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Inside tourist hotspot restaurant expanded using circus elephant carriage

Inside tourist hotspot restaurant expanded using circus elephant carriage

A train carriage once used to transport circus elephants has been added to a popular seafront restaurant.

Celebrate the New Year with a £250 meal at your favourite Shepherd Neame pub

Celebrate the New Year with a £250 meal at your favourite Shepherd Neame pub

Kick off 2025 with a delicious meal for four, including drinks, at your choice of Sheps’ pubs and hotels across Kent.

‘I tried so hard to love this medieval inn overlooking the village green - but I just couldn’t’

‘I tried so hard to love this medieval inn overlooking the village green - but I just couldn’t’

It’s a pub packed with character, history oozing out of every crevice and has a cosy log burner - so why was Secret Drinker still not happy?

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Is this the best hot chocolate in Kent?

Is this the best hot chocolate in Kent?

Our reporter hid from the storm inside a quirky book cafe and discovered a Kinder Bueno drink to die for.

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Outlet ‘doing better than ever’ - but at what cost to town centre?

Outlet ‘doing better than ever’ - but at what cost to town centre?

Bosses at Ashford Designer Outlet say the centre is performing better than ever as it nears its 25th anniversary - but not everyone is happy.

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Italian restaurant of almost 50 years sells at auction

Italian restaurant of almost 50 years sells at auction

A family-run Italian restaurant which has been open for almost five decades has been sold at auction.

‘The Christmas Club had just paid out and the beers were flowing’

‘The Christmas Club had just paid out and the beers were flowing’

Secret Drinker joins the revellers at a sports bar with a cheery festive buzz.

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Sushi chain’s plans for long-empty high street shop approved

Sushi chain’s plans for long-empty high street shop approved

A town centre unit which has been vacant for more than five years is to become a new Japanese-Korean and sushi restaurant.

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Ignore its ugly neighbour - the food at this tiny restaurant is amazing!

Ignore its ugly neighbour - the food at this tiny restaurant is amazing!

The street might not be the most appealing, but our reviewer was impressed by the delicious food on offer at this restaurant.

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First look as world’s biggest Wetherspoon pub to reopen after £750k expansion

First look as world’s biggest Wetherspoon pub to reopen after £750k expansion

A huge Kent Wetherspoon pub is set to get even bigger as bosses prepare for its grand reopening after splashing £750,000 out on a revamp.

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New Aldi store set to be approved again despite Lidl threat

New Aldi store set to be approved again despite Lidl threat

Plans for a town’s first Aldi store are set to be approved for a second time - despite a legal threat from rival discounter Lidl.

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‘It’s a dark, dingy boozer with zero pretensions - and stupid people are barred’

‘It’s a dark, dingy boozer with zero pretensions - and stupid people are barred’

Secret Drinker takes his chances at an old-school pub that smells like his nan’s frontroom

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Waterstones returns to shopping centre after six months away

Waterstones returns to shopping centre after six months away

Waterstones has returned to a closure-hit shopping centre six months after pulling out of the site.

Win a £250 meal for four at your favourite Shepherd Neame pub

Win a £250 meal for four at your favourite Shepherd Neame pub

We’re giving away a delicious meal for four, including drinks, at your choice of Sheps’ pubs and hotels across Kent, worth £250.

Where you can park your car for free in Kent this Christmas

Where you can park your car for free in Kent this Christmas

Some councils across Kent will offer free parking during the Christmas period to help draw in shoppers and support local businesses.

‘Shopping centre’s first-ever Christmas market was missing one essential ingredient’

‘Shopping centre’s first-ever Christmas market was missing one essential ingredient’

The loaded fries and chocolate waffle at this new festive market were amazing - but we needed warming up.

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Kebab shop opens inside petrol station

Kebab shop opens inside petrol station

Drivers can now pick up a kebab at the same time as filling up following the opening of a new takeaway at a petrol station.

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Can your foodie favourites beat last year’s Kent & Medway Food & Drink Award winners?

Can your foodie favourites beat last year’s Kent & Medway Food & Drink Award winners?

If you think your local pub or restaurant is the best in Kent, get your nominations in for the Kent & Medway Food & Drink Awards.

‘The most full-on, joyous, pulsating pub I’ve been to in ages’

‘The most full-on, joyous, pulsating pub I’ve been to in ages’

It’s a super Saturday for Secret Drinker as he heads to a vibrant free house packed with punters

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‘It’s the end of an era’: Bar and town ‘institution’ changes name

‘It’s the end of an era’: Bar and town ‘institution’ changes name

Customers say it is the “end of an era” after the name of a bar was changed for the first time in almost five decades.

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