WHO are "we"? There are two of us; one a respectable Dudley Council civil servant (trying to bring down the “system” from within) and the other a failed architecture student in Birmingham. Our spare Wednesdays were once spent attempting to find ways to close off the valves that lead directly into our arteries, trying not to bitch about people we hate (or love i.e hate less) and fighting the evil of Starbucks by stealing packets of sugar to make carrot cake.

Begun in 2001 from an idea thought up over a plate of egg, chips and beans, here you will find the beginnings of a great survey of the greasy spoon cafes of Birmingham. We will rate them, we will taste the atmosphere, drink their tea and chat to their staff, smell their toilet facilities, so you the British public may see for yourself the oily fruits of British culinary enterprise.

As we went from caff to caff, we noticed that some were closing down, and now the rush is on to protect our local cafes, and document them for posterity. Maybe the Atkins Diet will help save them, either way you must forget gormet cooking, remember you are not Delia Smith.

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