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Cinema chain backs out of town centre location
06 February 2024A huge cinema chain has pulled out of its lease at a town centre location, with new management taking over in the coming months.
New Wagamama restaurant to open this spring
05 February 2024An international pan-Asian brand has announced when it will be opening its latest Kent restaurant.
Long-empty pub to reopen as new restaurant this year
04 February 2024Works to transform a historic pub - which has been empty for seven years - into a cafe or restaurant will be completed this year.
Customers ‘gutted’ at Chinese takeaway’s closure after 25 years
02 February 2024A takeaway will no longer be serving customers after confirming its closure with a note in the window this week.
McDonald’s reveals plans for new Kent drive-thru next to Tesco store
02 February 2024McDonald’s bosses want to open a new drive-thru next to a supermarket.
‘The mould in the pub toilet was growing so fast you could see it spreading before your eyes’
01 February 2024Secret Drinker finds the beer – and the facilities – aren't worth the wait on his latest pub visit
Why did so many Kent businesses close in January?
01 February 2024It’s been a brutal start to the year for Kent firms, with 17 closing for good. But is it really, as one owner claims, “impossible to stay afloat”?
‘Shabby old Kent pub’ wins restaurant of the year at national awards
31 January 2024A Kent restaurant has added to its many accolades by picking up the restaurant of the year title at the national Good Food Guide awards.
Opening date for huge two-storey supermarket in former Argos
30 January 2024The opening date for a huge two-storey supermarket in an empty Argos unit has been announced.
Work starts on huge two-storey supermarket in former Argos
26 January 2024Contractors have started converting an empty Argos unit into a huge two-storey supermarket.
‘It’s impossible to stay afloat let alone make a profit’
26 January 2024Bosses at a Caribbean-inspired restaurant have announced the closure of the site and say rising costs made it impossible to continue.
‘I made three silly assumptions about this pub – they were all wrong!’
26 January 2024Secret Drinker discovers there’s a lot more going on than it seems at this 19th Century venue
Kent’s five top taverns rated among Britain’s best gastropubs
23 January 2024Kentish inns put in the strongest showing throughout the UK this year in the highly revered Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs list.
'I made a throwaway comment about opening a restaurant, now it's happening!'
23 January 2024A throwaway comment about launching a business has inspired a young couple to open their first restaurant.
The final countdown: Full list of Kent & Medway Food & Drink Awards finalists revealed
21 January 2024These are your most-voted-for places, from tasty restaurants to brilliant boozers - here’s the full list of our fantastic finalists.
Your picks for Kent’s three best pubs
20 January 2024We received so many nominations for Pub of the Year in the Kent & Medway Food & Drink Awards, but these three came out on top.
KentOnline readers choose their top farm shops and cafes in the county
19 January 2024You have been nominating your favourite farm shops, delis, tearooms and coffee shops for weeks, and now it’s down to the final three.
‘An off-grid pub with no wi-fi, no hot drinks, no TV and an outside bog’
19 January 2024Secret Drinker heads into the frozen Kent marshes to visit a real ale pub as rough and ready as they come
Tex-Mex chain continues county expansion with high street opening
18 January 2024A growing Mexican street food chain has revealed the location of its third store in Kent in just six months.
Kent’s best hotels as voted for by you
18 January 2024We’re revealing your finalists for this year’s Kent & Medway Food & Drink Awards, including Hotel of the Year and Food and Drink Hero.
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