Gloucestershire’s 'most popular' foodie hot spot revealed

It’s been open a little over a year, has probably the most eclectic menu, diverse ambiance, some great views, a multi-cultural perspective on food, and it continues to grow.

Dear readers,

I hope your week’s gone well.

Yesterday was interesting. When I first started The Raikes Journal I was told by those who like to discourage that a paid-for subscription model was not going to work.

Here we are still not two years into the second iteration of the website and yesterday’s paywalled story clocked nearly 700 views within the space of a few hours - and that number is still growing.

For an individual story about business in Gloucestershire that’s Premier League level.

We like to think that’s because Raikes is filling a gaping hole in the market. I keep saying it, but we’re the only independent, editorially led business news website edited by a journalist in Gloucestershire.

That space where human beings run rings around AI, the human bit, where people make connections, speak to one another, are genuinely interested in what they say, ask questions, call out BS, provide originality and personality – that magic space, that’s where you’ll find us. It can feel small at ti…