Must-see restaurants in The Midlands & the Marches

  • Bloomers Original Bakewell Puddings

    Peak District

    Bloomers is one of two establishments that claims to be the progenitor of the famous Bakewell Pudding. There's no sit-down dining; head to the pretty…

  • Three Roofs Cafe

    Peak District

    Castleton's most popular purveyor of cream teas, opposite the turn-off to the tourist office, also has filling sandwiches, pies, fish and chips, burgers…

  • Cooper's Cafe

    Peak District

    Fuel up on soups, burgers, jacket potatoes, house-speciality vegetarian chilli and cakes at this cheerful cafe close to the village school.

  • Al Faisal's

    Birmingham

    This Balti Triangle stalwart serves dishes from the mountains of Kashmir, as well as classic Birmingham baltis.