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Stone restaurants make end-of-year list
Published on 2 Jan, 2011 at 0:19 in Food & drink | Viewed 587 times | No Comments
Three Stone restaurants made it into The Sentinel restaurant critic’s list as among the best in Staffordshire in 2010. Alan Cookman named The Olives, Aston Marina‘s bistro and Chico’s in his end-of-year round-up. He wrote: “The bistro at the new Aston Marina served interesting food in an interesting setting, while the delightfully bijou Chico’s...
A peek inside The Olives
Published on 23 Oct, 2010 at 19:26 in Pics | Viewed 15,204 times | 18 Comments
Stone’s newest restaurant, The Olives, finally opened its doors on Saturday 23rd October after a delay of a couple of weeks. Owner Affy Moini (you may remember him from La Dolce Vita a few years back) and his team welcomed the first customers to their Mediterranean restaurant in Stafford Street. And A Little Bit...
Town councillor hits out at restaurant’s paint job
Published on 17 Sep, 2010 at 11:04 in News | Viewed 170 times | 4 Comments
Town councillor Mark Green has had a pop at the colour of The Olive restaurant in Stafford Street, claiming the olive-green exterior would be more in keeping in a “seaside resort”. The Mediterranean restaurant is being prepared for its opening and work has included painting the first-floor restaurant’s exterior olive green. But former mayor...