Gourmet Traveller

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In the end it was a quiet death. The gastropub slipped into obsolescence with no laments for truffled mash or over-reduced jus following it. Good, I say. Pubs are pubs. Hold the gastro, preserve the atmosphere, cook good, pubby, food. Then leave it alone.

Want to see it in action? Go to The Old Fitz. Get the chip butty, split a rissole sandwich, order a pie for two. Yes the chef has cooked at Sepia, Quay and The

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