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pizza. The serve-yourself style is so laid-back you don't get a bill, just tell them what
you've eaten and they'll tot it up at the end.
Cap'n Jaspers
(
www.capn-jaspers.co.uk
;
Whitehouse Pier, Quay Rd; snacks £2-5; 8am-midnight)
Unique, quirky and
slightly insane, this Barbican institution has been delighting tourists and locals alike for
decades. Motorised gadgets whirr around and the teaspoons are attached to the counter by
chains. The menu is of the burger and bacon butty school - trying to eat the 'half a yard of
hot dog' is a Plymouth rite of passage. Or scoff a fresh crab roll, the filling could have
been caught by the bloke sitting next to you; his boat's probably tied up alongside.
CAFE
£
Harbourside Fish & Chips
MAP
(
www.barbicanfishandchips.co.uk
;
35 Southside St; mains £7; 11am-10pm, to 11pm Fri & Sat)
That custom-
ers are often queuing out the door signals this is a top-quality 'chippy'. Either eat in (in a
pocket-sized dining space), take away (watch out for diving seagulls), or ferry your meal
to the neighbouring Dolphin pub, to tuck in as you down a drink.
FAST FOOD
£
MODERN BRITISH
££
River Cottage Canteen & Deli
( 01752-252702;
www.rivercottage.net
; Royal William Yard; mains £8-15; noon-3pm daily, 6.30-9.30pm Tue-
Sat; )
Television-chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has long campaigned for flavourful,
local, sustainable, seasonal, organic produce - and that's exactly what you get here. Ex-
pect meats roasted in front of an open fire, fish simply grilled and familiar veg given a
revelatory makeover.
Rhodes @ the Dome
MAP
( 01752-266600;
www.rhodesatthedome.co.uk
; Hoe Rd; mains £12-20; noon-2.30pm & 5.30-9.30pm)
TV
chef Gary Rhodes' new eatery boasts a prime site in the middle of the Hoe overlooking
Plymouth's vast bay. Dishes are complex, classy and often unusual: smoked mackerel lin-
guine; roast chicken with crystalised walnuts; and braised lamb squab (which, surpris-
ingly, comes with clotted cream).
MODERN BRITISH
££
Rock Salt
MODERN BRITISH
££
