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This weekend we dined at Chester Fields Gastropub, just five miles outside the city centre. http://www.thechesterfields.co.uk/ The restaurant was gold winner of best use of local products in a menu for 2016 & 2017. Chalkboards in the bar area ask that if any of the customers are aware of any local suppliers who may benefit from supplying the pub, that they should get in touch. The theme of hyper-local produce is evident on the menu, I had "Goosnargh chicken liver parfait, with toasted brioche", and "Reg Johnson's Duck & Cuttelford Farm Dauphinoise Potato". The parfait was lot lighter than those I have tried in the past, it was almost like a mousse, it tasted very fresh, a much more delicate texture than I'd expected. It was served with a side salad, which I think was drizzled in sesame oil. It was a very well put-together dish, however, not impervious to my pet peeve with parfait, there was not enough bread on which to spread the pate. There...

Almost Famous is a burger joint I've been meaning to try for ages. It has a casual bar feel, it looks a bit like after 10pm tables are shoved in a corner somewhere and it might become a nightclub at a moment's notice. Because of this I had low expectations when we first arrived. In the large dining area we were sat next to one of the only other occupied tables by a friendly server, and given menus, as well as a roll of kitchen cloth that hinted the meal would be a messy affair. Graffiti artwork covers the walls, with Disney characters, and a dog holding a cartoon gun up to a rubber duck, it felt whimiscal and offbeat which I liked. The atmosphere was great, there was good early naughties music playing. Source I ordered a Brooklyn lager, which came on draught, a "River Phoenix", (Double cheeseburger, bacon, shoestring onions, frazzles, red chilies, redneck BBQ, bacon mayo, bacon ketchup) and "Phoenix Fries" (bacon rain, JD maple glaze, shoestring onio...