Joanna's - 40th Anniversary - 1978-2018

Success in the restaurant industry is notoriously difficult to achieve. New restaurants are constantly opening, but they close down with alarming regularity too. What's flavour of the month one minute, can bite the dust the next. The recent demise of Salt & Pickle, locally, is but one sad example. So when a restaurant manages to survive for 40 years, it is a rare achievement, and one to be celebrated. And that's exactly what Joanna's is doing for the next month, bringing back lots of retro foodie favourites, including prawn cocktail, chilli con carne, and banoffee pancakes.
Congratulations to Will Ellner and his wonderful team on the continuing success of this local institution. Here's to the next 40 years!

I've been photographing the food and interiors at Joanna's for several years now, and here is a selection of the most recent shots which will shortly be appearing on their new look website.