Coriander) and the West Pier has burned down, but a lot of the history remains:
Cool, but can you recommend a nearby coffee shop where folks like Chris Garcia can hold guerilla kaffeklatches without the convention nickel-and-diming them? For that matter, what’s the appropriate Brightonism for “nickel-and-dime” since there aren’t nickels or dimes in English currency?
Chris is running Kaffeklatches so that his fans can come and meet him?
Anyway, I have done a post about coffee. See the links above.
And as far as I know there is no British translation for “nickel-and-dime”. It is an American invention.
Scalzi wrote a rather snarky blog about the odd way in which the Brighton WFC committee is implementing kaffeklatches (pay £5 in advance for your seat, ostensibly to cover the cost of the coffee, no refunds, no waitlist to fill cancellations) and at BASFA I mentioned to Chris he could run a guerilla kaffeklatch thing for 5 cons, he just needed to find somewhere for coffee.
Among the blog reactions to the kaffeeklatsch policy, I did see one author (can’t remember who now, and can’t find the link) announce that they were, for sure, holding a guerilla kafeeklatsch offsite.