"Spud Fish and Chips has a tangled history — it opened in 1940 as part of a chain called Spud, but has now gone independent, though it still shares a name with the chain. It still does basically what it did eight decades ago: serve fried cod and other seafood alongside rustic, hand-cut fries. When you get this stuff fresh out of the fryer it’s hot, crispy, and satisfying. The updated part of the fish-and-chips formula is that Spud stocks a fridge full of natural wines and local beers." - Harry Cheadle