Had a couple of really nice meals in Margate this weekend. Hantverk & Found was good but didn't blow me away, the one that did was at Bottega Caruso. Just delish homemade pasta, mine came with shin of beef and another kind, I've forget which. It was just perfect. Salty, rich, filling. Great wine as well. First "posh" m aleal me and Katie have manged since Ivy's been born, and having kids there wasn't at all a problem.
I don't know how I feel about the art/food/hispter gentrification of these small towns. It seems like a cheap solve for a much deeper set of problems and likely to cause a degree of class based resentment amongst those who're still out of a job no matter how easy it is to get a flat white. Very weird - does hipster decadence substitute for a functional, future-facing economy? I'll start a thread if there's any interest.