The Aston (Sheffield)

You'll find The Aston wedged among the indie shops and student haunts of Glossop Road, in that stretch between the university and town where Sheffield's creative types actually live. Walk in and it feels like someone's done up their front room in the best possible way—comfortable, unpretentious, the kind of place where people linger over lunch and nobody's checking their watch. The kitchen does solid, unfussy cooking that takes British classics seriously without getting precious about it.