=== Food

== Grocery Shopping

There are lots of supermarkets and food shops throughout Brighton, and most will have a cheap food range and a posh food range (for fruit and veg pretty much all will have normal and organic ranges). Generally in order of increasing price it goes something like Aldi, Asda, Somerfield, Tesco, Co-op, Sainsburys, Marks&Spencers and Waitrose, though trying to order them is pretty contentious. There's also a local supermarket chain called Taj Stores which has a couple of branches and seems to have a good range of organic/whole/ethical foods.

In addition Brighton has several health and organic food shops, the biggest of which being Infinity Foods in the middle of the north Laine area (on North Street). Infnity has a very good stock of local and organic food, and also has a very nice instore backery.

There is also Bills further down North Street (more known for local veg) and Sunny Foods up at Beaconsfield Villas - there will be plenty more round and about though.

If you class chocolate as a staple then it's worth mentioning Montezuma's in the South Laine area - they are a local company who do some of the best chocolate in town (their "almost dark" milk chocolate is really good).

The best bread I've found has been in the Real Patiserie (there's at least two branches, one near Brighton Station and one in Hove), though the bread can sell out quite quickly. There are also quite a few chain bakers in town (Forfars, Greggs, Grints) but the bread isn't quite as nice.

There are some good organic/free range butchers in Brighton too, one on Elm Grove called Archers and another on Church Road called Canhams

== Eating out

Again there are many places to eat in town - the one thing I know for sure is that there will be a few gems that I'll have missed from this list. Also I've not put any of the many Thai restaurants down, as the food can be really variable.

Also it's worth mentioning that pub food in the UK has come a long way in the past 20 years, and now there are lots of pubs doing good food (and the pubs are smoke-free now too).

Anyway, here's the current list of place I know:

Pub food

• The Hop Poles - friendly pub with good food (good bread too)
• Greys - meant to be very good food (and a very good pub)
• Earth and Stars - organic pub, meant to do really good food
• Shakespeare's Head - extensive range of veggie and free-range meat sausages

Fish and Chips

There's lots of fish and chip shops in Brighton

• Bardsleys - Very good and very friendly fish+chip shop
• Bankers - the other good sit-down fish+chip shop in Brighton (not as friendly but the food's good)

Japanese

• Pompoko - Cheap and very cheerful Japanese (good rice)
• E-kagen - Very good and original Japanese
• Murasaki - Expensive but nice Japanese
• Okinami - Very good sushi, having a restaurant out in Hove and a take-away service and shop in Brighton.

Chinese

• China Garden - Big and well attended Chinese restaurant
• Chopstix - One of many takeaways, but usually good

Curry

• Raj Pavillion - Very good currys (does delivery as well). They do a really good fish garlic bhuna.
• Spice nutriment - Long standing "healthy" curry shop

Cafes

• Dumb Waiter - Brighton Cafe
• Market Diner - The Market Diner is really bad, but it's the place go and buy a plate of grease while drunk at 2 in the morning
• Bills - Green grocers, but said to do a really good veggie breakfast
• Moments - Small and intimate (upstairs) cafe in the middle of Brighton
• Iydea - Good organic hot food cafe place

Pizza/Pasta

• Al Duomo - Cheapish pizzas
• Pinnochio's - Cheapish pizzas too

Fast Food

• Grubbs - not too healthy, but Brighton's own burger chain
• Redveg - New veggie burger upstarts (a wee bit healthier)

English

• Pokeno Pies - Good Pie+Mash shop
• Gingerman - Very expensive but very nice (where to eat after parking your private jet in Shoreham airport)
• Mock Turtle - Old style tea and cake shop/shoppe

Kebabs

• Kambi's - Good donners from what I'm told