Resto 74 Il Pescatore, Southend-on-Sea
Of all the restos of my acquaintance in Southend (and I've known a few) Il P reigns supreme.

Of all the restos of my acquaintance in Southend (and I've known a few) Il P reigns supreme.
Chequers, gin, beef, conviviality with a smattering of Stewart Lee, Mark E Smith and Torture Garden. Three hours of pure pleasure.
This last week or so has been an unusually poppy week (being more a classical hound by nature (of which more anon … that’s for another post)) but I wasn’t thinking to write about it until I stumbled across the Secret 7″ exhibition space at Somerset House. By chance it was the first day of…