Metro reviews

Wednesday, December 07, 2011 - The approach is not fetishistic; US barbecue purists would no doubt find holes big enough to drive a hog through. The baby back ribs are more wet than sticky, the corn a little deflated, the salad bar sad. But a beef rib burger, filled with chunky meat pulled from the bones and hidden under blue cheese dressing, works a treat. Fries are seasoned with an addictive spiced salt and ice-cold Coke floats, served in a metal goblet with long spoons, provide a devastating sugar hit.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - Toast is a new bar and restaurant that's situated beneath a block of flats in the financial district of Leeds. Other than its proximity to offices and flats, there's nothing particularly appealing about its location. Quite the opposite, in fact, as it's also slap bang on the site of the ill-fated Lumiere skyscrapers, and as we approached Toast, we were confronted by the wall of imposing bollards that encases the abandoned construction area.